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Tuesday, May 13, 2008
EDT 5410: Week Two
What are my early impressions of using a blog and what was your experience using an RSS Reader this week? Any surprises, pleasant or otherwise?
I am going to be honest here, I have never used a blog until this class. I absolutely love it. It is so convenient to state what you think and comment on what others think. And the RSS feeds what a wonderful creation! So, easy to get the information that you need and have it delivered to you instead of having to search for it.
I had a hard time at first figuring out how to set it all up but now I absolutely love it and I am learning and having a good time now.
Which part(s) of Dale's Cone do you thing each tool (Blog, RSS) lends itself best to and why?
I would have to say that blogging falls into all the categories except for the last three because those are actual experiences.
My reasons for these are
Being able to use blogs within a classroom setting should help out a lot. Some students don't feel like they can speak up in a classroom and with this blog they would be able to. The RSS feeds would also help out in the fact that information can be brought to the student and keep them up to date on the latest and greatest of each of the different topics they are wanting to learn more about without getting lost in all of the information that is available and become overwhelmed. By being able to use the RSS feeds it could eliminate the need to go and look for a book and read the entire book when with a feed you can search within it for certain topic or word and find it easily.
Reflection on WIKI
I have never used a Wiki before until this class and it seems like an obstacle to get started. Being that neither Nicole or I can edit the class wiki, maybe it is just an operator error on our part but I can't figure it out! Besides that issue Wiki's seem pretty neat and an easy way to communicate with a specific group. This tool would work great in a high school setting for a group project. You would not even have to meet up you could simply communicate through the Wiki. Like Nicole said though you would have to assume that all the students had Internet access away from class and I doubt that would be the case. If I was a teacher and I could assume everyone had access to the Internet though, I would definitely utilize this tool to its fullest capacity.
I am going to be honest here, I have never used a blog until this class. I absolutely love it. It is so convenient to state what you think and comment on what others think. And the RSS feeds what a wonderful creation! So, easy to get the information that you need and have it delivered to you instead of having to search for it.
I had a hard time at first figuring out how to set it all up but now I absolutely love it and I am learning and having a good time now.
Which part(s) of Dale's Cone do you thing each tool (Blog, RSS) lends itself best to and why?
I would have to say that blogging falls into all the categories except for the last three because those are actual experiences.
My reasons for these are
- Verbal Symbols - You can use podcasts
- Visual Symbols - You will have text out on your blog
- Recordings, Radio and Still Pictures - All of these items can be put on a blog
- Motion Pictures- You can post videos to a blog
- Educational TV - You can link up to TV episodes or other educational tools
- Demonstrations - You can upload demonstrations to be viewed on a blog
RSS falls into Verbal, Visual, Recordings, Radio and Still Pictures, Motion Pictures, Demonstrations.
My reasons for these are
- Verbal Symbols - You can link to podcasts
- Visual Symbols - You can link to any webpage with text
- Recordings, Radio, and Still Pictures - All of these items can be found through RSS
- Motion Pictures - You can get video RSS
- Demonstrations - Possible due to the RSS
Being able to use blogs within a classroom setting should help out a lot. Some students don't feel like they can speak up in a classroom and with this blog they would be able to. The RSS feeds would also help out in the fact that information can be brought to the student and keep them up to date on the latest and greatest of each of the different topics they are wanting to learn more about without getting lost in all of the information that is available and become overwhelmed. By being able to use the RSS feeds it could eliminate the need to go and look for a book and read the entire book when with a feed you can search within it for certain topic or word and find it easily.
Reflection on WIKI
I have never used a Wiki before until this class and it seems like an obstacle to get started. Being that neither Nicole or I can edit the class wiki, maybe it is just an operator error on our part but I can't figure it out! Besides that issue Wiki's seem pretty neat and an easy way to communicate with a specific group. This tool would work great in a high school setting for a group project. You would not even have to meet up you could simply communicate through the Wiki. Like Nicole said though you would have to assume that all the students had Internet access away from class and I doubt that would be the case. If I was a teacher and I could assume everyone had access to the Internet though, I would definitely utilize this tool to its fullest capacity.
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