Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Reflections

I would describe his course is as a beginning look at some of the web 2.0 tools that are available for you in the classroom.
My favorite part of the course was learning about wikis because they are such a great classroom tool.  I was very excited about the applications for interaction.
I am going to really try to incorporate a wiki into some part of my teaching this year.  I haven't worked out exactly how yet.
I would pick a few less tools to learn and spend a little more time on each tool and I would increase the number of credit hours given for all the work.
I would recommend this course to others, but I would let them know that it takes quite a time commitment.

Media Sharing Problems

I have been trying to complete this module, but I'm having trouble getting flickr to work properly.  I'm hoping to get help tomorrow.

Tool of Choice

I chose to try Facebook for this assignment.

It is a social networking site where you can connect to all different types of people and create friend groups

I'm not sure what links to provide to learn more about it other than the link for it which is www.facebook.com.  It is a really fun place to poke around.  I've found people I haven't spoken to in years.  It's been really fun!

I think it would be fun to have a group that was your classroom and your parents to possibly be able to communicate.  Most of my parents do not have access, so I would maybe have a difficult time using this as much as it could really be applied, but I think it is a good idea.