RSS FEEDS-FEEDLEY

My Experience with RSS Feeds was a new thing to me.  I never had any experience with them until this class and I ended up exploring two feeds 1. The Old Reader, and 2.Feedly.  Feedly was better for me and I thought it was easier to use.  I'm an avid reader and this will be something that I will use in the future.  RSS Feed is something that will add to my PLN.  I really liked the feeds and the articles and also the current and relevant events you could read about.  I mostly read sports articles, but overall it was a good experience for me and I would definitely give Feedly a thumbs-up.

My Delicious Experience

As I increase my Personal Learning Network (PLN) with social media and all other kinds of learning tools to enhance my knowledge I have to be honest with everyone Delicious did absolutely nothing for me.  At least with Twitter I check my account everyday or I"m at least interested in who's tweeting or following me.   With Delicious all I did was bookmark a few sites and have no interest to use it unless Dr. Broussard makes me.  So I have very little to give ya'll in this Blog sorry.  These are my thoughts about Delicious.

My Twitter Experience

Twitter was very new to me I'm not the social media guru, but I did find it fun.  I just don't understand how people can tweet all day.  I can see how it can be very beneficial to some people to get a message out and how it can help people promote themselves or their business.  One thing I do know is that social media is here to stay and myself and everybody else better jump aboard or get left behind.  I really felt behind when I started interacting with people I had not talked to in twenty years.  All of a sudden they found me on twitter...SMH

MY THOUGHTS ON PLN

I have been developing my personal learning network the day I became serious about my college education.  I have been developing an attitude of learning my whole college career, but I only had one goal and that goal was to just graduate and get a degree and that was it.  I have matured over the years and have become more goal-oriented and also more focused on enhancing my career.  I'm a Graduate Student now and also a management employee at a technology-driven company.  Technology plays a role in my career and also my everyday life.  My PLN  is not very large right now, but I do plan on expanding it while I'm in Graduate School and as I continue to advance in my career.  I plan on using Social Media as .a tool for me to network my skills and to communicate effectively. I have never been a fan of Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram but things are changing so I see its time for me to adjust.  I also plan to use more tech tools that are out there to increase my understanding of computers and how they work.  So I don't know about anyone else but I'm ready to learn and expand my personal learning network.  I also found Steven Burrough's blog interesting I see where things became beneficial to him in his career when he started to expand his PLN.  I think my personal learning network will continue to grow and expand on a daily basis as long as I am willing to learn new things and be receptive to change.

The Social Media Revolution

My first impression of the Youtube video was very alarming but also very informative.  I was surprised that 1-5 couples meet online.  What happen to meeting face to face and interacting with each other to see if we have the same interests, or am I so out of touch with whats really going on?


I'm not a facebook fan and I may be the only one in my large family ( real large my mom  has 20 siblings) that does not have a facebook account.  It was very alarming that 1-5 couples end in divorce because of facebook.  What happen to commitment?    The facts for the Ford explorer ad did not surprise me.  I had the privilege of driving one for two weeks on a business trip and I have to say I was extremely impressed.



The Youtube video by Mr. Qualman caught my attention when it says that 40% of the fortune 500 companies will no longer be here in 10 years.  I work for a company that has been around for over 100 years so these type of Stats may bother the average person, but I don't consider myself average and I truly understand who my source is.

I have one last thought to share.  The video stated that 69% of parents are friends with their children on social media.  Here is a picture of my boys, Darion my 14 yr old and Joshua and Caleb my 8 yr old twins
I believe my job as a father is to have a great relationship with my boys, but my ultimate responsibility is to teach and train and love them unconditionally so that they can be productive men in society.