Health center

This week I went to the health center. They have all the information a college student would need to have in certain health situations. They offer this information in pamphlets going from topics of the common cold to unwanted pregnancies. In these pamphlets they give all the information such as what one should do if in a situation and who they can talk to about whatever situation they are in. These pamphlets also give ways to avoid STDs, unwanted pregnancies, the common cold and many others . The health center is filled with great information that can be used while trying to stay healthy in college. It is defiantly worth going to the health center to stay aware of what different thing they are trying to keep students away from.

Midterm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EqDIIZISVc

Out of My Comfort Zone!

In the past I have always said I will not change my major. I was really excited to come to southern for the special education department. Then I realized that major I was pursuing was no longer a major. I went out of my comfort zone and changed my major to therapeutic recreation. In doing this I had to meet with a new advisor to make sure I was making the right decision and picking the right courses for that career path. I also wanted to change my major because I did not want to be in under graduate school for longer then four years. This is important to me because I choose Southern because of my major. Now that I have changed majors I fell a lot less stressed and happy about my decision. This is defiantly a hard decision for me but I believe I made the right choice. This process was not as hard as I thought it was going to be. All I had to do was go to the department of my new major and inform them that I want to change and it was very easy. 

How to become a CC

For my campus safari this week I interviewed one of the community coordinators in my hall. Mike is a CC on the second floor in chase. Some of the benefits he told me of being a CC is that you get to meet new people, live on campus for free, and you get to show the freshman what college life is truly about. I also asked about the responsibilities of being a CC he told me that you have to do programs and socials, create bulletin boards on your floor, make sure everyone gets along on your floor and within the hall, and as a CC you have to do a set amount of work at the front desk and if a desk attendant calls out you have to cover for them. The steps to becoming a CC are to fill out the application that resident life sends out, get two references preferably hall director and professor, go to two interviews one group interview that has 15-20 people and the second one is a individual interview with one of the hall directors that you set up on your own. When all the step are completed if you get accepted you get an e-mail congratulating you and  telling you where you are assigned for the next semester. I would like to become a CC next year it seems to be a hard but rewarding job.

Time Management/Project

This project so far I have spent approximately five hours on through doing the different parts. Brainstorming I have spent about one hour. In this time I decided my questions and how I was going to set up my video. I also decided how to make it chronological  order. On interview I spent another hour between collecting the interviews and deciding who I was going to ask to interview. I needed people who know about people with special needs because if they did not I would be asking them the question for no reason. I am still in the process of gathering other types of material but so far I have put approximately a half an hour into putting material other then my interviews into my video.  Through trying to learn the computer software I have put the most time into trial and error to learn. I have learned how to imovie but still am trying to learn how to use garageband. This has taken me approximately an hour and a half to learn and I am still learning. Through making the video I have put about an hour into editing and making the video. I should probably put about another two hours into this assignment. My time management skills have been pretty good through out this project I have been trying to break it down into parts in order to make sure I get everything done. I also have a lot of work from my other classes so time management has becoming a little harder. I could have defiantly started this project earlier so that I had more time to do final steps.

My video project is going pretty well. I am having problems putting music on my video because I do not know how to use garageband. I also need to learn how to put the video on youtube in order to put it on my blog. But interview wise I am doing well I have a couple done so I am in the process of putting the interviews into my presentation properly. I have been watching videos on youtube to learn how to use mac software. I also have been using the method of trail and error so that I can learn from my own mistakes.Through this project I am not only learning more about my critical thinking question and others views but I learned how to use imovie and garageband. This types of technology will be needed in the future classes I take. Whereas youtube I just need to set up a account so that I can post the video and turn it in.  I am enjoying making this video and it is not as hard as I thought it would have of been. 

Tom Colby Midterm Study Skills

Professor Tom Colby was very good at giving tips for taking midterms. He gave us all the necessary tools in order to answer questions on midterm exams. Professor Colby gave us a handout when we arrived that gave us an outline of how he wanted us to take the note for his presentation which was broken up by his slides on his powerpoint presentation. He gave us tips on how to organize study guides to make them easy to study one of the tips he gave us was to make one study guide for each topic. Through doing this it makes the information more fitted for an active learner then a passive learner. It also helps you to learn the information in a different way then it was taught. Professor Colby also gave us the advise that before going to take the test you should  "rehearse" meaning do practice problems and do flash card and etc. Another thing I learned were some guidelines for true-false, multiple choice, and essay test. These guidelines are very helpful and defiantly useful to a college student. I found it very helpful that Professor Colby gave us examples through history questions and he also gave some personal experiences while he was grading essay test of what he was looking for. I would defiantly recommend people to go to at least one of his presentations because he knows what a students need to do in certain scenarios in order to succeed. These presentations are short and very informational I got a lot of information about test taking through on fifty minute presentation.

Making a Mid-term Video

I have never made a video before. I have realized over these past few days that it is hard to learn the imovie software. I am learning but it is taking me a little bit of time to figure everything out right now all I know how to do is to put words in the movie and play it. I have never been that great with technology but I am learning more and more about the program each time I try to do something new. Imovie is defiantly not as hard as I thought but you do have to get use to it. I am having a hard time also figuring out how to transfer videos that were not recorded by my computer to the imovie. I am going to ask one of my friends who is really good with macs to help me. But I am still getting information on what to write and tomorrow I will be interviewing the one of staff in the DRC.

Trip to the Library

This week we took a trip to the library where we learned to find books and look when we need help. This visit to the library gave us a lot of information on everything inside the library. I picked out the book Preschool Education Programs: for children with Autism. I choose this book because for my Inquiry project I am thinking of using a question that deals with learning disabilities and how critical thinking is impacted by one. This book seems to be an easy read and will also help me in the long run because I would like to specialize in Autism. Locating the book was easy I just needed to find the correct self that it was on because with the education section there are many different types of books.

Getting sick!

Getting sick while trying to maintain grades and ensuring that all your work is done is very hard. There are many things you can do to stay healthy even though many people surrounding you might be sick. You can make sure you get enough sleep, eat healthy, and try and stay away from those who are sick. Also, if you feel sick go to the health center, make an appointment and they will give you the necessary  things to help you feel better. I have been sick this semester and it is very hard to stay caught up with work while sick. But if you feel sick and can not attend class the best thing to do is to e-mail your professors and get notes from a class mate as all professors tell us to do on the first day of classes. Also while trying to stay healthy make sure you have all the necessary items incase you do get sick. If you are starting to feel sick also take the precautions and make sure you get more sleep then usual and drink a lot of water and fluids. Time management no matter how well you have been doing with it this semester will also get thrown off because while sick you become more liturgic and unwilling to do work because you do not feel well. My advice would be to stay up to date on all assignments even maybe do a little bit of extra work just incase you do get sick. This way you do not need to stress out on large assignments that are due durning the time you are sick. 

Counceling department at SCSU

This week I went to the counseling department. I scheduled a meeting a discussed what the counseling department did. At this meeting I talked to to one of the councilors and learned that they talk to students and give advise on what ever that student in particular needs. Then they try to set that student up with support systems such as groups of people who are going through similar situations. They are very helpful and they do not judge or tell you what to do. I would defiantly advise paying a visit if you are dealing with stress, anxiety and many other thing that you might not be able to handle with out a support system