My name is Brandon Esler and I am in
my second year of studying Sport Management at Brock University. My passion for
sports and interest in business is a unique combination that has allowed myself
to thoroughly enjoy my time in the program so far. This passion for sports and
business that guided me into the program at Brock play a major role in my
interests and jobs that I pursue in my free time. This is evident as I am very
connected to the minor sports landscape through my passion of officiating. This
summer I will be entering my ninth season of umpiring hardball in Ontario. Currently
I have obtained my level three in the Baseball Ontario program. Being involved
in sports in this manner has pushed me to have goals and aspirations. When it
comes to umpiring my goal is to obtain my level four in the umpiring program. As for refereeing I am “Level two Certified”
in the Hockey Canada referee program, and my “goal” is to obtain my level three
within the program. Officiating sports has become a major part of who I am
because it has given me certain life goals which I dedicate much of my free
time perusing. Overall I am a dedicated
individual that enjoys being connected to the sports world in both an
educational and practical way, and I hope to find a permanent career in the
sports industry one day.
The reason I am beginning this blog and
introducing the online world to myself through this platform, is because I am
currently enrolled in an adult education course that deals with learning in a
digital context. The course will use various online platforms such as pintrist,
twitter, and this blog to help us learn how to effectively use the technology
that is available to the world today. Personally I enrolled in this course
because I believe that due to the technological advancements in our society, it
will be very beneficial, if not crucial to have a great understanding of the
technology in the world in order to obtain a job in the future. Also I took
this course because although I might “think” I am very well versed with online
platforms that are available, I believe there are many more important ones to
learn about. We are just coming to the end of week one and I can already say
this point is valid, as I did not know about pintrist until I opened one as a
pat of our class activity this week.
In
conclusion, I am looking forward to this class and the knowledge that I will
gain about the digital world in the next 12 weeks!
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