Week 5 - MacWorld 2008 conference

I found my apartment and sold my used furniture from Craigslist. I bought and sold my books on amazon.com, and I printed out the direction from google map. I uploaded my videos to Toutube. How the web 2.0 affect our life ? Why we spend more and more time to face our computers and get online ? We use wiki to share knowledge and information online. We use iGoogle to arrange the sites. It's "participation" , "resources" ," Tools" .......

We can look at those customer reviews while we're going to buy something from amazon.com and find the best deal. We also can link to library data through the site.

A lot of things are connected together from site to site. From this presentation, I learn more other web tools that I didn't know before.

Viddler: can also use for uploading our videos.

AJAX : javascript

37signals.com :web 2.0 tools

Feedburner : manage RSS

Marumushi.com :scan news

Thinkvitamin.com :resource for ajax

Presentation Zen : online presentation tool

Smashing magazine : a tool for web-developers and designers.

Now we can have many online tools to help us to manage our knowledge and data.

Week 5 - google earth , flickr , e-learning

Two of our classmates had very good presentation to introduce us earthgoogle and flickr. We also had guest speaker to talk about his e-learning website. Google earth (earth.google.com) is very cool online program, and it can guide people to the real world with real images. Although it needs to be download and installed, it can make people feel flying around the world. I can find the picture which is near my mother's home in Taiwan. This's really cool ! Another cool thing is that we can find out the traffic anytime through Google earth. It also can show people the direction from place A to place B.

Flickr is like a place to store my pictures. I also like to store my pictures online and give the link or account to share pictures with my friends and family. I don't need to e-mail a lot pictures and worry about the image's size. It's very good tool to arrange and store our pictures. It also provide a method to post images on Blog site with a link. That's really convenient online tool.

For the online E-learning section, it's very good ideas to create a online classes for people to teach and learn online. Although the website we saw in the class is not quite completed, at least it's a good instructional idea to create a e-learning place.

Lately I found out that .....I am using online resources in stead of going to the library to find books ! I would like to sit in front of my computer and look my monitor all the time ! :p

Week 4 - my wiki

Welcome to look at my wiki site !
http://dorisitec830.wetpaint.com/

Week 3 - Learning in the Digital Age

What we are learning in ITEC department is planning and developing of instructions and materials for learners. In this technological world, educators need to know new technological tools to help to supply learners’ needs. Especially, the needs for training, distance education and life-long learning have been increased. We need to deal with learners of all ages at all levels. Instructional design can help teachers have more tools and skills to teach with effective instruction.

My desktop is turned on 24 hours every day. My friends and my family members can leave messages online through MSN messenger or Skype. I check my e-mails every hour daily. I can’t live without a computer and internet because it’s the way to connect with my overseas friends and family members. I usually look for solutions and answers online if I have any question or problem. I can also learn new software from online forums or online lessons because many people in the world respond and help me out with my learning.

Learning in the Digital Age. The learning society is changed. Now learners have more choices to choose what method to learn. Therefore, teachers can’t stay on the traditional lectures. Instructions need to be developed to various methods to present.

Week 2 - Connectivism

Connectivism is like that learners share and learn knowledge and experiences from others through network. Learning is a process to create and construct information and knowledge. Learners can choose what they want to learn and where they can find.

Now in digital age, people can continue to update and increase their knowledge by social network. For example, I just become a new mother and try to learn how to take care of my baby. Where can I find those information and knowledge to help me? I connected with other mothers online and ask them questions. By the way, we share experiences and knowledge together from online forum. We keep updating the knowledge and comparing new information or answers with others. Connective knowledge is based on pattern recognition of emergent events in networks.

My baby makes tireds everyday. I'm trying to catch up my blog posting. :(

Week 1 - web 2.0

What is Web 2.0 ?

It's one kind of web design to develop a web-based communities and share information with other people. People can share their photos and data with other users in the world. People can discuss online and improve their knowledge through websites. For example, people exchange ideas and opinions online by blogs or provide knowledge on wikis. It's like social networking to giving to giving people more ideas and information. Web 2.0 can be educatonal and provide a friendly and convenient platform to learn.