Unit 4 post

The paper examined the use of social marketing to advance public health. And talked about ways to target population with the fastest and easiest way becoming the "social marketing" approach. Big companies promote a specific product or big insurance companies promote their latest insurance plan to create a healthier environment for people. However, the question i ask myself always is that their true intention, is this really a better plan than what i have, is this product going to make me feel better. The answer is sometimes yes and sometimes no. I believe that companies use the fact the society is in need in anyway to feel better, to look younger, to look fit and slim, to reduce cholesterol, to get ride of body fats and promote products and medication that might have side effect that might worsen their health, for the companies profit. All around me i see commercials that talks about important health issues like obesity for examples and provide ways, and programs to help reduce obesity and steps to really talk care of oneself. However, on the other side i see cigarettes, alcohol and beer being promoted as well by big companies, and people get overwhelmed and do in fact start using these mentioned above as a way to get their mind off of real live problems, smoke because its cool like teenager might think. So i believe that we really need to educate people about health care issues before we overwhelm them with products and plans that might help or might not help their lives.

Unit 3 Post

In the Collins and Tilson article they discuss the characteristics of generational groups and how this knowledge can help us the educators to design a more effective instructions. My generation was the Millennial generation. Some of the characteristics that were mentioned about this generation is that we like structured curriculum. Subjects that are more of an interest to us are math and sciences. We get things done if we have detail instruction and positive feedback. We take school seriously. We work best in environment that provide support, encouragement, and motivation. Reading the article and thinking back when i used to be in middle school, high school, and undergraduate college, I cannot necessarily 100% agree that all of the characteristics accurately describe all the people within the generation. However, it closely describe my behavior and the way i did things in these stages mentioned above. I did like detail instructions when assignment were given, i like to see structured, ordered curriculum, and i definitely take school seriously. So i do somewhat i agree with the description of the generation, but this does not necessary describe every Millennial.  

As an educator i would try to make the learning environment a fun environment. As an learners the more interesting the lecture is to me, the more i pay attention, and the more i remember what was on the slides for that particular subject. So to me engaging the students in activities that make the lecture fun while covering the important points, is important to me, and as an educator it is something that i will implement in my teaching style when educating a millennial and others.