What I have found out about both of these professional pages is that both are tailored for the career minded individual. It seems as though people create PWP's or blogs to tell stories, keep people up dated and track progress of ones life while others use it to promote their business, career or life in a professional manor. LinkedIn is a great way to connect with others through businesses and professional aspects only. Many only get linkedIn for this reason. What I do like about a PWP is that it is more unique to ones self. I created this PWP and I feel it shows who I am as a person. I am able to choose the colors and styles that fit me and my personality where linkedIn is simply layed out for you. LinkedIn seems to be known by many professionals more so than the PWP's but I do believe it shows a strong sense of commitment and maturity if one has both.

I would be lying if I said I knew much about statistical analysis data. I have heard of many of the free software that is out there but as far as using it, hasn't happened yet. If I remember correctly, the athletic trainers at Fresno State did stats for injuries over the course of the year. If I am wrong, then I would think this would be a great idea. I believe this type of analysis can give athletic trainers, coaches, athletic directors, and other necessary personnel data that can help understand the injuries that occurred during a period of time.

Work has been absolutely insane. This time last year I was not working the start of the winter season sports so I had no idea what to expect. I honestly believe it might be more challenging than football season. None the less, I am ready for the challenge and will keep on working hard everyday. I am very excited that it is December and soon to the holidays and Christmas. I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and gave thanks to all those around them. It has been a tough year for my husband and I so I just want to say that I am thankful for him!

Podcasts are great when needing to listen to a lecture or educational piece later. When I was going to summer school, the classes were 3 hours long everyday for 5 weeks. My mind was blown and filled with information and had a very hard time writing everything down. I started to record the lectures in class so I could play them back later for notes and exams. I think recording the lectures for the students is a great thing. It allows the student to not forget key items that may have been otherwise missed or study more efficiently in case something was written down wrong. I love how in my masters program that is all online, we have pod casts and videos that can constantly be reviewed as many times as necessary.

This week in my Kin 710 class I had to learn about podcasting. This class really does teach me something new each week. Even though its new technology, thankfully it doesn't take me hours to figure out. I always tease my parents when they do not understand some form of technology but here I am, being instructed on new technology. I found myself wanting to do more podcasts  in the future but I still do not know what on. I think I can talk to people about injuries or nutrition or some form of athletic/kinesiology instruction. The only down side to pod casts that I am not too good at is the fact that I am much better demonstrating what I am doing or did then talking about it but who knows, I am willing to give it a whirl!

I completed a year at San Jose State as a graduate student before leaving the program due to program issues with accreditation. Before I left, the undergrad and grad students created a youtube video for a contest. 

For web based documents I have created google docs and google calendars. My husband and I share our calendars and I use google docs for work. I think web based documents are great way to connect fast and easy without publicly displaying information for everyone. For work, google docs is used to document injuries that require an MD/ER visit. This allows my boss to review the material between the 7 high schools and show the benefit to having an athletic trainer. The one down side to google docs is the fact that I am not allowed to access google on the school computers and I do not have wifi in the room. To get into the google system, I have to wait till I am home to upload the information.

I have found myself learning alot in this class so far. I think the one BIG discovery is twitter. I honestly never thought I would have used twitter in my life and even though I am still very slow with this discovery, I am using it and trying to learn as much as I can. My students also informed me that if they found me on twitter, they can follow me and I couldn't really stop it unless I went into my settings BEFORE it happened. I do enjoy that I can block them from my facebook but knowing they can follow me so easily is a little creepy. I do hope I keep discovering more about twitter including what to post.

Well, I was completely surprised by flickr. I was expecting some easy website to post pictures and allow others to see them similarly like photobucket but I found myself confused and completely lost. I like to think that I know a lot about technology but the more time that goes on, the more I realize how behind I am. I am not a person who used instagram or twitter (until now) and other websites because I do not find a need for them. I do not know if I am being how my grandparents were with technology or just trying not to get sucked in to the everyday world of WWW.  A few pictures that I uploaded to my flickr account are here. A few pictures that I found in my world that are important to me. What do you think?

I wasn't sure how I would feel about blogging once I got started. I do think that it will be an adjustment to remember to blog but just like any piece of technology, the more you do it, the more you will learn. After reading the article by Williams (2004), i found myself appreciating blogging. Blogging has grown in the past years and has been so successful due to the wide variety and versatility that is found. I would agree with this statement. Many people may blog about clothes, hair, make up, sports, running, jobs and so much more. Each type of blog will be important to a particular group and it certainly is a way to help others near and far discover the information faster and possibly with new information.