Here is my survey that I have created for this project. I want to know what CCAA baseball team had the most players selected in the 2013 MLB draft?  The answer to this question typically means that the team with the most players drafted often has the best recruit class come in for the following season. 

<a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/3MVXV3H">Click here to take survey</a>

Being a baseball rat like myself I have always been interested in statistical analysis. As a baseball coach and a former player I know that stats mean a lot in the game of baseball. As players all they have sometimes to define themselves are their numbers. Statistics really don't mean much for the youngsters and I would not recommend making them a priority for them, however as athletes get older stats are very important. Being a college coach I look at a lot of stats of high school and college players to see what they have done and against who.  Sometimes stats do not tell the whole story but they sure do paint a good picture of what an athlete has got. 

There is no doubt in my mind when it comes to getting a job a lot of it has to do with people you know. Obviously your own knowledge and skill is most important but knowing the right person can only help. I have only been involved in the coaching world for a little over a year now but I have made many connections. Just as was the case when I was a player, other coaches have taken me under their wing and provided me with opportunities I would not of had if it weren't for them. For me the most important thing I can do as a new face in the world of college baseball coaches is meet as many people as I can and make an impression that demonstrates who and what I am all about. Since entering into the coaching world I have reached out to just about every baseball connection I have ever had, high school coaches, college summer coaches etc. Even since being involved in this class I have met people whom I could potentially work with one day and that fires me up. Another helpful way of meeting people in my profession is doing camps. I worked a scout camp last winter and met a bunch of college coaches both young and old. At that camp I met an assistant coach at Hartnell Junior College In Monterey who told me about this program at FPU and here I am getting my masters. This world works in misterious w Like I said I don't care if its the professional coaching world or finding a job as a burger flipper, its not necessarily about what you know but who you know. Some people might cringe with disgust when reading this comment but its true and it is how this world works. 

What a concept. For a long time I have used wikipedia for information both educational and personal. Having the ability to communicate with a group using one document is pretty cool. I am a big camper/fisherman and I try to go on as many trips as I can each year ( I always go on two big ones, one in the early summer and one in the late fall). When I go on these trips my friends and I are constantly asking each other what to bring and whose bringing what. I definitely think that with the use of this technology I will have the most dialed in camping trips ever. 
I could also see the use of wiki in a professional sense for other coaches and myself. For example when we go on the road for games there are many checklist we have to cover before we leave. Whose got equipment? Who has made the food arrangements? Hotels, etc. This whole notion of effectively communicating through the use of wiki is pretty dialed in and I will use this for professional and personal situations. 

Obviously Linkedin is tailored toward your profession career. Your Facebook profile might expose parts of someones life that are not peoples business at work unless you choose to make them apart of it. Facebook is good for keeping up with friends and family whereas linkedin showcases a professional profile of you and your professional attributes that potential employers might see. The seperation of your professional life and personal life is important for peoples privacy and that is why I am an advocate for sites like linkedin. The linkedin site is much more direct with its infomation in the sense that it is all about professional credentials and skills whereas facebook is really a colla

What I mean by my title is there are so many social media outlets and even more apps that I can hardly wrap my head around them, that is why I am going to only speak about one. The garage band app we used for creating a podcast was a great learning experience for myself. Just as others in our class have used podcast for either their team or class I feel this app is very valuable. I hope to one day have my own baseball program and having the ability to create a podcast for my kids can be much more informative and direct than a text message. A podcast might be more practical in a sense than making 24 phone calls takes which can take a long time.

Interesting to see Twitter at the top of the list as far as learning tools used in 2012. I guess I haven't dove into twitter enough to really find out how much information is available through that social media outlet. 

Derek Jeter anyone???
This guy is one of my all time favorite baseball players, a true role model for the game and an outstanding player. Just to sit back and watch 3 minutes of Jeter's all time highlights its pretty cool. He has such grace and control while he plays but is also  aggressive and plays hard. 

So far our Kin 710 class has incorporated a number of social media and technology outlets. I personally don't regularly use many of the social media plugs or utilize all this new technology to their fullest potential but I was intrigued with the creating your own podcast project. What a useful tool for communicating to students, fans, players, family etc. The most relieving part of the whole podcasting journey was the easy navigation and use of the garage band application. Such a cool program and I felt very able when it came to implementing audio and voice recordings into one. 

For most people that know me they already have realized I am not a technology wizard. My skills in the realm of social media and technology are definetely below the norm I would say. But in my own defense I am making strides in the right direction especially with the help of my Kin 710 class "Technology in Kineisiology". With the help of this class I am being exposed to exciting new ways to teach and communicate in our education system with the use of podcast and iPods.