This module has really moved me a bit from my safe zone. I have had a bit of a challenge/setback with some of the practical in this module. While it all seemed easy enough, there was a technical hitch I came face to face with that required some human help. Thanks to Mick Prest and a one to one session this afternoon, I am back on track with my blog!
When I set up the blog, I did this through the CENet login. Last night, I continued with the module tutorial, set up a Twitter Account for myself, tweeted a couple of friends and got onto the Q and A hashtag. All of this was fine and I realised some of the possibilities for the use of Twitter in the classroom. I then went to add a new post on my blog and the problem arose! I was unable to add a post as I could not get into it to edit. I could see the blog but the dashboard was not allowing me to edit.
Mick and I sat together today to work out what was going on. He discovered that last night I must have logged in through Google and had not gone through the CENet login. This made a difference in being able to edit my blog as when I logged in through Google, my username was marietta.taliana@ceosyd.catholic.edu.au. When logging in through CENet the username is marietta.taliana@syd.catholic.edu.au. While this may seem like only a minor thing, the difference is that with 'ceo' in the login, Blogger treated me as though I was a different person. This is why I couldn't edit .... I think! :-)
Blogging seems to be a great way to journal and get feedback - this would be great in the classroom! I like Twitter as well but just wish I had some more time to play with it!
I think I'm now ready to move on to Module 3!
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
Tuesday, 13 March 2012
Module 1
I found the information that was presented in the videos informative and very simple to follow. The Web 2.0 world does really open up a lot of opportunities for teaching our little (and big) digital natives!
Web 2.0 really does change how we teach but in particular, the way we source information and share information. As a visual learner, I found that the drawings and other diagrams really made it very clear that what is sometimes termed as Web 1.0 was really just a collection of electronic references. Web 2.0 is very different from that in that the information is shared and the contributions to sharing information by people is limitless.
I was pleased to hear in one of the videos that caution is needed when using some of the information on the internet. This is important for teachers to be aware of. No doubt, teachers are aware of this, however, I think we need to work harder in getting students to understand this and we need to teach them how to assess the reliability and validty of sources of information found on the world wide web!
Web 2.0 really does change how we teach but in particular, the way we source information and share information. As a visual learner, I found that the drawings and other diagrams really made it very clear that what is sometimes termed as Web 1.0 was really just a collection of electronic references. Web 2.0 is very different from that in that the information is shared and the contributions to sharing information by people is limitless.
I was pleased to hear in one of the videos that caution is needed when using some of the information on the internet. This is important for teachers to be aware of. No doubt, teachers are aware of this, however, I think we need to work harder in getting students to understand this and we need to teach them how to assess the reliability and validty of sources of information found on the world wide web!
My First Blog!
Here is a picture of what I think would be a really nice place to be.
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