Friday, August 2, 2013
Wk 6- Personal Learning Network
So I've decided this term wasn't half as scary as I envisioned. In fact, I realize now that all of us are a part of one now. Think I will choose to always keep all of you in mine, your stories, reflections, and blogs have fascinated me, bringing me learning, laughter, and joy, so thanks. Wish we could all meet up for a Coke and Cracker Jack one day, my treat, just let me know, best wishes to all. Enjoy the rest of your summer!
Wk 6 -Reflection-Blog, Blogging Away
It is my hope to integrate many of the Web 2.0 tools into my professional life. Whether it is following a group on Learnist, LinkedIn, or Diigo, tweeting about the best organic recipe, or blogging away this class has changed my perspective on the use of Web 2.0 for learning. On a personal note, I think I would like continue a blog and keep following my Diigo creation. I no longer feel like I am lurker, instead I feel like I am leaving footprints. I am also finding that is is fun discovering the other paths of people, some traveling in completely different directions, but somehow given the same set of tools, it seems a very familiar community. Here's to continuing the exploration? Who's coming along?
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Wk 6- #DiigoandStorybirdareBest
Diigo is my most recent favorite as far a Web 2.0 tools go. I was able to design a page called "The Organic Hostess" and better yet, I have followers! (O: #whatisitChristmas? (Thanks to this class I now know what a hashtag is.)
How exciting, on Diggo I designed 6 lists of pages for participants to follow about recipes they could make, questions they have about organic foods, and even provided a space with information about joining a Co-op. I am excited about the bookmarking trail of crumbs it leaves behind to be sought after by well, all who pursue the organic morsel of knowledge. I realize it is baby steps, but steps none the less!
Storybird I also love, so fun, for folks like myself with no drawing skills, the fact that amazing artistry is built into the site and you provide the text of a storyline and it comes together is a joy! A virtual storybook, so fun and so appropriate for any audience as you can alter the graphics to suit a group of kindergarteners or adults.
I will definitely use both in my future, and Twitter... I never thought I would say that but yes, I'll use Twitter. Now that I have found so many of it's other uses besides the following of celebrities. (O: Twitter is also a great way to publicize your Diigo pages.
Think I might also start a new blog just for giggles in my spare time, or on second thought maybe I'll wait until after grad school, although I could keep record of all of the tools on the blog...wow, where this class has taken me! (O:
Thanks guys, enjoyed it!
How exciting, on Diggo I designed 6 lists of pages for participants to follow about recipes they could make, questions they have about organic foods, and even provided a space with information about joining a Co-op. I am excited about the bookmarking trail of crumbs it leaves behind to be sought after by well, all who pursue the organic morsel of knowledge. I realize it is baby steps, but steps none the less!
Storybird I also love, so fun, for folks like myself with no drawing skills, the fact that amazing artistry is built into the site and you provide the text of a storyline and it comes together is a joy! A virtual storybook, so fun and so appropriate for any audience as you can alter the graphics to suit a group of kindergarteners or adults.
I will definitely use both in my future, and Twitter... I never thought I would say that but yes, I'll use Twitter. Now that I have found so many of it's other uses besides the following of celebrities. (O: Twitter is also a great way to publicize your Diigo pages.
Think I might also start a new blog just for giggles in my spare time, or on second thought maybe I'll wait until after grad school, although I could keep record of all of the tools on the blog...wow, where this class has taken me! (O:
Thanks guys, enjoyed it!
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Wk 6- Acronym Dizzy
Is this normal? I think so.... especially in our field between the MOOC's and the CoP's, etc. In fact, I wonder if they have a CoP on the dissection of acronyms? (O: The electronic dictionary of terms we were provided in class was awesome, just thought if there was a CoP that would be something dynamically different and fun to read. I would definitely add it to my personal learning network! I'm sure it would be as vast as the Grand Canyon, full of fun terms and letters! I think of all of the different careers that use jargon, the field of medicine perhaps, could definitely benefit from their own acronym CoP. My little sister is in med school, she pretty much thinks that would be the best thing ever. (O:
Monday, July 29, 2013
Sunday, July 28, 2013
Wk 5- Pro -Ams -Oh Goodie, That's Us!
As I read about Pro-Ams I couldn't help but think, what a minute...that's what we are trying to do in this class, except maybe not as such amateurs, but yes as novices.
The potential impact of Pro-Ams in our work as instructional designers is huge, as ones that have started off as amateurs and are becoming insiders and produsers very quickly. In many ways, yes, the impact has already begun of Pro-Ams, but it continues to boom as new technologies are introduced. The more credible the sources the better respected they are. Pro-Ams are a big part of the economy as many of their platforms have changed society as we know it, the first individual that comes to mind is Steve Jobs (if I am visually this concept correctly?). His product, Apple has changed the landscape of computers as we know them today. I think sometimes Pro-Ams may alter social structures but I don't think they are are threat to our sense of ownership and authority as a society. Sometimes the traditional way of doing things needs to be shaken up a bit. Pro-Ams definitely have the ability to change things up on Wall Street that's for sure!
The potential impact of Pro-Ams in our work as instructional designers is huge, as ones that have started off as amateurs and are becoming insiders and produsers very quickly. In many ways, yes, the impact has already begun of Pro-Ams, but it continues to boom as new technologies are introduced. The more credible the sources the better respected they are. Pro-Ams are a big part of the economy as many of their platforms have changed society as we know it, the first individual that comes to mind is Steve Jobs (if I am visually this concept correctly?). His product, Apple has changed the landscape of computers as we know them today. I think sometimes Pro-Ams may alter social structures but I don't think they are are threat to our sense of ownership and authority as a society. Sometimes the traditional way of doing things needs to be shaken up a bit. Pro-Ams definitely have the ability to change things up on Wall Street that's for sure!
Wk 5-Expertise on the Web...Credible?
How do you judge the value of expertise on the Web? Does it differ from your notion of expertise in face-to-face settings? Why or why not?
I think the value of the expertise depends on the forum or given context of the discussion same as face-to-face settings. For example, I would lend a lot of credit to a professor's point of view that he made in class on the educational system, much more than I would lend to someone just randomly discussing the subject at a crosswalk or coffee shop. The same goes for online, forums such as Quora where professionals lend their opinions, questions and answers, are going to hold much more weight than that of a random tirade that John Doe has posted on Facebook that day about the education system. I think one has to judge the value of expertise on the web the same way they do face-to-face, by establishing if the source is credible or not. This is not so easy to do online and sometimes people digest anything they see online as truth, which is very dangerous. In fact, if anything, one should be more skeptical of Web sources, until proven a viable and reliable resource. Face-to-face it is a little easier to see expertise first hand or discount it, face time does much to clarify. www.quora.com
I think the value of the expertise depends on the forum or given context of the discussion same as face-to-face settings. For example, I would lend a lot of credit to a professor's point of view that he made in class on the educational system, much more than I would lend to someone just randomly discussing the subject at a crosswalk or coffee shop. The same goes for online, forums such as Quora where professionals lend their opinions, questions and answers, are going to hold much more weight than that of a random tirade that John Doe has posted on Facebook that day about the education system. I think one has to judge the value of expertise on the web the same way they do face-to-face, by establishing if the source is credible or not. This is not so easy to do online and sometimes people digest anything they see online as truth, which is very dangerous. In fact, if anything, one should be more skeptical of Web sources, until proven a viable and reliable resource. Face-to-face it is a little easier to see expertise first hand or discount it, face time does much to clarify. www.quora.com
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