CEP810: Social Networking: friend or foe?

Social media, how do I think it can be useful to us?  Here are the ways …
 

Professionally, social media -

• helps me encourage students to connect and coach classmates and discuss unique and practical situations such as job searching, job interview experiences, and life lessons.
• serves as an extension of the classroom.
• is the most practical way of applying technology to real life.
• adds to the concept of informal learning.
• taps into existing students as well as prospective students.
• enables me to reach out to our school alumni.
• enhances student/teacher relationship.

Personally, social media -

• helps me maintain a list of contact details of people that I know and/or trust.
• connects me to my family and friends from the other side of the world .
• answers my need for speed of results as we increase our frequency of communicating with others.
• is the cheapest way to create my learning loop.
• helps me stay on top technology trends.

I see SOCIAL NETWORKING as an opportunity, instead of a distraction to learning.  Do you agree?

CEP810: Week 1: Xena vs. Zoho

It was a jam-packed week with lab activities and homework to complete.  I’ve already learned quite a bit in just the first session.  Collaboration features add value to productivity tools like Zoho and Google apps.  I felt like Xena the Warrior Princess wrestling with the Mighty Zoho especially when it didn’t do what I wanted it to do.  I was so dependent on MS Word in the past.  It was a test of will and willingness to learn new things.  I ended up understanding why a lot of schools and people use Google apps and Zoho. 

I’ve also experienced the efficiency of managing data and schedules when I created my own blog with a link to my internet calendar.  Netvibes helps me organize all my RSS feeds – I added 10 more feeds to the given 5 links which I will be watching and will be due in few weeks (10 on 10-10).  I cannot believe that Jing is free – it’s a very handy tool!

I wish I had super powers as I stared hard at the blank document and then started to write my Personal Development Plan.   I don’t think there’s a web tool to think and write for me yet.  Let me know if you find one!  I’m glad I had everything done on time though.

Well, I’m off to week two … so how’s your week?

CEP810: A Web Page and a Blog ... what's the difference?

A web page is a document usually in html or in xhtml format.  A collection of related web pages is called a web site.  It is created to provide information about an individual, a company, a service or other areas that require more of a description rather than of an opinion.  A web log or blog is a collection of posts which is formatted as a series of entries with dates and titles.  It is frequently updated by an individual and may serve as a set of journal entries.  Usually, it allows readers to leave comments about the commentary, idea, or issue that has been posted.  Both a web page and a blog may include graphics, audio, video, and links to web sites and involve internet access.  So can a blog be a web page? Or can a web page be a blog? What do you think?