Final Blog Post

Final Progress Report PLN

My PLN has been growing continuously throughout the semester. When I began my PLN, my focus was only on one thing; writing. Since I began, I have realized that writing isn't everything, and I shouldn't focus my entire PLN on only one thing. My other passion is music. Throughout the semester, I have dealt with and talked to many different musicians. I also received a mouthpiece consultation from a GR representative. I can only hope that my interactions with higher level musicians grows as my PLN becomes more involved. This is not the end. I will continue to meet new people, blog, tweet, and anything else needed to simply learn. I have also started a writing project with two of my cousins. We write on Google docs every other day or so. What we write is a bit out of the ordinary. We collaborate on fictitious writing while critiquing each others' writing. We also critique writings from fiction writing websites. Doing this helps us to become better writers, and we are doing what we love. My writing PLN is limited to certain types of fiction because that is my favorite. However, I hope to extend my PLN and learn to enjoy other types of writing.

Final Project: on how we will use technology in our first class

Final Project: Len Jenkins, Jameson Branch, Aaron Fiveash

C4K Nov. and 12/5

The 8^th C4K was about the trulli, which were homes in a village in Italy. I offered more information on the trulli and discussed with her my Australia experience. The 9^th C4K was about traditional Maori instruments. There was a video with some children playing the different types of Maori instruments. I told them that I was a music major and thoroughly enjoyed listening them play the instruments. The 10^th C4K was about a student named Sam who plays the trombone. I told him that I was a music major and that I played trumpet. I also told him that he could ask me for help with music if needed. The 11^th C4K was about a student named Bennett. He wrote about his class's cranberry project. I told him that doing all these projects was a great learning experience. The 12^th C4K was about a book that a student named Yasmine read. She wrote a summary on it. I told her that I liked her summary and how she used many little details to explain things.

C4T 4

For C4T #4, I commented on Steven W. Anderson's post about how "revolutions start with one".  The movie was about a group of people in a park.  One person got up and started doing a dance.  He faced ridicule from people he did not know.  Shortly after he started dancing, someone else joined in.  Soon, more and more people kept joining.  The idea here is that it all started with one person doing something that no one else would have the courage to do.