Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Reflections: Weeks 15 and 16

OH. MY. GOSH...blogging is over with for this class. Sad day..
Last reflections we'll ever have to do...I learned a lot in this class about myself and other class mates! It was really fun seeing how creative everyone got...we went from freaking out the first day because we didn't know expectations to...posts where there was creativity and everyone's personality really came out! I've enjoyed this class a lot and I think Dr. V had a good idea of adding the blogging aspect into the class...it was a good learning experience for us all, whether we want to continue blogging or be done with it...I for one have become quite the addict. I think I'll probably still be trying to think of share and voices over the summer! The fact that Sue Whitney came into our class was really awesome. It was great that she took time out of her busy schedule to travel up to the boonies just to talk to a bunch of college kids... I thought it was amazing how much passion she had for "junking".
So I'm gonna wrap it up. Keeping it short and sweet. Thanks everyone for reading the posts and leaving those comments (5 times, in 5 different ways haha) I think we've all grown from this class and left with open minds...

Monday, May 11, 2009

Eye Opener: Online Learning Activities

I completed Derek's, Sara's, and Kevin's online learning activities
Derek's
Online Learning Activity
Know Your Drinking Water Quiz
The quiz was based off of the costs of infrastructure in the United States. I got an 80% on his quiz...it was a toughy! I'm not very educated on the whole water..money.. business He provided some good sources that I looked through. They had some really insightful information. I think it made me realize how much I take for granite the water that comes so easily out of my faucets.

Sara O's Online Learning Activity
Spelling Bee
It was asked that we choose between 4 activities, I decided to do the environmental/healthy online spelling bee. It's a little embarrassing how bad I did! I couldn't spell... anesthesia for some reason (sure now I can spell it right on the first try, must have been the pressure!)

Kevin's Online Learning Activity
Urban Sprawl Quiz
I got an 83% (It told me I would make a great lobbyist ha) on Kevin's quiz. It was about Urban Sprawl. I never really even knew what "urban sprawl" was until his advocacy posts. I have to admit that it is an interesting conecpt.