Grokker vs. Google: The Family Vacation Challenge

So in this lesson we were asked to do a couple of things. One of them was to use Grokker. I have been on the ultimate family vacation quest for the past year or so. Traveling with two small children means a lot of stops on the way. Since I have a vacation planned for next month, I have once again started looking for things to do when driving to North Carolina. So I took this opportunity to allow Grokker to help me do what Google has failed to do; help me find something to do with small children in Georgia.

So I began my Grokker search using those familiar vacation terms "Savannah Georgia Family Vacation." In the outline view I quickly found the term I was looking for, "Family Fun" and there were nine entries. I found some pretty good info there, and I found the delivery format to be interesting. It took me a little bit to orient myself to how this info was displayed but I caught on pretty quickly. I really liked the "drilled down" approach. It made me feel that I was in charge of the information and it allowed me to filter down to exactly what I wanted.

As for my learning style I do best as a "do-er." I have to do it to learn it. So usually if I need to create something online, I'll find some code and start picking it apart. Or I'll find a tutorial and start building. I also picked up somewhere along the way that you learn something faster if you write it down three times. I tend to write everything down. It's like I absorb the information deeper when I think it, then write it. I actually had a professor yell at me once (in class) for writing too many notes. This has baffled me to date, but I guess he had a different learning style than me.