Blog Setup and Blog Journal #1

 1. I am very uncomfortable when it comes to sharing within a public forum on the internet. I feel more at home talking to people over voice calls when it comes to internet communication. Speaking within a forum really isn't that engaging for me, and is much more limited than with concurrent voice communication. I feel like hearing someone talk to me, even in a group setting, provides for a much better diaspora of communication when compared to a forum within which people will send replies every couple of minutes, hours, or even days.

2. My experiences with technology in an educational setting, overall, have been negative. Most of the time, technology is used as a platform for a student to complete their homework on. The thing is, these software programs hardly ever expound on why an incorrect answer is incorrect, leaving the student guessing what they did wrong. Outside of these experiences, I've had to make a website using Wix which acted as a portfolio for my English course, which I felt more as busy work than the fostering of any useful skills.

3. I've been using the FSU e-textbook library for a lot of my courses. Not only does it offer me free access to the textbooks I need, but I prefer online access to my textbooks over having a physical copy. Aside from that, I've been using brittanica.com for any history research I wish to conduct (ex. history teaching lesson, college courses related to history, etc.). I've been using it since high school for any and all research relating to history, and it's not failed me yet.

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