BP2_iGoogleScreenShots

Below you will find the screen shots from my iGoogle page. This is for my ETC class at Full Sail University. The first is my Home screen:

Next is my FSO Tab page:

The third is my CBR tab:

And Finally my ETC tab:

I hope that you have seen that I have tried my best to follow the guidelines set forth by my instructor and I certainly look froward to using my iGoogle page more and more.

BP4_discovering web 2.0 tools

Here is the second installment of my blog and I hope that I am doing this correctly. The Web 2.0 tool that I choose to try out was simple diagrams. http://www.simplediagrams.com/
This is just a basic tool that you can download a free trial version and create diagrams. I thought that this might be a useful tool when making a flow chart or something that tells what you hope to accomplish. The chart below is one that I made in just about 5 minutes of playing with the program:

As you can see, it is just a basic tool that lets you outline your ideas. After exporting this to my documents, it was saved rather small, which is kind of a drag. This was done using the free version, and the biggest drawback to the free version is that you cannot save your images in the program. That is something that comes with an upgrade to the premium version which is only $19. Of course there are bigger and better programs out there on the web that allows you to do much more, but this is just a good basic tool.
     I think that if my students were to use this in class, they might be able to assess where a character is going and watch their development. It might also be used to track scenery and/or costumes that might arise during a play.

Who am I

     Well, here goes, my first blog posting. Let me start by telling you a little about me. I am a 43 year old graduate student at Full Sail University in the field of Educational Media and Design Technology. What, you may ask, possessed me to go back to school after graduating 19 years ago from Liberty University? I have long wanted to get a masters degree and I finally had the chance this last Summer to take advantage of that. Ultimately, I would like to teach at the college level, and I need that Masters degree to help facilitate that.
     I am a husband and a father. I have 3 children that I have fathered myself, and I have step children as well. Life has been hard for the most part (3 marriages, work issues, ex issues), but I am making the most of what I have to work with. I credit my teammates at Full Sail for helping me keep focused on the goal. I also credit my family for their immense support. My two daughters are at Florida State University, one an Art major with a music minor, and one a Music Education major. They are remarkable and are doing so much better in school than I did, but isn't that what we as parents want.....for our children to do better than we did and not to make the same mistakes we made?
     I am also a performer. I have played violin for 33 years now and piano for about 30 years. I have acted in many musicals and I have directed many musicals as well. I actually am working with a team of writers at this time creating a new Broadway musical based on the book of Solomon in the Bible. The main composer actually wants me to come to NY and audition for some shows. He is a pit musician for Lion King and In The Heights, and I am so tempted. I have made more trips to NY to work on the show and to do research for the show that we are writing. Who knows....Maybe I will. LOL
     I am sure that more post are forthcoming and I am excited to see who will actually follow this. Thanks for reading.