Here is a screenshot of the Home page on my iGoogle Personal Learning Environment (PLE). I added a few gadgets on this page to keep me balanced in my home, personal, and spiritual life while maintaining direction and action towards accomplishing my career goals. I added the gadget “Inspirational Quotes and Pictures” to remind me that photography has brought much inspiration and has taught me to realize I can recognize the beauty of life all around me when I slow down and capture the presence of a moment . I also added “Motivational Life Quotes” by Jim Garrison to infuse positive affirmations into my day and keep me moving forward towards my goals even when obstacles sometimes get in the way.
My second tab and screenshot connects me to my educational journey at Full Sail University while pursuing a master’s in Educational Media Design and Technology. Each link I created has immediately improved my organizational skills, and helped me quickly access everything I need to be successful when preparing to complete a fast track program with efficiency and flowing manageability. Saving time is a must in order to balance my home life and educational life. Using iGoogle to organize my digital world has made pursuing this journey much more possible than I presumed.
My third tab and screen shot is a Google Personalized Tab that was shared from my instructor, Rena Hanaway. Sharing her personal ETC tab taught me how to access and communicate valuable information that can be useful for teaching and learning with others through a collaborative and collective educational community interested in enhancing the entire educational process of diverse learning and communication with ET. I will continue to add additional links and share valuable resources to other fellow FSO EMDT students to stay connected and help share knowledge, awareness, valuable links that provide easy access to learning, teaching and creating in a collaborative and social community of educators. I will continue to add valuable time saving and management tabs and links to the this igoogle PLE as I continue my journey as an educator and FSO EMDT student.
Reflective Connection's with Christina Wilson 