My First Movie ...

Hello everyone ! I made my first movie in class last week. I must say ... it was a lot of FUN, and yep, you guessed it, it was FAREE (in my professor Washington voice)! Gathering photos of my family and adding music files and special effects and to see the final outcome actually look like I paid someone to do it for me... hmmmm.  I can see this developing into an additional service that can be offered to my clients advertising their business.
So what's next? I'm glad you asked that question. What's next is me allowing God to continue leading me on the path of education, business, and spiritual development.  Not letting past setbacks and disappointments hinder what's happening now. Eliminating negative words from my vocabulary and speaking fertile words into the atmosphere which will cause change and open doors of opportunity in my ministry, business, and my family. I Look forward with anticipation and excitement ...

"as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him." I Cor. 2:9

MICROSOFT WORD ...

It seems as though Microsoft Word has been around forever. I vaguely remember what life was like before it (telling my age)! The 2007 version of Microsoft gets a 10 rating in my book! I currently use it for personal, and education purposes. Personal uses include writing letters to family and friends, creating greeting cards and invitations, calendars, resumes, and professional documents just to name a few. I find it to be both  user friendly and fun to use. I can also share documents, merge documents, email documents, put an encryption on my documents, and also publish documents to the web!

         Word 2007 has played a major part in scoring high marks on my writing assignments.  For educational use, I am able to type and format writing assignments in APA, Chicago, and Turabian styles to name a few. Microsoft 2007 makes it easy for me, as I can pre set margins, line spacing, indentations, insert references, footnotes, citations, page numbers and spell check for accuracy.  I can also add graphs, flow charts, tables, shapes, word art, and clip art !  Whether for personal or educational uses, Microsoft word combined with creativity will make you look like a professional. it's like my cell phone, I don't know what I'll do without it!

Journal Review: The Pros and Cons of Social Media In the Classroom

  
     In the article entitled "The Pros and Cons of Social Media In the Classroom", author  Karen Lederer gives the pros and  cons about the trends of social media in our classrooms. She writes "As an educational tool, social media enriches the learning experience by allowing students and teachers to connect and interact in new, exciting ways. Web sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn provide a platform where users can dialog, exchange ideas, and find answers to questions."1  Some argue that the cons of this trend outweigh the pros, but you be the judge for yourself.

     As an educational tool, social networking can be used to enhance learning experiences between student and teacher, enhance student interactions and connections between students. Students can also upload resumes and network with companies who have job openings in a student's field of study. So far, sounds good to me. On the flip side, social media can be a distraction to learning, if not properly governed by the instructor and the student practicing self control and stay focused. Social media can be a breeding ground for the term cyber bulling. that is where a student is harassed by a person online by threats and using vulgar language. Lastly, Lederer states that social media is disrupting the development of real life social skills by eliminating the face to face contact with other people.

     In my opinion,  the social media train can not be stopped. In everything, you have the good and the bad. The idea is to learn from  both sides of the coin, and use it to increase your capacity and make a difference in this world. I see this as a trend growing wilder than our imaginations can handle. Imagine a house hold where in one room, the kids are online in school, in the next room, mommy is online teaching at a University, and the next room daddy is in a virtual courtroom defending his client. Now how about that?

References:

Pros and Cons of Social Media in the Classroom -- Campus ... (n.d.). Retrieved from http://campustechnology.com/articles/2012/01/19/pros-and-cons-of-social-media-in -the-classroom.aspx.

  

Introduction

Hello,
This is my second semester here at the University of Ft. Lauderdale. I am majoring in Business Administration and minoring in ministry. My hobbies are reading and social networking. I love to read books on spirituality and business. I also love to network on face book. So far, I am really enjoying this computer class. The professor creates an environment of excitement as she teaches, and simplifies the  materials to make learning easy. I anticipate digging deeper into the realm of the computer and Internet world with excitement!