week 1

For the first exercise, view this tutorial (see the full version with animation and sound on Harriet) and write down which learning habits are easiest for you and which are hardest.

I tend to learn better when I have a visual to aid in training. If I can see examples of what I am supposed to be learning, I can envision myself doing them, thus making it easier to accomplish.
I have a hard time learning tasks that are just written down or I am verbally told to do. For example, if my supervisor just told me verbally what I am supposed to do for a task (maybe on the computer or something that would require several steps), I usually get confused and instead of paying attention, I being to worry that I will not be able to do it. I have the same problem with spoken directions; I must write down directions in order to understand them.

Make a contract with yourself about your learning habits. You will use your personal blog (which you will set up next) to post your thoughts about lifelong learning.

Contract to Self

I will understand that this course of training is self-paced and

I will not feel overwhelmed by the material.

I will remind myself that I enjoy learning about computers and the internet and these exercises are only beneficial no matter how little I learn.

I will remind myself that I can always go back over material if I do not understand it and I can ask someone for help.

Overview

I am excited about the upcoming weeks. I know a little bit about blogs and flickr; but I just learned how to subsribe to feeds, which is very rewarding. I attempted to subscribe to a feed before, but did not know where to see it. I now know how to subscribe and view the content.