Personally, the internet has evolved and most definitely impacted learning for me. Since I began college to the present day, the internet has evolved and become a great resource for educators. Examples include the opportunity to post and share lesson plans along with endless amount of information are at your fingertips.
To learn new things as an athletic director I tend to visit the State CIF website, NFHS, NIAAA, and coach and athletic director. As a student I utilize the website provided by instructors along with the electronic databases provided by Fresno Pacific University. If I need information on lesson ideas, I typically utilize google and filter through websites until I find what I need.
Currently, there are not authors or websites that I “follow”, but now that I have created a professional Twitter account this will change. Now that RSS feeds have been explained I will start to utilize this with Microsoft Outlook.
I would have to agree that the internet can both assist in learning and deter learning. At times you can get lost or redirected to a topic which is not the topic you were initially searching for. I find this happens quite often for me and I have to keep myself in check. In my spare time getting off topic is acceptable. I believe that the internet is filled with a wealth of information and as a result it should be read, learned and utilized. Lingard (2011) writes on the seven ways to use blogs in higher education. While I believe not all seven should or need to be utilized by everyone in higher education, they are definitely useful. One item I think I could utilize is news and announcements which provides people with the latest information, events, updates and news. (Lingard, 2011) This would be great to use as an athletic director because at times game times change, weather and air quality postpones games, and other issues can arise.
References:
Lingard, M. (2011, February 22). Seven uses for blogs in higher education. [Web log post]. Retrieved from http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/help/2011/02/22/7-uses-for-blogs-in-higher-education/
To learn new things as an athletic director I tend to visit the State CIF website, NFHS, NIAAA, and coach and athletic director. As a student I utilize the website provided by instructors along with the electronic databases provided by Fresno Pacific University. If I need information on lesson ideas, I typically utilize google and filter through websites until I find what I need.
Currently, there are not authors or websites that I “follow”, but now that I have created a professional Twitter account this will change. Now that RSS feeds have been explained I will start to utilize this with Microsoft Outlook.
I would have to agree that the internet can both assist in learning and deter learning. At times you can get lost or redirected to a topic which is not the topic you were initially searching for. I find this happens quite often for me and I have to keep myself in check. In my spare time getting off topic is acceptable. I believe that the internet is filled with a wealth of information and as a result it should be read, learned and utilized. Lingard (2011) writes on the seven ways to use blogs in higher education. While I believe not all seven should or need to be utilized by everyone in higher education, they are definitely useful. One item I think I could utilize is news and announcements which provides people with the latest information, events, updates and news. (Lingard, 2011) This would be great to use as an athletic director because at times game times change, weather and air quality postpones games, and other issues can arise.
References:
Lingard, M. (2011, February 22). Seven uses for blogs in higher education. [Web log post]. Retrieved from http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/help/2011/02/22/7-uses-for-blogs-in-higher-education/