Creating a better blog page IM422 8/2/2017

I chose to use my old blogger account for this blog assignment. The new gadgets I added are a profile picture as an avatar. There was also a follow gadget that was added. I now have followers for my blog. Helping others get into their blog creations and their layouts is better to have others that have experience doing their own blogs. I changed my header to fit this class. Blabberize was fun and I saved the project. I wish I could have uploaded the voice. My blog is about how I feel about technology and all the different useful items that are free and available right at your fingertips. Adding a new picture to my account for a new theme.

Reflection on Blogging

I opened my first blog site at the beginning of class and took good notes on what to do and how to do it for the blogging. I have been working hard to schedule time for the blogs to make sure my journals get completed and on time. I enjoyed being able to reflect on the class projects. One project did not work very well for me. My technology had to be updated and improved due to viruses. The things that really worked in the blog is that I had more fun choosing the contrast options than I did creating the website. Others have looked at the blog page and say it looks very well. Next time I won’t just type everything in Micro Word I’ll post them right away so others can view them if they choose to do so in the future.

The knowledge I have gained from IM260 is that I did know how to use the Micro Word program and I just needed a reminder. Doing Annotated Bibliography’s are not as hard as they look any more and I am more comfortable now going to my other classes because I can use the online Library from anywhere in the palm of my hand. I created a free website of my own and I am not longer a skeptic of Twitter. I completed a twenty-four hour disconnect and I love these because you truly do feel relaxed. There is nothing better than taking the family and leaving to go on a camping trip during the spring, summer, or fall times of the year. Thank you IM260 for teaching me more about the internet that I did not know yet. I will always push myself to learn as much as I can for children and my students.

Reflection on Twitter

I was not a fan of the Twitter project I will admit to that right away. I started considering different ideas that people have shared on Twitter. Took a week to start to feel comfortable with Twitter. I started posting as many ideas I thought was valid to myself and the kind of job I am pursuing right now. I enjoyed the fact that there are many ideas about nutrition and how to create a good learning environment for the students I will be working with in my classroom in the future. I started to enjoy looking around on Twitter. I kept it professional and did not Tweet about the negative posts. Hashtags are not as horrible as I thought they would be to learn. I still will not say hashtag (***) words. The next time I must do a big project I will not say, “This is impossible” instead I will say, “I have not tried this YET and I will give it a try”.  http://twitter.com/@stephan76154494.
 

Reflection for LinkedIn

I started by getting the assignments done. I took good notes and had all the advice from the three strong LinkedIn links for advice. I realized that I have a long way to go before I graduate college and there will be more skills to be added in time. I created my profile and made a few changes as I went along. Here is my profile link. (  linkedin.com/in/stephanie-gregoire-415a4b142  ) I enjoyed created my online profile because I have never created a profile before for a potential job in the future. I found many people I already know from my job and past jobs. For LinkedIn, it really worked to have my professional picture from work ready and available to put a photo on my profile. Plus having internet to do the activity. The next time I log into my LinkedIn will be when I complete ever new class till I graduate with my Master’s Degree in Special Education. 

Before Starting LinedIn

To start my LinkedIn account, I plan to do all the assignments and created a descriptive resume for this class assignment. I will keep in mind that this is my professional resume for an online out look of myself. I have never heard of LinkedIn. I do know a few people in my family once I mentioned this link, have an account. I was introduced to the site before I started this blog. This project is one that I feel comfortable exploring. I can always add more the further I get with my schooling. 

Website Reflection

I created a website about my research and published it. I found the three items I wanted to put on my website and there are only two locations in the menu button. I enjoyed using my own pictures for this website creation and seeing my own work in the end. I had a few suggestions from some classmates and put my own twist into the design. I started the website just looking at my design I draw out and stuck with the layout. Next time I will for sure have all my pictures ready to go early. For the most part I really enjoyed this project. Here is my finished product.     http://smgregIM260.weebly.com

Before Starting The Website

I have created two websites in my past doing side jobs at home with Vemma and Isagenix. I had to pay for those websites and I am worried I will have to pay for this one. I have been doing the reading and taking notes. I have been gathering pictures for this Website to be unique and not anyone else’s work just pasted on a page. The Special Education and Technology may have been a hard subject to cover for a website project. There are many things you can provide and to write about. You only have so much space and very little time to accomplish this project. I am feeling really worried because I need an A on this assignment. I am going to work through this hot weather in my home to get more than everything completed and turned in. There are many little assignments to do in this project alone. I know I can finish this and I will be proud of how hard I push myself.