Is blogging a good learning technique?

When it comes to academia, professors and teachers all over the world have many different strategies to sculpt the minds of young students. A teacher has free range to create a course syllabus and a class schedule that will be not only fun for the students but also will make them retain the most information. This can vary from note taking all the way to pop quizzes and exams. Some teachers like to critique other teachers teaching styles, saying that there style is the best. What it all really comes down to is the student. They are the ones that need to understand the information. The teachers obviously already understand the information so why are they teaching it in the way that is the easiest for them? Teachers should be teaching the way that the students want to learn in. One very helpful way of earning that you have employed is writing blogs, or “blogging”. Throughout all of my schooling I have always had to sit behind a desk, copy notes, and study my ass off for a test over things that I will forget right after the test is over. Tests also stress a lot of students out. We are so worried about passing this test that it can really damage people’s moods and will not make it fun for people to learn. You learn more when you are stress free and that is exactly why the blogging method works. You do not have to worry about cramming and studying information for a test. You can sit down in quiet safe stress free place, and type your blog. When typing a blog it requires you to do research as you go. This helps you learn because you are constantly receiving new information. Also, it is your blog! You can write whatever you want. You are basically writing your own tests. When it all comes down to it yes. I think blogging is an effective tool in the learning process!

Ringworm

Hello, I am writing my blog today on the skin disease Dermatophytosis. Ringworm is a skin infection caused by a fungus that can affect the scalp, skin, fingers, toe nails or foot. Anyone can get ringworm. Children may be more susceptible to certain types of ringworm than adults. Ringworm can be contracted by direct skin-to-skin contact with infected people or pets, or indirectly by contact with items such as barber clippers, hair from infected people, shower stalls or floors.  Ringworm of the scalp usually begins as a small pimple which becomes larger in size and leaves scaly patches of temporary baldness. Infected hairs become brittle and break off easily. Occasionally, yellowish cuplike crusty areas are seen. With ringworm of the nails, the affected nails become thicker, discolored and brittle, or they become chalky and disintegrate. Ringworm of the body appears as flat, spreading ring-shaped areas. The edge is reddish and may be either dry and scaly or moist and crusted. As it spreads, the center area clears and appears reddish. Your doctor may prescribe a fungicidal material to swallow as tablets or powders that can be applied directly to the affected areas. Towels, hats and clothing of the infected individual should not be shared with others. Young children who are infected should minimize close contact with other children until effectively treated. When multiple cases occur, seek advice from your local health department. To learn more about ringworm click on one of these two links…..

 ringworm 1

Ringworm 2 

I chose to write about ringworm because I have contracted it a couple of times. It is extremely easy to get, I know firsthand, I shower twice a day and I have still gotten it.

Like I said earlier ringworm is very easy to spot with the naked eye. As you can see in the picture above it literally looks like a reddish ring/ rash. It’s very easy to spot.

heat stroke vrsus heat exhaustion

Hello, in this blog I am going to talk to you about heat stroke versus heat exhaustion. Many people get these two confused and interchanged so I am going to try and make things a little easier. First off let’s talk about heat stroke.

            Heatstroke is the most severe form of the heat-related illnesses and is defined as a body temperature higher than 41.1°C (106°F) and has a lot to do with neurologic dysfunction. Two forms of heatstroke exist. Exertional heatstroke (EHS) generally is present in young individuals who take part in laborious physical activity for a long period of time in a hot environment. Classic nonexertional heatstroke (NEHS) more commonly affects elderly individuals, people who are chronically ill, and very young people. To learn more about heatstroke, click here….. HeatStroke info Now I am going to talk about heat exhaustion.  

Heat exhaustion is the most common heat-related condition which has been recorded in active populations it’s ranging anywhere from athletes to recreational hikers. It is best defined as the inability to continue exercise in the heat due to cardiovascular insufficiency (not enough blood pumped to the heart) and energy exertion that may or may not be associated with physical collapse. To learn more about heat exhaustion, click here,,,,,Heat exhaustion info

This is a diagram that really helped me understand what heat stroke actually was. the diagram even provides indicators of heat stroke. so you can prevent it and maybe save somebody's life.

This is the diagram I used to help me understand heat exhaustion. It showed me the causes and how i would feel if i started to experience heat exhaustion.

It is important to note that heat illnesses are not on a on a ball and chain and that one condition does not lead to another condition, Even though having heat exhaustion one day can make you susceptible to heat illness the next day.  A common misconception is that heat exhaustion can lead to heat stroke.  This cannot happen because once the person collapses from heat exhaustion they stop exercising in the heat, making exertional heat stroke impossible.  The body stops producing heat due to muscle contraction because exercise has ended, preventing external heat stroke.