Thursday, August 28, 2008

Introduction

Hi Everyone in Comm101,

I am excited to start the semester. I have taken several online courses and they seem to fit both my work schedule and learning style. This is however, the first time that I have had to blog and use a wiki for a class. It should be fun.

A little about me. I am married with an 11 year old son. We just adopted a kitten from the humane society and she is a handful. We named her Lola. My academic goal is to get a masters in communication and teach. I guess thats enought about me.

A comment about the reading. I started reading the first two chapters of the book and the one thing that I found interesting was the metaphors used to describe a theory. The one that caught my attention was from the Greek philospher Heraclites. you can find it on page 8 in the text, under relational process.

I am looking forward to a great semester with all of you.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I also found the thoughts on theory to be interesting. I found they had a unique approach to introducing such a deep subject. I look forward to seeing these theories in practice later in the book.

Professor Cyborg said...

This is my first time using wikis for a class, so we'll be working on our wiki skills together (although I instituted several wikis in the department that we used extensively last semester). Like you, I'm interested in metaphors for theory, as well as for other things, such as organizations and communication. Metaphors both illuminate and constrain what they describe.