Here's my group's audio assignment.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Web 2.0
These articles have captivated my attention for a number of reasons -- some having to do with the potential to use Web 2.0 technologies in my teaching, and others having to do with the ways in which I and my family are now using the web.
Teaching: I'm not really sure which technologies might help with teaching, but I have this feeling that as I hear the presentations from my classmates in the next few weeks about the different areas (? I'm not sure what noun to use to talk about web 2.0 technologies -- are they applications? no... what are they? What language can we use to refer to them?) I'll start to get ideas. Two that seem a little more obvious are podcasting and moodling (can I add -ing to moodle?) I can see the possibility of my podcasting as the instructor, but also the students podcasting... I think I need to get one of those cool microphones for my ipod. And I want to learn more about how teachers in higher ed are using moodles in their classes. I've heard of it for middle school and high school, but what about college?
Personal use: What I think is fascinating is the way in which I and my family use Web 2.0 technologies without question. My husband, who is a ludite, uses google earth to recreate battles of the Korean War. He then saves his data points with 80+ year-old Korean Vets over the internet. He's figured it out mostly on his own. The google earth part wasn't too hard. You add little images of push pins to various locations... But then you have to save your work in such a way that it can be shared with others. That part wasn't easy -- but isn't it fascinating that neither of us tried to figure out what technology was behind his being able to ultimately figure it out. We didn't ask ourselves: "What application am I using to accomplish this task?" I suppose the same is true for my kids interacting with their friends on MySpace -- or my sharing photos of my kids' cross country meets with other parents on a picture-sharing website. We just all accept that technology can do work for us that we don't even understand its doing. Does that make sense?
Teaching: I'm not really sure which technologies might help with teaching, but I have this feeling that as I hear the presentations from my classmates in the next few weeks about the different areas (? I'm not sure what noun to use to talk about web 2.0 technologies -- are they applications? no... what are they? What language can we use to refer to them?) I'll start to get ideas. Two that seem a little more obvious are podcasting and moodling (can I add -ing to moodle?) I can see the possibility of my podcasting as the instructor, but also the students podcasting... I think I need to get one of those cool microphones for my ipod. And I want to learn more about how teachers in higher ed are using moodles in their classes. I've heard of it for middle school and high school, but what about college?
Personal use: What I think is fascinating is the way in which I and my family use Web 2.0 technologies without question. My husband, who is a ludite, uses google earth to recreate battles of the Korean War. He then saves his data points with 80+ year-old Korean Vets over the internet. He's figured it out mostly on his own. The google earth part wasn't too hard. You add little images of push pins to various locations... But then you have to save your work in such a way that it can be shared with others. That part wasn't easy -- but isn't it fascinating that neither of us tried to figure out what technology was behind his being able to ultimately figure it out. We didn't ask ourselves: "What application am I using to accomplish this task?" I suppose the same is true for my kids interacting with their friends on MySpace -- or my sharing photos of my kids' cross country meets with other parents on a picture-sharing website. We just all accept that technology can do work for us that we don't even understand its doing. Does that make sense?
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