I am still amazed at the continuous learning I’m going
through with this course. I will admit other
than just searching videos, I’ve never created my own channel and explored
creating new playlist. It was pretty
simple as a first timer. I created the
first playlist which was about using Twitter and exploring Twitter Tools. I found about three great videos that peaked
my interest. I also was about to sort
the videos in playlist order of my choosing.
After exploring these videos, I learned a little bit on Tweepi which is
a tool you can use to target more followers or you can use it to unfollow folks
that don’t follow you or haven’t in a long time. I had to ask myself why was this so
important. I now realize that millions
of people use Twitter and if you want to get your messages out there your
follower and follow numbers are important.
That’s what Twitter is all about.
I then created a
playlist for videos about Wikispace. I
learned tons just by exploring the video.
Wikispace is more than just allowing invited users to edit or see who
edited a document. You can make your
page extremely interactive by adding links, images, and widgets which really
take the document to a new level.
Widgets allow you to add videos, maps, slide shows, RSS feeds, etc. Wikispace also allows you to add additional
pages, assign projects if you are starting a PBL, create events and assign when
assignments or homework is due. The best
feature for teachers is the assignment tool which allows the teacher to check
for activity.
Next, I created a playlist of videos about Web 2.0 tools for
learning. I came across some amazing
videos. One video spoke about a few
interesting tools. Articulate storyline
which allows you to create a highly interactive online courses. Trello which is a project management
application that allows you to collaborate with team members and track the
project as it moves through production.
You can create boards and list for the group to work from in the
classroom. Also, Diigo is a social bookmarking
which allows signed up users to bookmark and tag web pages. Users can share
these tags in the Diigo community or outside the app.
My fourth playlist creation was about Career and Technical
Education (CTE) courses. Many of the
videos were about the great opportunities students gain by being in a CTE
course in high school. I’ve taught, been a coordinator, director and now an
executive director in a very robust CTE department. I’ve been in 3 different school districts all
in the CTE realm and I see how it changes lives of many privilege and unprivileged
students and moves education forward.
Overall, I’ve learned lots this week with working with
Youtube, Wikis, Blogs, Google Docs, Twitter and the list of Web 2.0 tools go
on. I must say intentional planning and exceptional
learning outcomes are key.
My YouTube Playlist
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