"One Last Thing"

My favorite discoveries of this assignment was Animoto, Podcast Directory.Com, Zoho Writer, Delicious and iGoogle. This project has really improved my lifelong learning goals because of all the new programs out there that make life easier and fun. The only thing that I have to complain about is the amount of work and time that is involved to do all the assignments that is required during this course. There are a lot of non-traditional students that work and have families which makes it hard to do all that is required. I am very lucky to have a boss that is my relative who is very lenient with my schedule and a wife and kids who had to put up with me never having time for them, plus me being stressed out and angry all the time. I hate to be negative, but it almost wasn't worth it. On the other side of the coin I feel very informed and more knowledgeable towards all the new technology. This was kind of like a math class for me. I hated it while I was in it, but walked away feeling good about what I had learned. Dr. Wall was terrific as an instructor and am thankful I had her as a professor. I think students in this program learn a lot, but that the quality is not as good because the information is rushed through. I know that the argument for the rush is that it is a five week course so it is necessary to still get all the requirements inside since you are getting three credit hours of what normally takes around sixteen weeks, but I still see a little bit of give in that area. That is my opinion and you know what they say about those. So anyway, the way for me to continue to keep updated with Web 2.0 tools is to take a little time each month to devote to using them which I plan to hopefully do.