What a great learning experience to design and start a personal blog. I had no idea what or how a blog worked before this journey through cyberspace started. I am thankful that I decided to pursue the plodding through each step because I learned that there is a huge new world out there to [...]
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Thing #22 – Create a wiki
It was very easy accessing the Wiki page and adding my comments.
A wiki is different in that it is only one specific thing being discussed by a group of people and open to the public. A blog is only edited by the owner. A wiki needed when information is needed to be shared and edited [...]
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Thing #21 – What is a wiki?
A Wiki is site that many student or writers can work together on a report or composition. They can edit and make sure that important information is being incorporated in to what is being written. Student can work in groups on projects, like to edit and get feedback without having to meet in order to [...]
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Thing #19 – Online Video
I have been using Youtube for a while. I enjoy watching old concert footage and new videos of music bands. I also like that people can show off their talents be it musical, artistic, comedic or cinema based. I like that Youtube has guidelines to filter out inappropriate video. Students can access educational video as [...]
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Thing #17 – Online Productivity Tools
I tries to set up an account at Knowtes and it was very difficult. I kept getting timed out responses and server in error responses. Once I got there I was unable to figure out how to use the site. There was no place to click to figure it out. I thought ot would be [...]
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Thing #16 – Copyright and Creative Commons
The teacher will have to incorporate some ethics education on the proper use of cc. There are benefits that allow your students and you to share some information and not other information. The students will have limitless amount of material to get creative with their writing and all other presentations with the access to cc [...]
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Thing #15 – iTunes and iTunes U
It was very difficult to find itunes link to their podcast list. It took me several minutes to sort through the itunes website to find the link. Once I find the list I listened to NPR podcasts from their Fresh Air programs. I found that podcasts would be great for students to listen to information [...]
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Thing #14 – What is Podcasting?
I think podcasting is a great idea as another source for information for students and people in general to explore new subjects and get different view points on things. You need to careful to sort through the true and untrue information on the podcasts you are viewing. It is a great way to keep on [...]
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