Friday, January 30, 2009

Reflection: Weeks 1 & 2

The first two weeks of class have been an introductory period. The first day of class I was feeling a little under the weather and was not in attendance. The second day was very interesting. I walked into the classroom to see Dr. V passing out ropes to people. I was puzzled trying to figure out what kind of activity we would be doing. It was interesting to see how people squeezed to fit inside the ropes. Dr. V showed us that there were many ways this could relate to the environment.

The second week Dr. V showed us how to create a blog. She showed us all of the great features and tools that blogger has to offer. It seemed a little confusing in the beginning, but the more you play around with it, the more you learn. It seems like everyones blogs are looking better every day. I think that doing these blogs is a great idea. I think it will be a great way for the entire class to communicate.

I'm really looking forword to the rest of the semester. I think that this will be a very interesting class with usable real world information.

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Intro Post


Hi, my name is Randy Reiter. I am a sophmore at UMD and created this blog for my environmental health class.

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

Advocacy Project
Eye Openers
Reflections
Reviews
Share and Voice

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