Blog Post #1

I have to admit that I was warned about this class in the very first semester I entered into USA's College of Education. Two of the students who were taking the education class I was in were also enrolled in EDM 310 that term. The impression they gave was that they were being expected to produce an educational podcast with very little guidance from their instructor or even knowledge of what he was expecting of them. I now know that the class is not actually what I gathered from them, but at that time I was both frightened and inspired. I was frightened because being on camera is not something I prefer to do. One could describe me as the girl that always had her hand held out in front of the camera in all your pictures by the end of the night. However, I was inspired because I actually do enjoy following the You Tube podcast called vlogbrothers (who you may subscribe to through You Tube) which is basically two brothers that comment and educate on world events. I have enjoyed watching and learning from them, so with the vlodbrothers in mind, I had been trying to prepare myself for this class by thinking of interesting ways how to be on camera and of ways to avoid being the one directly on camera. These ideas varied anywhere from where I should place the camera, what I should ware, and what would a good background should be, and then to the ideas of me just having my boyfriend play his guitar with lessons in his lyrics or using my cats as characters.

I am relieved to find out this class is not only a podcast and that neither the world nor my cats will have to suffer from "Kitty Academy," but this is still like no other class I have taken before. I do feel overwhelmed and fearful that I will not be able to meet the requirements or standards needed to succeed in this class. I am not unfamiliar with blogs,computers, or to use of the internet, but I have not been in any classes so far that were so technologically based. I have even had trouble this week being introduced to a device called "The Clicker" used to answer questions for my drama class. For this class though, I intend to press on, to learn, to follow instructions as they come, to read and watch everything suggested, to pay attention to that Checklist Master, and to ask questions whenever given the opportunity. As far as questions go for right now, I am wondering if Google Docs are documents that appear on my Google Drive. I may have missed that one in class, but I look forward to my specifically assigned project to see if it pops up there. If that is not the case, I will definitely ask in class on Monday.

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My name is Jenny Hinton. My father is a mobile native, but my mother is from Cleveland Ohio. She is a second generation Greek immigrant, but because she happens to have a Swedish grandmother I was able to have red hair. I also have an older sister and an even older brother. I was born and raised here in Mobile Alabama and went to St. Paul's Episcopal School all twelve years of my grade school education. When I was nineteen I moved to California and lived in various places in the greater Los Angeles area. I worked at a pet store for three years and then attended Santiago Canyon College where I studied mostly philosophy and media for two more years after that. I moved back home about two years ago to finish my degree here at South Alabama. I am entering the field of education because I have a passion for literature and am proficient at writing essays. Also, I like the idea of being a possible good influence and help high school students to enjoy what can be learned.

On a more personal note, my true loves in life are movies, books, animals (especially mine), and good TV series. I have too many favorite movies to list, but can say that my favorite genre for books is urban fantasy. I have just begun a book called Dream London that is very promising. I do happen to have five cats, a white husky/golden mix, a turtle and a leopard gecko. I use the excuse that I have always had jobs at pet stores where people bring in day old kittens and puppies that have to be bottle fed, even the turtle is a rescue. What you should know about me that I am talented at playing pool, and I would like to get better at playing chess.

My First Post Title

This is my First Post. I clicked the HTML button which I should always do in EDM310. I am now a Blogger!