EDM 310 - Mixed Emotions

I just recently began my education courses at South Alabama.  Before this semester the only teaching class I had taken was Math for Elementary School Teachers, now I am enrolled in four education classes.  It has been an overwhelming first week, to say the least.  I have been chatting with other students in my classes to see what they think about the classes I am taking, as well as the classes they are taking.  The more I talk to other teaching students, the better I feel about my courses.  "Just be organized" - that's what they keep telling me.  I have one planner and just ordered another; I have a huge problem with procrastinating and doing all my work at the last minute.  I definitely plan on breaking that terrible habit this semester.  Another thing that students have been telling me, is how much this class will help me in the classroom when I get there.  It's so wild to think about how much technology will be in my future classroom, I am so thankful for this course even though it makes me a little nervous.  I am really excited to learn how to learn with Dr. Strange, but I do have a number of fears.  I think I am most nervous about the amount of time that I will have to dedicate to EDM 310.  I know how obvious it is for, not just Dr. Strange, but the whole world to see how much effort I am putting into this course.  My favorite tip from everything I have read about the class is "Stay Positive".  I have been trying to do this more and more lately.  It is too easy to feel overwhelmed and fall behind, but if I can just stay positive and push through the rough patches I'm sure I will begin forming good habits that will help in this class and just life in general. This class is just so different from every other class I have taken at USA.  Although, I did have a class in high school that was similar.  We had to keep a blog and everything we learned we had to research ourselves.  I remember really enjoying setting up blog posts and finding cute pictures and adding my own flare to the topics.  I actually didn't capitalize any of my words in this blog (but I did follow all of the other grammar rules) and my teacher told me that I needed to in order to not get points taken off.  But I sacrificed the points in order to "be me." I don't plan on being that stubborn in this class.  However, I do plan on asking questions, reading the manuals, being attentive, and learn to learn!