Deciphering my concept map

So this is my first attempt at recording audio for the blog, and I am going to hope that everyone will be able to hear it. This recording is about two minutes long, and it explains what I presented last week in my gliffy concept map - you might want to open the gliffy map in conjunction with this recording to follow along with my explanation of things. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks!

Recording:
http://uflibpm.pbwiki.com/f/deciphering_concept_map.wav

Concept Map:
http://uflibpm.pbwiki.com/f/EME5054-Learning_Theories.jpg

Lifelong learning

My particular area of interest in research is lifelong learning. At this point in the literature search, I have determined that these articles are from all areas of study in higher education. I am interested in reading about how lifelong learning is emphasized within different disciplines. Why did I choose this as a topic? Well, I am interested in lifelong learning because I think education should never end and that people in all fields need some way of staying in contact with the latest news of their field.

Website - Use of interactive fiction for teaching and learning

Interesting website on using interactive fiction for teaching and learning:
http://if1.home.comcast.net/

Learning Theories - Visual representation for 9/13

Here is the link to my visual representation of Chapter 4. I really found it interesting to look at the components that are similar across the different learning theories.

http://uflibpm.pbwiki.com/f/EME5054-Learning_Theories.jpg

A little disclaimer about all the different colors - the tealish colored shapes are the ones that are different from one learning theory to another, while the other colors that are the same are ones that I found similar from one learning theory to another. I hope this is not too confusing. Let me know if I am missing anything, and I will modify as needed. Thanks, and see you guys tomorrow!

Kathryn :)

Technical Professional Development Learning Contract

Broad Statement of Goal (Must include improving technical expertise within an authentic context):
I have always used web design software, such as Macromedia Contribute, to do web pages, but I have never formerly used HTML. My goal for the semester is to learn HTML in conjunction with cascading style sheets (CSS). I will demonstrate this new knowledge by creating a website.

Steps to take to achieve goal:
1. Get a Grove account to use as practice space (9/11/06).
2. Read book about HTML and CSS (9/16/06-9/29/06).
3. Take netg courses online while reading book (9/16/06-9/29/06).
4. Develop website (9/17/06-11/1/06).
5. Present website to class (11/2/06).