Kathy+Clarke

How this Spanish course has changed my life
This course has helped me overcome my fear of technology. I was unsure of myself at first, but I quickly became used to using e-mails etc.

I have learned how to do Internet research. I had never used the Internet for research before. I always went to the library and looked everything up in the card file. The search engines on the Internet are faster than looking things up manually. The search engines even let the researcher search for articles containing key words that are related to the subject being researched. Just a few years ago, a person would have had to scan an article or book themselves to see if it related to their topic. I have noticed that not all search engines are created equal. Yahoo and Google are my favorites. To get a broad range of information on a topic, it is best to use more than one search engine.

From taking this class, I have learned that my preferred learning style is visual. I learn best from reading the material and seeing charts and graphics. If I am unsure on the spelling of a word, I write it down several different ways and choose the one that looks right. I am happy this is my learning style, because on-line course are almost exclusively visual.

This course has helped me to know myself better. It has taught me skills I will take with me to my future courses. I will know how to collect research, contact people through e-mail, and will be able to order books on-line. I have already used my research skills to help myself with my linguistics class. I went to Yahoo and searched for language tutorials. There were several tutorials that were very helpful in my studies. In future courses, if I have questions, the Web has a vast amount of resources I can tap into.

In conclusion, I would like to recommend that at the beginning of the course an introduction to computers course should be applied, since there will be students who cannot operate a computer. In closing, I would like to add that I have really enjoyed the experience during this course and I think Internet learning will become more of the norm as time moves on and possibly I will learn to adapt to it better.