Thursday, January 29, 2009

REFLECTION: WEEKS 1 & 2

The first week of environmental health class was fairly mellow. We briefly talked about what exactly environmental health is, ways to improve our "environmentally unfriendly" habits, and different ways we affect our surroundings and how it, in turn, affects us. We also did an in-class activity which showed us the importance of conserving resources/space in our environment and also taught us the importance of effective communication. The second week mainly consisted of learning how to use blogger, and google reader. Our whole class created a blog along with a gmail account. We also started to make our blogs look more appealing by adding pictures, gadgets, and advanced features.

To be honest, I haven't learned much about environmental health yet, however, I know we will soon be touching on this more heavily since the course is designed around this topic. One thing I have learned about myself is that I am not as computer savvy as I thought prior to this class. I was confident that I had a pretty good understanding of how to use a computer, but blogger has slapped me in the face and reminded me that there is always room for improvement. I (along with many others I'm sure) have been frustrated at times while learning how to use this blog host, but with time and practice this whole process is becoming much easier.

Overall, I am satisfied with what we've learned thus far. My blog looks better than I expected along with everyone else's. Although some portions of this class may be difficult, it is comforting to know that we can struggle together as a class, and best of all make something good come of it!


Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Welcome to Ben's Virtual Ecosystem!



Hello everyone! My name is Benjamin Lee and I am a Community Health Education major at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. This blog will focus on the current issues regarding our environment and how they affect us as both a community and as individuals. Please feel free to comment about any thoughts, questions, or interesting facts and I will be sure to do the same!

There are 5 possible types of posts on my blog. They include:

-Advocacy Project
-Eye Openers
-Reflections
-Reviews
-Share and Voice


If you notice at the bottom of this post, the categories will be listed as labels. This post is has been labeled with all five kinds of posts. You will also see the number of each kind of post in my Labels Gadget at the top of the page. All post titles from now on will begin with one of the categories above.

The members of my web group are:

1. Sara @
A Leaf of Sara's Life
2. Ingrid @
Ingrid's Al Fresco
3. Autumn @
Autumn's Atmosphere
4. Abbey @
Abbey E's Environmental Endeavors
5. Katie @
Katie Kares 4 Environment

You can subscribe to my blog by clicking the subscribe gadget in the gadget column. You can also follow my blog by clicking "Follow this Blog" in the gadget column. I am subscribed to all the blogs in my blog list gadget. You can see my complete profile and all the blogs I am following by clicking on "See Complete Profile."

Hopefully you will learn some useful knowledge from my blog, as I know I will. Thanks for stopping by, and have a nice day!


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