BYU-New-Media-2008

Lately, I feel as though I have been learning without thinking.

I believe that the appearance of God the Father and His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, in 1820 to Joseph Smith unlocked the heavens not only to the great spiritual knowledge revealed in this dispensation but also to secular knowledge. "Anthropologists inform us that for thousands of years the average human being could expect to live about 25 to 30 years."7 But since the late 19th century, life expectancy worldwide has risen to 64 years.8 New ideas, including scientific inventions and discoveries of better ways of doing things, were being produced annually at 39 a year from 4,000 B.C. to A.D. 1, contrasted to 3,840 new ideas a year in the 19th century, while today they are created at the rate of 110,000 a year.9 Now comes the challenge to prevent the scientific, technical, and intellectual from stifling the spiritual enlightenment in our lives. As someone once said, "The greatest of undeveloped resources [in our country] is faith; the greatest of unused power is prayer."10 Technology may help us communicate with each other and the world, but not with God.

I believe that the appearance of God the Father and His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, in 1820 to Joseph Smith unlocked the heavens not only to the great spiritual knowledge revealed in this dispensation but also to secular knowledge. “Anthropologists inform us that for thousands of years the average human being could expect to live about 25 to 30 years.” 7 But since the late 19th century, life expectancy worldwide has risen to 64 years. 8 New ideas, including scientific inventions and discoveries of better ways of doing things, were being produced annually at 39 a year from 4,000 b.c. to a.d. 1, contrasted to 3,840 new ideas a year in the 19th century, while today they are created at the rate of 110,000 a year. 9 Now comes the challenge to prevent the scientific, technical, and intellectual from stifling the spiritual enlightenment in our lives. As someone once said, “The greatest of undeveloped resources [in our country] is faith; the greatest of unused power is prayer.” 10 Technology may help us communicate with each other and the world, but not with God.

My masters thesis centered on the idea of participatory democracy.

The value of this blog post is in the comment section below the article

however, I thought if this class (Dr. Wiley's) is going to study this idea of religion and new media, why not try it for my class (institute).

the obvious 'assessment' faux pas religion teachers face

I did ask permission from my direct supervisor.

Some Educational Uses for Reading and Writing

students are educational clients, and hopefully consumers

how NOT to use blogs

once "things slow down

That's something I could become (over?)zealous about, because it adds passion and purpose to my natural interest

use a blog to maintain an evaluation conversation with the instructor, letting him/her know of your progress on a particular project

I’m taking the class for fun

Many of them were 2003-2006.

I hope I’m not sounding too negative.

I also received my master’s from BYU. I just finished my thesis last semester, which was on Contributing Factors to Improved Teaching at BYU

actually applied for Utah State’s PhD program so I could get to know him better and perhaps work on a similar area of research in the future

Sweet

I have a theory that everyone, including you, has a specific donut that resonates with your DNA. It will call to you like a siren.

My self learning is almost completely dependent on using blogs as starting points.

We currently live in Pleasant Grove

beyond the school walls

I sense (although I have no data to back it up) that time is accelerating