After reading the first ten pages of the assigned reading, I concluded on two things: Web 2.0 infiltrated mainstream way before I thought it had. Second, the tools available are emerging rapidly and are going to facilitate everything we think that takes years to learn down to months or even weeks.
I visited most site mentioned in the article and that led me to various other sites offering some pretty ingenue tools for education and business. This morning I read an article on the Chronicle about how a group people developed a little snippet that keeps track of all the people that are being lay off. A bigger company bought the license and is marketing to data management companies to tally up the total number of lay off's since last, week, last months, quarter. The snippet was developed into an add-in/plug-in for mail clients which would automatically send the number of lay off notices back to a server.
So, the group of guys who thought of the idea made money, the company who licensed it is making money and the data center that provides information to other sources makes more money. The point is that technology offers these advantages and right now only a few can develop their ideas into reality, but pretty soon you will be able to make movies, effects, music and little snippets by sharing knowledge and interchanging with others.
The reading identified the following points:
• Identify several different emerging technologies.
• Incorporate emerging technologies in teaching and learning activities to engage learners.
• Explain how emerging technologies will affect education, and vice versa.
• Identify the challenges organizations face in adopting emerging technologies.
One technology in particular that I like and can find useful in an educational environment is RSS feed. It basically downloads news or updates on any particular web article, wiki or blog instead of you going to retrieve information; it does it for you. Ethan made a quick presentation, though I did not quite follow much I hope we can go over more in details on Thursday.
There is a section that states "To thrive in an era of social computing, companies must abandon top-down management and communication tactics, weave communities into their
products and services, use employees and partners as marketers, and become part of a living fabric of brand loyalists” (Charron, Favier & Li, 2006, para. 1)."
This is a very socialist approach in a political sense, but has a capitalist outcome. It probably has a better view if it had an educational connotation. In education, it seems that Web 2.0 will facilitate education to all (as long they can afford a computer and Internet access). Third world countries can reach out to a shared knowledge and information that is widely available right now-- if they can search for it wisely. Speaking of searching, the article also mentions how we have this over-reliance on Google and how we must implement better search or "Intelligent Search."
I came across a site with a few tips for better searching. Use wisely and at your own risk!
Web Search allinanchor:, allintext:, allintitle:, allinurl:, cache:, define:, filetype:, id:, inanchor:, info:, intext:, intitle:, inurl:, phonebook:, related:, site:
Image Search allintitle:, allinurl:, filetype:, inurl:, intitle:, site:
Groups allintext:, allintitle:, author:, group:, insubject:, intext:, intitle:
Directory allintext:, allintitle:, allinurl:, ext:, filetype:, intext:, intitle:, inurl:
News allintext:, allintitle:, allinurl:, intext:, intitle:, inurl:, location:, source:
Product Search allintext:, allintitle:
I do not fully understand MOBS.
Feb 25, 2009
Feb 20, 2009
I just came across this ivdeo. It is about Networked Student was inspired by George Siemens and Stephen Downes during fall 2008. The Networked Student concept map was inspired by Alec Couros' Networked Teacher.
PLEASE NOTE: I apologize for any misspelled words or non-connected sentences on my previous rensponses and/or blogs.
I am now writing everything in Word first to format it and spell check it. Thanks!
PLEASE NOTE: I apologize for any misspelled words or non-connected sentences on my previous rensponses and/or blogs.
I am now writing everything in Word first to format it and spell check it. Thanks!
Week 4: iTwitter
I have been doing some more research on Twitter since my last Blog. Working on Group one, Brian talked about Twitter; we had to investigate the reason why one would join the Twitter world. My last comments about Twitter were not of praise, but rather of confusion.
My findings on Twitter have changed.
I Twitter not.
Microblogging in general is changing the way interact, communicate and consume. The self-imposed pressure to blog something every night, or even a few times a week, melts away. Twitter restriction is 140-character length which means there’s never any expectation for thoughts be fully formed. Maybe that’s yet another sign of cultural acceleration and the cheaper snack-sized media info size, but it seems to work for many.
Twitter has a potential to become a partial cure of our ongoing failure to actually read anything. Hundreds of feeds in the RSS reader, thousands of bookmarks, and I rarely look at anything that does not find its way into my inbox. I signed up for a Twitter account last week and so far I have four followers, an Australian professor of Eco-Studies, Dell Outlet, A self-improvement guru and Surfer magazine. How did they find me?
