What to blog about?

Wow! I don’t even know where to begin with this blog. It seems that we discussed so many things today in class and I am having difficulties with which topic to choose. Yesterday I blogged on the great day we had at the creek. That takes care of service learning projects, except I really like them and the guest speaker today was very informative. Today I could blog on how kids use technology too much but at the elementary level, that is not really a problem—yet. But, because of our conversation, I did keep my computer closed more today and listened. I have not been a student where I have a computer accessible in front of me like I do now. I do find it distracting. It is distracting because it is too easy to open and look at. Many times nothing has changed but we have to look anyway! I find it helpful. Helpful because if something registers and I want to know more information, it is right there. That is helpful. But, while I am looking, what am I missing? I can see that if I was an instructor at the college level, it would probably make me nuts to compete with Facebook, shopping and what not. I was impressed that some universities were going to make certain areas inaccessible. That could help but then again, there is always the smart phone or the Ipad. I don’t really know what the answer to this is. I do think that as a student, we want our instructors to respect us. I think this goes both ways. When they are lecturing, we need to show them respect by focusing on what is going on in the room, not the latest on FB or who has shoes on sale.
On another note, I want to thank Matt for providing us with our 5 minute meditations. I enjoy these. They are very centering. Today, I tried it on my own. First time. It worked. Instead of going ballistic over the fact that I had just applied the second coat of paint to an entire room in the WRONG color, I breathed in through my nose and out through my mouth. Quite a few times. It helped. I didn’t freak. I stayed calm. And then I went out for ice cream. That helped too. Tomorrow, I will fix it and it will be okay. That is the power of meditation. :)