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:

Wk 6-How to be a Hippie in 2013 Podcast-For Fun Please Listen and Enjoy!

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!

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

Wk 5-Pipes

Pipes seems very intricate to me.  I viewed the video on how to create a feed, but it just seems that it is very extensive and would be most effective for folks that spend a lot of time following a specific trend or interest on several websites continually.  I really don't spend that much time following a specific sport or trend online so for me, building such an extensive feed wouldn't be necessary.  If I am interested in a hobby,  I may just check one specific web page once in a while pertaining to that interest.  I do see the need for such a feed if you were a sports agent or a stock broker perhaps,  a merging site of this sort would be a tremendous asset to have an all trajectories that spike your curiosity in one place where everything that you are following online connects.  Pipes works like a large tree of information that is anchored in one solo place, like a bookmarker for feeds, definitely a very neat idea.

Week 5- A great start to the week

The webinar was great help, thanks Professor and thanks everyone; I learned so much.  Can't wait to tinker around with some of the new tools.  Gimmiebar and Quora I think are going to be my new favorites. (O: I'll touch base about what I find, good luck everyone in your exploring!

Wk 4- Intellectual Property

When viewing the Voicethread from Dr. Dennen I realized how interesting the concept of intellectual property truly was.  This is so different than submitting a paper in class let's say, as all that can view something online can virtually use the information.  If we are to share ideas online is it fair use, rather than copyright or public domain that would become the most applicable rule to mandate the regulation?   For an online re-post for example?  Don't we need to give credit where credit is due?  How do we cite ( good old APA thoughts are streaming in here (o: ) the information we've gathered?  In my mind, fair use seems to be the most logical, rule to follow in this sense, although I know some underlying copyright and public domain concerns are in there as well.

I really liked the idea of attribution that the VT mentioned, as I think this is vital for Web 2.0 tools to stay afloat and available to those that utilize them.  It is not that ideas cannot be shared, but that by posting a link from the original blog of where you found something may indeed remedy many of the copyright concerns, before they technically become concerns which keeps everything in the right vein for advancement.  Thank you Professor Dennen for the VT, it was very helpful!