Metacognitive Blog

This year has been a challenging semester to say the least. Covering basics such as:

1.) Learning how to improve the way we illustrate our thoughts to others
2.) Learning how to approach subjects a different angles
3.) Emotional fits and understanding
4.) Virtual reality the next voyage space for humans to interact and explore
5.) Learning how to screen cast and teach like a teacher
6.) E-Learning what the future holds
7.) The Future of Learning (Online Public Schools)
8.) The importance of Needs Assessment
9.) Disruptive technologies and their impact on society

I came out of the class taken by complete surprise. Truthfully I thought this was going to be a continuation of the previous online class not benefiting from some different subject. And you know what? ... It was in many ways the same and much more, but also different at the same time. This is a good thing and it has nothing to do with the level of difficulty or any bad of that nature. This class forced me to look at the big picture and learn technologies I have been observing but never really got around to making myself do it. I’m no suck up when expressing my feelings. I do and express my reactions. This is the real world everyone needs criticism and different views.

And this is the absolute truth Dr. Keane (you who are reading this) this class has pushed me to look at everything, research, look objectively (like the Online Public Schools), and got me to learn and explore new technologies that I was too lazy to do. Having cool gadgets and technology is nice but without teaching others how to use them how will it be replicated and productive? That’s what this class has taught me to look at how can this benefit me and my future company. Once implemented how do we find out the problems and communication issues? This is where needs assessment is critical. I already instinctively understood the idea of needing address problems and directions. This class helped me from a managerial standpoint and observation.

Now here is the criticism part I felt that the quizzes were pretty difficult to pass. What I getting at I may help to have some directional hint what part of the chapters to study and learn. Otherwise I’m left like everyone else was-in trying to guess what you deem as important parts of the chapter. (The PowerPoint did help some) There were times I focused on different chapter parts and they were never on the quizzes. (Don’t take it too personally PLEASE)

This was a challenging class.

Thank You