Diving into Mythology

After reviewing my schedule and learning more about how the class is structured I have decided to make some modifications to my schedule for this class. On Sunday I will do reading A and B. On Tuesday, I will do the storytelling and blog comments and on Thursday, I will do the project and project feedback. I hope to get ahead from week to week and will probably try and do as much work on Sunday that I can possibly do. The article The Myth of "Too Busy"   presented me with many helpful tips and ideas of how to stay focused this semester and prioritize certain things over other unimportant things such as social media. The article prompted me to start thinking about cutting the unnecessary things out of my life and focus on things that are meaningful and that will help me achieve my goals. Another article that I really enjoyed reading was Increase Your Creative Output with 14 Time Management Tips  by Amanda Oliver. One really important thing that I took from this article tha...

I will say getting used to another website besides canvas has been wind of hard for me especially switching back and forth, but I'm sure I will get used to it. One thing that I have already found super helpful are the different links and instructions that are given to us in order to explain the more complex technology aspects that I will be dealing with in the course. I would say that I am kind tech savvy but only to a certain extent. I have already learned so much more about technology and blogging than I knew before I started this course. One thing that I found super helpful to learn about was how to make words into a link without putting the whole address in the blog/paper. I think that this is a skill that I will use beyond this class and will be very helpful in my academic career. I am looking forward to all of the other things I will learn in this class because it is only week one! Technology Worm by Mira

At first when looking at the structure of this class I was very nervous because it seemed like a lot of work and blogging was something that I was not very familiar with. However, the first week has been pretty easy besides figuring some minor things with the blog. One thing that I already really like about the assignments is that there is a lot of space for your imagination to work and to write about things that you enjoy. This has really kept me intrigued in the class. Also, I will most likely participate in several of the extra credit opportunities. One extra credit opportunity that is catching my eye dealing with the Growth Mindset and Heart. I am still a little confused on the storybook in which I will make eventually. I guess it seems to me like it would be very complicated to make but the directions so far have been spot on for simplifying everything.                                    ...

Before watching the videos, I had not heard of Carol Dweck or the Growth Mindset before. However, after watching all three of the videos the second one really stood out to me because I hear something similar to what Carol Dweck was saying on a daily basis. My cheer coach always tells us to get comfortable with being uncomfortable which is similar to what is said in the video. Carol says to make challenge the new comfort zone in meaning that you should never really be satisfied with yourself and you should always continue to push yourself to learn more, do more, etc. This is very true in cheerleading and my coach never stops pushing us to be the best that we can be. Once we master a skill or start to become good at something she introduces us to a harder skill that we have to work even harder to accomplish. I also think that this is something to live your life by everyday. For me sometimes I get into the habit of just going to class, doing my homework, and studying for my tests without ...

Hello, my name is Christina Schutz and I am currently a junior at the University of Oklahoma. I am majoring in Health and Exercise Science with the hopes of going to PA school after graduation. One of my short term goals is to get a job this semester that is dealing with the medical field in order to increase my number of hours of experience because I will be applying to PA school this summer. I am looking forward to this semester even though I know it will be a hard one because I am taking O-Chem and Genetics. However, I am excited to learn about these subjects. I am a cheerleader here at the University of Oklahoma on the all-girl team. I mention this because I spend a lot of my time at cheer practice as well as cheering at events such as football, basketball, gymnastics, volleyball, and others. Over Christmas break, my team and I stayed in Norman to practice for nationals which took place this past weekend in Orlando, Florida. Although staying in Norman over the break and having prac...

After browsing through several storybooks and learning more about storybooks and what they consist of, there are three that really caught my eye. The first one that caught my eye is called Ghost stories of OU . This storybook caught my attention because it was about OU and the ghost stories that are affiliated with some of the buildings on the campus. I have heard about some of these stories before but did not know all of the details. The introduction did a very good job of providing background information on the stories as well as made me want to continue to browse the website. Overall, I thought the design was really good. It was a simple design with tabs at the top which made it easy to navigate. A photo outside of Cate Center, where a boy was decapitated in 1986 in a dumbwaiter accident. Web source: Cherokee Building Materials Another storybook that I found very interesting is A Dog's Afterlife . In this storybook a dog named Rufus enters the underworld and learns many...

One of my favorite places is Cabo San Lucas. As a child, I traveled there every year with my family and it is a place full of great memories for me. There are many things that my family and I do while we are in Cabo San Lucas including scuba diving, kayaking, site seeing, and exploring the town. Also, there are some really great places to eat around the town that have out of this world sea food. I love going to Cabo because I really enjoy spending time on the beach and in the ocean. Playing in the waves of the ocean is one of my favorite things to do especially when surrounded by my family and friends. Also there is plenty of time to lay on the beach and relax when my family and I go to Cabo which is always a good thing. The Famous Cabo San Lucas Arch