Learning about blogging

Before I took EDT 400 I had no idea what a blog was. Not only did I not know what it was, but I did not really care to be honest. It never affected me in any way and I was fine with that. This semester I learned what it was, and was actually required to manage one. I have to say that I have actually enjoyed doing this. At the beginning it was difficult to find topics to write about, but now it is very easy to me. I have seen blogs that have been made by professionals in my field and I can see how useful they are for people to get information out there. I plan on using a blog in my professional life, because I really feel that it would benefit my career. I'm thankful that I was required to manage a blog, because if I had not, I would never learned how to efficiently use this powerful web tool.

Beyond Technology

The article, Beyond technology: The end of the job and the beginning of digital work was very interesting. I was very surprised to see how many jobs are being done away from the office and in people's homes. As much as this takes away the personal effect of a work environment, it makes everyone's job much more streamlined. I thought that the Mayo demonstration school of science and technology is on the right track. Students need to be prepared for the added responsibility and work that they will receive once they are ready to join the workforce. With a school like this, they are constantly learning and receiving training that will make them much more efficient and productive when the time comes. I was also very surprised to see that a four year old was able to log in and manage their own work. That seems very advanced for a child that age. Overall I thought that this was a very interesting article that brought up a lot of good discussion topics.

I'm back

It really has been a while since my last blog, it was about a month ago. So here we go.
In today's practice we did a few 800 meter runs. This is surprisingly strange for a sprinter workout, as nobody in this group would run more than 500 meters. The reason we did these however, was so that when it was time to run a 400 or 500 meter sprint, it would seem much easier than it would have before. Our sprint endurance would also be a lot higher than it normally would. These were very tough, and I'm glad we do not do them that often.

Ed's Umaine Blog

I was reading Ed's Umaine blog and he posts the question, how do we avoid letting technology take us for a wild ride? This question, although seems very simple, is a rather difficult one to answer. One could say we just need to strike a healthy balance between advancing technology, and the amount of technology we actually use. This is very difficult because technology is highly addictive. It's hard not to just surf the internet in our spare time, or play around with our cell phones and i pods. We can't stop the forward movement of technology altogether, that would just be impractical, as technology is helping to make our daily lives easier. The only thing we can do is to be careful. We need to try and balance our lives out, do things the "old fashioned" way sometimes. If we don't resort back to these things at times they will eventually disappear and be forgotten by everyone.

Response

I just recently read Bethany's blog about the success story. As I was reading it, I could not help but do my own calorie intake calculations. I was very surprised. I weight 200 lbs. For me to maintain my weight, I need to consume 2727 calories a day. That is also without any exercise. I need to consume a lot more as I have practice everyday. I did not realize how much I needed to eat everyday, and it looks almost overwhelming. But I do like food, so I think I'll be able to do that with no problem.

Saturday Morning

This past Saturday, we did a very hard workout. The strange this is though, that the only actual running we did came in the warm up. We did a lot of calisthenics as our workout. We had no rest between the exercises. We did sets of about 60 seconds per exercise, and there were a total of 20 exercises. This was done to promote our strength and muscular endurance. It was very tough.

Response

I found Bethany's most recent blog interesting. She defined the difference between exercising and training. She said that training is when you have multiple workouts that you do to reach a certain goal, whereas exercise is a single workout, and while exercise is important, training is necessary for your goals. This is a very accurate statement, as it makes you think about your own fitness goals, and whether you need to rethink your approach.