Looking back at my Internet habits, I realized that it tracks my digital paths (nothing new here), on my Internet habits. My profile says I surf, and Twitter looking for Dell Coupons and noted that I volunteer for local ClimateWorks.
Do I follow?
I am following a few people and companies, and so far I used a coupon from Dell.
Again Twitter can become another inbox, a more playful than the first-- essential nonetheless. Twitter has clicked for me in a way no other social network has. The one drawback that applies is that you have to follow and keep checking on updates which means you have to be tied to your desk at all times otherwise the update gets pushed down further each time. You can always track by clicking on the follower you are trying to follow though.
After reading some reviews and notes on Twitter I found out that it is a hybrid between all Web 2.0, not quite IRC, not quite IM, not quite blogging, not quite RSS. It’s all of those things synergized, yet still http-based.
I am still waiting and I will give it time, so far what do you guys think?
My findings on Twitter have changed.
I Twitter not.
Microblogging in general is changing the way interact, communicate and consume. The self-imposed pressure to blog something every night, or even a few times a week, melts away. Twitter restriction is 140-character length which means there’s never any expectation for thoughts be fully formed. Maybe that’s yet another sign of cultural acceleration and the cheaper snack-sized media info size, but it seems to work for many.
Twitter has a potential to become a partial cure of our ongoing failure to actually read anything. Hundreds of feeds in the RSS reader, thousands of bookmarks, and I rarely look at anything that does not find its way into my inbox. I signed up for a Twitter account last week and so far I have four followers, an Australian professor of Eco-Studies, Dell Outlet, A self-improvement guru and Surfer magazine. How did they find me?
Looking back at my Internet habits, I realized that it tracks my digital paths (nothing new here), on my Internet habits. My profile says I surf, and Twitter looking for Dell Coupons and noted that I volunteer for local ClimateWorks.
Do I follow?
I am following a few people and companies, and so far I used a coupon from Dell.
Again Twitter can become another inbox, a more playful than the first-- essential nonetheless. Twitter has clicked for me in a way no other social network has. The one drawback that applies is that you have to follow and keep checking on updates which means you have to be tied to your desk at all times otherwise the update gets pushed down further each time. You can always track by clicking on the follower you are trying to follow though.
After reading some reviews and notes on Twitter I found out that it is a hybrid between all Web 2.0, not quite IRC, not quite IM, not quite blogging, not quite RSS. It’s all of those things synergized, yet still http-based.
I am still waiting and I will give it time, so far what do you guys think?
Feb 16, 2009
Week 3 - SocialText
Week 3 for Eugene
Eugene Lee, CEO of SocialText was our guest speaker. SocialText is web based share point where people from any organization connect and elaborate on projects and keep up with each other. We learn about how business are streaming updates on projects by having a central point or platform where one can track a twitter, blogs, RSS feeds, etc. and thus the idea or the need for SocialText.
Our perception about how we connected in the past is rapidly changing to a even greater challenge for how we share data. Connectivism is changing the way we are learning, what we need, whom we need it from; these ideas are for us to elaborate and to search with the tools that are available to us right now. An ever changing technology will show us that the more we share using new better, more efficient tools are possible because it is what connectivism is all about, push the tools and learn by aiming not what is available right now but what should be available in five years.
Some of the tools out there right now are, for me, still in the making, shaping everytime we tavckle the reasons we should embrace such technology. For example, to me, the whole twitter idea is really more of a cell text boradcasted for the public, for the whole world to know. I also see it as another way to stalk people and to keep an eye on someone. Twitter to me is something in the making. I hope it sheapes up to be something better.
Here is one wiki I found, it's from the educator at Discover Channel. It is an educational wiki with a visual approach. Pretty cool.
http://visualwikipedia.com/en/Discovery_Kids
Eugene Lee, CEO of SocialText was our guest speaker. SocialText is web based share point where people from any organization connect and elaborate on projects and keep up with each other. We learn about how business are streaming updates on projects by having a central point or platform where one can track a twitter, blogs, RSS feeds, etc. and thus the idea or the need for SocialText.
Our perception about how we connected in the past is rapidly changing to a even greater challenge for how we share data. Connectivism is changing the way we are learning, what we need, whom we need it from; these ideas are for us to elaborate and to search with the tools that are available to us right now. An ever changing technology will show us that the more we share using new better, more efficient tools are possible because it is what connectivism is all about, push the tools and learn by aiming not what is available right now but what should be available in five years.
