Hi Everyone!
This new post is the assignment for our Web 2.0 tools class. The big question I have is once I know how to use the tools, what do I do with them? How do I incorporate them into the courses I design? I have lots of ideas, but I wonder about you. Please post comments with thoughts on how you will use these tools.
I like to post pictures, so here is one I took yesterday on the UMB campus. Its a view out of a window in the Healey Library. I'm calling it Study in Triangles. How many triangles do you see? There are way more than 10. You never know what you will see if you keep your eyes open. I had no idea this image contained so many triangles until I started counting them now. Good photography and good instruction are all about design.
I like to post pictures, so here is one I took yesterday on the UMB campus. Its a view out of a window in the Healey Library. I'm calling it Study in Triangles. How many triangles do you see? There are way more than 10. You never know what you will see if you keep your eyes open. I had no idea this image contained so many triangles until I started counting them now. Good photography and good instruction are all about design.
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I think the key thing here is to not force yourself to use tools that will not help you out. Here's an example: I've been helping a few staff members over the past few months with web 2.0 tools. When they learn of a new tool they immediately find some use for it.
Some uses are great! It's exactly what they were missing. Other uses seem a little forced and shoehorned. Shoehorning is not a good idea because it ruins your perception of the tool and you may be reluctant to use it again when a real use comes up.
I guess my advice is "think" before you use. A mallot and a jeweler's hammer are both hammers, but you don't use them interchangeably. Web 2.0 tools are the same :-)
I agree, AK. Remember when design templates for newsletters first came out? People went crazy with font sizes and color. The resulting newletter design was terrible. Just because we have tools, doesn't mean we have to use them. But its good to have them in our "toolkit," so we CAN use them when appropriate.
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Hi Ellen
The Web 2.0 tools that I have used thus far are fascinating and interesting. Yet with the Department where I work, I do not see any immediate application let alone acceptance.
The good thing about blogging is the many perspectives and possibly up to the minute news on any given topic. So far with the political stuff going on, blogging is very cool. Fresh ideas and new insights. From a personal perspective, not sure I would have the time to be an active participator.
The gmail is great. I like the connections and different benefits of it. But again, at work - "not". There would be much too many concerns and headaches from a management viewpoint to contend with.
I agree that visuals (whether photo, animation, etc.) can really enhance learning over just straight text. Thanks for the photo of the UMB campus. I'm a student, but have no idea what it looks like! I counted 7 triangles, but I am sure there are more!
Hi Ellen
You've given a voice to my concerns as well, especially with community college students who are just developing the skills needed to navigate the tools as well as manage the reading/writing/assessment of the intro college courses they are taking.
That said, I did suggest a new committee being formed on my campus use these tools to meet to avoid the scheduling time crunch that happens when looking setting up f2f meetings.
Pat
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