Hey, guys! As you may or may not know, I am currently a college student at Stockton, and I wanted to post some weekly updates on my some off my classes as well as my art postings.
One class that I have really been enjoying this semester is actually not an art class all, but instead falls under one of my general courses. The class is called "Exploring your Digital Toolbox" and is a class I can honestly say I will be using in the real world, (unlike my applications of Math course, blah). The course teaches us how to really utilize all the applications and devices that have become so readily available with modern day technology.
Throughout the weeks we have been reading out of our textbook "The Connected Educator," by Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach and this week the reading was about PLN, or personal learning networks. The chapter really gets down to the specifics and answers questions like "How do you build a Personal Learning Network?" "How do you know who to follow, and who to leave alone?" The chapter really shows you how to build a find and build your community (Now here's what I was talking about when I said this is a class that I would be using in the real world). Let's say I am an Art Teacher and its my first time writing a course curriculum and I have no idea where to start. The chapter gives you the tools to join or build your own online community that allows you to converse with and engage fellow art teachers about their disciplines.
Apart from the readings, we also get some quality hands on instruction from people across the globe via video chat. This week we chatted virtually with a man (whose name escapes me unfortunately) and got to experiment with Google Drive. In Google Drive, we learned how to create quality business forms and even had the chance to make forms for each other to fill out. Generating the forms was simple and effective, yet without the hands-on crash course I would have most likely never learned how to create and utilize it.
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