In spirit of the snow that South Dakota received, I felt it was fitting to add a snowman. My brother and his daughter made this last year after a snowy day in March.

RSS and Readers

Talk about efficient. This is a really easy way to keep everything organized. I was able to add several blogs to a reader and by one simple click, I could alternate between them. Sweet!

This will come in handy when I would like to add more blogs. I think the hard part will be remembering where everything was and what everything means.

Creating a blog

Needless to say, setting up my own blog was a lot easier than I thought. I already played around with it a bit and added "my shelfari." It is just a list of books that I have read and also ones that are currently on my own bookshelf waiting to be read.

71/2 Habits of lifelong learning

After watching this video on the lifelong learning habits, I feel that the habit I find easiest is #2: accept responsibility for your own learning. As a college student, it is my responsibility to show up for class and pay attention. Only I know what I do and do not understand. Therefore, it becomes my responsibility to ensure that I learn all that I need to. If there is something that I don't understand, then I need to find a way to understand that particular material. Whether it be asking a fellow student for help, referring to the textbook or going up and asking the professor to explain.

I think the habit I struggle with the most, would probably be to begin with the end in mind. Having various projects going on at the same time for several different classes becomes a juggling act. When I first begin a project, I have a set idea of what I would like done with it. Unfortunately, due to other projects going on at the same time, the end goal is not what I may of originally set out for it to be. I may of had to change it because there simply wasn't enough time to accomplish what I wanted originally or perhaps the research took me in a different direction.