Another One Bites the Dust :)

Another week down and another week full of excitement.  Personally, my daughter has changed from walking at the end of August to running (sort of) at the end of October.  She sure is keeping her mom and I in shape.  My brother just had a baby boy of his own.  His name is Alexander Lynch and he is healthy and beautiful.  He looks like he has my brothers hair and eye color, as well as, some of his body features.  However, as he joked with me, thank goodness he looks more like his wife's side of the family. ;) Attached are recent pictures of my new nephew and my daughter. Enjoy!
This week brought with it many learning opportunities and plenty of hard work.  I utilized many new programs on my computer and the Internet to complete much of the work.
This Sunday, my team met to complete our virtual field trip to St. Leo's.  It was interesting to see a new campus and its design.  They definitely like to have fun at St. Leo's.  My partners and I danced in front of their two concert stages, rode on Jet Skis, and even completed some of our tour on Segways.  It was fun!  It was also interesting to see how the campus was set up to match the area that St. Leo's in located.  The university is located in Florida and the campus definitely had a Floridian feel to it.  I look forward to seeing in everyone in class on Thursday to share our field trip experiences and I wish everyone a great week. :)

Andrew

This is a video for Dr. Hodge's BITE 6100 class.  It contains audio and video on a virtual field trip that Amanda Matthews and I (Andrew Lynch) put together for a Module 3 assignment.  The field trip visits places of educational interest for teachers and students.   Enjoy! 

Blog Avatar

Hello All,

Here is a picture of my Avatar that I use in Second Life.  I had already had an Avatar created from a previous class but I decided to modify him a little bit for this assignment. 

My Avatar really looks a lot like myself in real life with a few changes that I guess I wish I possessed in real life.  His eyes are blue like mine. His hair is brown like mine.  I tried to make the facial features as accurate as I could to my real life self.  I have changed my Avatar's clothes from what I have been wearing to a comfortable pair of jeans, a long undershirt, and a t-shirt.  I have given my Avatar a bookbag to represent my "student" aspects of life. 

Things that I have changed about my Avatar that are inaccurate to my real life image include height and body build.  My Avatar is a cool 6'3 in Second Life.  In real life, I am only 5'10.   Body wise, my Avatar is more muscular than I am in real life.  I weigh a 170 pds. in real life and have lost pretty much all the muscle I had in college when I had to work out and lift for baseball.  My Avatar is 190, about 20 pounds of muscle that I have lost since college.  The good news, I am gaining much of the weight back that I lost since I graduated from college in 2006.    The bad news is that all of this weight is fat and not muscle. :)  I look forward to checking out everyone else's Avatars and I hope you enjoy  the rest of your week.

Andrew

Another Monday

Hello All,

Another Monday has come and it's about to have gone.  Last week brought an Article Evaluation and the utilization of the program Wordle.  The article evaluation was informative because it touched on a subject that I was not very familiar with, Web. 3.0 technology.  Web 3.0 technology is an exciting new technology that decreases the mundane tasks normally held by people. Ir allows computers to decipher the mass amounts of data contained on the internet to analyze their needs and interests.   For example, on chacha.com, a user can ask a specific question and receive an answer from a chacha.com representative.  If the representative cannot accurately answer the question than resources or websites will be offered that allow me narrow my search.  Questions can also be presented to the public or a Chacha group of people with similar like and interests through programs such as Twitter, Myspace, or Facebook.  I have received many accurate and informative answers using this website, if the answer is not to my satisfaction, the answer can posted on a social media/networking site to be presented to my colleagues or peers.  An application for Smartphones is also available that allows you to post questions to phone contacts, as well as, Facebook, Myspace, etc.   I look forward to the advancements that Web 3.0 technology brings to my profession as a teacher and my personal life. :)  

Andrew Lynch

P.S.  Here is another recent picture of my daughter that I hope makes you smile.

Wordle Collage

Enjoy the Wordle Collage that was created from this Blog!

Monnddaayyy..... Moooonnnddayyy...Laa Laa

Hello Everyone,

I hope everyone's week is going well. :)  Well, another "school" week is over and tomorrow brings new assignments to explore and complete.  The past two weeks I have really enjoyed completing and enjoying the Web 2.0 technologies that were assigned.  I has heard of each website that we were required to join but never joined on my own accord. 

This week we were to join Facebook and Twitter.  I have been a member of Facebook for 4 years or so and have enjoyed using its social media and social network aspects of it.  Although until last week I did not know what social media and social networking meant and was even less aware that Facebook and Twitter were unique for Web 2.0 technology because bot straddle the realms of social media and social networking.  Facebook is a wonderful tool to send and recieve messages (social media), as well as, become connected to people that share common interests as myself (social networking). 

I have heard all the hype surrounding Twitter but was never inticed to join it and become part of the "craze".  However, after joining it, I find myself coming back a number of times each day to check the "tweets" of the people I am following.  It is quite interesting to see what's on Hines Ward's mind throughout the day.  I was suprised to find the veteran Steeler is an avid "tweeter".  I also enjoying seeing what other people and friends are thinking/doing throughout the day, although at times I feel like a noisy teenager. 

I hope this week, along with the article reflection, that we join another Web. 2.0 technology because I seem to like each one we join more interesting than the last.  Until next time!  Have a great week and remember it's just work, plus it's one more day closer to the weekend!  :)

Andrew

P.S.  Here's a recent picture of my daughter eating her favorite snack, apple straws.  It makes me smile, I hope it make you smile too.