Creating a Calendar for Your Blog

As our group has been evaluating medical support websites, we have noticed how important it is for medical support groups to have a current, updated calendar on their website.   As part of our project we are setting up a blog that demonstrates how to create and use different important tools, such as a calendar.  One of my responsibilities was to figure out how to create a calendar that can be published on a blog or website.  Here is what I learned:

Web 2.0: Our Project

'I have always imagined the information space as something to which everyone has immediate and intuitive access, and not just to browse, but to create.'  (Tim Berners-Lee, 1999, p. 169)

This quote was in our reading assignment for tomorrow's class.  I think that this quote captures a lot of what this class has been teaching me about the digital world.  Before this class, most of what I did on the internet was consume.  Our professors have really pushed us to become part of the digital world by consuming, creating, and connecting.  This is a powerful combination, because it actively involves us in the Web 2.0 experience.  (The fact that I am writing this on a blog is evidence of this....I started this blog and have maintained it as a part of this class.)

Social Media--Connecting us or distancing us

We often hear about media and technology in a negative context.  We hear about the problems that occur because people spend all their time on the computer and they no longer interact with others in person.  If this is the case, they have stopped part way through the purpose and potential of social media. 

I'm Grateful for Modern Inventions

With Thanksgiving approaching, I have been thinking a lot about the things that I am grateful for. I was amazed by how many of the things that I am grateful for involve technology and modern inventions. I think that this is largely due to the fact that they make our lives easier and more convenient.

Two inventions that I am grateful for are the refrigerator and air conditioning. (Yes, even though it is below freezing outside right now I am still grateful that when it is hot outside during the summer there is a way to keep it cooler inside.) 

Make Your Own Online Quiz

For our Digital Literacy labs, one option was to make a survey.  I decided to instead make a quiz. 

With finals approaching, I decided it sounded fun to make my own quiz.  My family has a Thanksgiving Trivia quiz that we have used for many years.  I used an online free quiz making website called ProProfs.com to make my quiz.  You can sign-up for free and make your own quizzes too.  It is really simple and fast! Here is how you can do it!

Peer Evaluation--Clint Peterson

For our midterm evaluation we are also supposed to evaluate one of the other people in our class.  I was assigned to evaluate Clint Peterson. 

Clint Blog--The World Through Clint's Lens 

Reflective Blog Post

Where am I at?

Looking back over the past month and a half, I have learned a lot in this class.  In this post, I will focus on how I have met each of the Digital Civilization course learning outcomes since the beginning of October.