1. ITEC 299
David Hoang

2. Motivation

What motivated me to take this class for the
first time would have to be because of the
interesting course summary that showed in
the ITEC 299 class summary. Because this class
was an online class, it gave me the flexibility
to work and learn. Before this class started, I
was a tech person that had his gadgets to
play games with, never thinking about using it
to learn. Now I am able to use those gadgets
to learn.

4. Personal Learning Preference
 My
personal learning preferences were a
3 in reflective, 7 in sensor, 1 in verbal, and
a 1 in global. I believe that these learning
preferences have changed throughout
the semester because I have leaned
more towards being more into a verbal
learner, and a global learner. I like
listening to professor speaking as opposed
to seeing a graph or a seeing the
professor.

5. Thoughts about Learning
Preference
 My
views about learning preferences in
general have changed because before I
started attending this class, I would have
never thought about the way that I
actually learn. I would just go to class,
listen to the professor speak, possibly take
notes, and leave. Now that I know about
the learning preferences, I can change
myself to use them for learning.

6. Learning Pathway

In the beginning of the semester we chose
different pathways for each student. The one
that I chose was a Learning Sage, because I
wanted to be able to learn about using
technology in a broader perspective.
Towards the end of the semester I was able to
learn about using technology was a way to
learn. No more shall schools be retro in terms
of paper and notebook. Here comes the
technology age of laptops and tablets.

7. Summarize how the activities you
completed contributed or did not
contribute to your ability to complete your
learning pathway
 The
activities that I was able to complete
during this class contributed to my ability
to being a Learning Sage in a sense that it
completed my learning of using
technology as a table for learning.

8. Top 3 Technology

The top three technologies that definitely
helped me would have to be my iPad
because I was able to take notes on it, learn
new topics, and use the search engine during
class. The second next technology would be
the Games/MMOG because it furthered my
learning. Games were specifically made so
that people are able to remember what
happens. The next technology is the
microblogs. Microblogs contain a lot of
variety, ranging from memes to news. They
also contain a lot of unfiltered opinions.

9. Experience investigating
different technologies.

The experience that I had investigating
different technologies was pretty interesting. I
had really learned new ways to use the
gadgets I already had to apply them into
learning. I did not realize that I was able to
use microblogs such as twitter or tumblr as a
good source of information; I really thought
that those sites were there just for fun.
Overall, my experience was a positive one, I
was able to learn plenty and was able to
change the ways I think about learning
forever.

10. Integrated knowledge of the physiological
factors or aspects of learning into your personal
learning practices

Before this semester started, my habits would
be to sleep very little, eat loads of junk
foods, and skip meals. Now, I was able to
change all that; I was able to get a lot of
sleep, eat fewer junk foods (They taste too
good to ban from my life) and start to eat
breakfast everyday. Just being able to know
about what habits you can change to help
your learning is a positive experience
because you are able to decide whether or
not you would like to change.

11. How you will use what you
learned in this class after this
semester

Over the next couple years at SFSU, I will use
what I learned in ITEC 299 to do well in all my
classes. For instance, the physiological factors
such as sleeping well, and eating right will
help me in my learning adventure. Another
thing that I learned from this class, is the
learning preferences that I had during the
beginning of the class. Because I know now
what I prefer in terms of learning, I am able to
mold myself to become a better learner.

12. How I feel about being a
Learning Sage.

Being a Learning Sage definitely changed my
view upon learning in general. It really helped
me learn how to use my gadgets that I
currently own to learn. The experience as a
whole was unique to me because I have
never taken a class like this one before. I have
never thought about using technology
(besides the laptop) for learning; for me it was
usually the old fashion pen and paper with
the occasional book. I am really glad I took
this class, it really helped me with the way I
learn.