What I think about this class:

I feel like I am going to learn a lot in this class. It has taken me a while, but everything is starting to make more and more sense to me now. I think some of the things that we are going to learn will be useful to me and my family in my home (non-teaching) life, and much of it will be very useful for me as an educator. I am just getting the concept down pretty well of what a podcast is, and after listening to a few I am anxious to get going on searching for podcasts that are more specific to my interests. I am also anxious to see if I can find some for my husband. He is always listening and learning about the problems we are having with our economy, politics, and our relationship with other countries just to name a few. What he learns he shares with me, and makes it even more comprehensible. So it would also be beneficial to me if I get him involved in what I am learning.

For me, I'm anxious to try out some entertainment podcasts and maybe see if there are any specific to teaching issues. I'm getting ready to delve into the GIMP assignment, but for some reason I can't get the GTK to download. It's coming up as a zip file which I know nothing about. I've been trying to guess, and hoping I don't mess my computer up doing so, but nothing has happened yet, the GIMP won't download. I may have to get with Dr. Lowell. But I am really anxious to get the GIMP downloaded and start the picture assignment. I love playing around with pics. I have also enjoyed taking pictures for this course. It's kind of made me feel like a photographer, kind of giving me a certain sense of freedom to take pictures that might sharpen my armature photographer skills, so to speak. I mean......before now, taking lots of pictures of objects would seem nonsensical. But it's actually been very fun and has made me realize that this is a good way to get better at taking pictures. I hope we get to take more throughout the semester.