Some of the tools out there right now are, for me, still in the making, shaping everytime we tavckle the reasons we should embrace such technology. For example, to me, the whole twitter idea is really more of a cell text boradcasted for the public, for the whole world to know. I also see it as another way to stalk people and to keep an eye on someone. Twitter to me is something in the making. I hope it sheapes up to be something better.
Here is one wiki I found, it's from the educator at Discover Channel. It is an educational wiki with a visual approach. Pretty cool.
http://visualwikipedia.com/en/Discovery_Kids
Feb 9, 2009
The Reform: Connectivism
Connectivism
There is much concern about the way we learn, at least from my part. Connectivism as I understand is way of learning, a tool, an appeal to what could be an evolutionary step in our society. We are at a brink to step into how the future will shape our knowledge. It seems as though right now we have just put out all the pieces and are starting to gather bits of information to form our future. Conectivism is, right now the tool and the way we are learning. At its heart, connectivism is the thesis that knowledge is distributed across a network of connections, and therefore that learning consists of the ability to construct and traverse those networks.
When I picture Connectivism in mind, it reminds me of early days as a child. I love playing with my lego blocks. I remember putting all the pieces together from everything I had and try to design my own worlds, gas station, house, etc. Learning Theory must be implemented though, and as future teachers we must give shape to the future.
Feb 6, 2009
Second Week!
Today's class revolved on Connectivism. After reading our assignment (http://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/connectivism.htm) I was left with one question which I went into class with- with the desire to learn what other have gotten from the reading before actually trying to answer it. To me, Connectivism revolves on the way the world is connected today. The Internet, a tool that changes everyday in its format, rules and structure. It is a fairly new technology and we have just started to explore it by introducing it to everyone from our 2-year old niece to 80-year old granpa.
Dr. Foreman mentioned about how people (professors, scientists) with knowledge are putting their theories, findings and their researches, and conclusions for the world to elaborate and take on unanswered questions--thus pushing a creative collaborative learning from all points of the world. Connectivism is making way for people out there in the world to find new, more efficient ways to provide information such as blogs, forums, websites, etc. But then comes the question: how efficient and valid is for a student to research endless blogs and forums about a particular subject where there is no sure way to identify who actually wrote all the information. This is how I came up to my pondering question. As a students in the ITEC program and future teachers, what is our responsibility in the needing process of cleaning up whats out there? What's our role going to be when laws, social norms/ethics catch up to the technology? Are we going to try and control what gets published out there? Can we sort it? Filter? Censor...? Never.
Dr. Foreman mentioned about how people (professors, scientists) with knowledge are putting their theories, findings and their researches, and conclusions for the world to elaborate and take on unanswered questions--thus pushing a creative collaborative learning from all points of the world. Connectivism is making way for people out there in the world to find new, more efficient ways to provide information such as blogs, forums, websites, etc. But then comes the question: how efficient and valid is for a student to research endless blogs and forums about a particular subject where there is no sure way to identify who actually wrote all the information. This is how I came up to my pondering question. As a students in the ITEC program and future teachers, what is our responsibility in the needing process of cleaning up whats out there? What's our role going to be when laws, social norms/ethics catch up to the technology? Are we going to try and control what gets published out there? Can we sort it? Filter? Censor...? Never.
Feb 1, 2009
First day of Class!
This is my first day in Dr. Foreman class ITEC 830 Multimedia Studies. My first impression was positive as I came into the class room. I glanced around the room and saw happy faces waiting to learn and get started right away. One of my first thoughts about joining the ITEC program was that classes were going to be crowed but this class is not and I also learned that there is even a TA for the class. A TA! This, in my opinion, is great, having someone in our level to discuss and ask about our project is essential in the classroom.
We went through the class introduction and expectation for the semester. Dr. Foreman showed us a video of what Web 2.0 is or is supposed to be. Prior to the video, we did a group brainstorm about what we thought when we think of what Web 2.0 is. My group came up with a few interesting points. I am hoping to make it on time to class because I work everyday until five and have arranged to leave early but traffic may dictate my time of arrival. I wonder if others in class have arranged to take the day off???
We went through the class introduction and expectation for the semester. Dr. Foreman showed us a video of what Web 2.0 is or is supposed to be. Prior to the video, we did a group brainstorm about what we thought when we think of what Web 2.0 is. My group came up with a few interesting points. I am hoping to make it on time to class because I work everyday until five and have arranged to leave early but traffic may dictate my time of arrival. I wonder if others in class have arranged to take the day off???
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