Blog Assignment #1

Joseph Joel Gramling, Peters Township PA, jgramling17@jcu.edu.

I prefer to go by my middle name "Joel", that's why I mentioned it in the line above.

In terms of sports I like to Hunt, Snowboard, Wake-board, Skim-board and casually like to play lacrosse (surprisingly not skateboarding haha). I'm actually Joseph Joel Gramling the 5th and that's why I go by my middle name seeing as though all the previous Joseph's went by their middle name Joel. I went to Spain for a month this summer and ran with a bull in a bullfighting ring. I'm 50% Sicilian (my mom is 100%). I have a golden retriever named "Nahla" and I love dogs.

For me to feel comfortable enough to take intellectual and creative risks I would need to be in an open comfortable environment where the discussion topics won't make anyone think less of anyone because of someone's opinion.

I think the most important technological invention was the computer because computers are in everything today and we come in contact with something computer related everyday. The internet was also a huge invention but it only came to be because of computers.

I rely on many technologies in my day to day activities but the main two are my phone and my computer.

 In high school I learned 2 programming languages (qbasic and java) and took a gaming computer programming course. I also built my own computer and I've always been the IT guy of my family. I've worked with adobe Flash, Photoshop, Fireworks, and Dreamweaver. I use Twitter, Instagram, Vine, and Reddit (I don't go on Facebook much but I have one). I would Rate my Technology Proficiency at about a 6 or 7 because there are others who are much more advanced than me.

(Assuming you weren't involuntarily picked) Why did you want to teach this class?