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Social Bookmarking

This is cool actually putting a name to tools on the internet that I use so very often. As for the social bookmarking the first thing that came to mind is when you bookmark web pages on your PC. I see that it is somewhat similar but with many other advantages. You could use this in a classroom setting to assist students when writing papers to help when writing works cited pages and formatting.(I always seemed to have difficulty with this one and as a visual learner it often times saved me time) It can also assist students in the classroom setting to additional self help tools with assignments as well as parents. It can serve as a way for students, teachers, and parents to stay up to date on current events in classroom and world.
I was just thinking about the degree program and what would it mean in 5-10 years. With the technology improving everyday and methods of utilization it would make sense that the definition would change so frequently. I do believe however that there should be a general definition to give a broad overview of this evolving field so as not to cause any confusion. I see that in many professions they question what they should be called and how to describe what it is that they actually do as a professional. I would agree that instructional technology is more then a process. You have to understand how and why you do things and be able to relay that to other individuals. Media does enhance instruction and does not replace it.In chapter 2 talks about instructional design model. I have never formulated lessons plans personally, but I was shocked to see that it is very similar in formulating treatment plans. In a treatment plan you pretty much follow the same process to attain an end goal. In occupational therapy you find out what deficit a person has that inhibits independence 100% and find a way to help the person improve or adapt the deficit. A lot of what we do is teaching a person new ways of participating in life to achieve independence to that specific persons maximum level. Not all humans are alike so when you create a plan try and tech/implement it, you as a practitioner have to be ready to go back to the drawing board. Figure 2.2 is a really good tool that I believe could be used in a healthcare setting as well with new practitioners maybe tweaking the terminology a little bit. The only difference is that you wouldn’t write out everything specifically but yet a lot if it would be involved in part of the thought process.

Wiki

The bursting of the dot-com bubble in the fall of 2001 marked a turning point for the web. Many people concluded that the web was overhyped, . The concept of "Web 2.0" began with a conference brainstorming session between O'Reilly and Media Live International. Dale Dougherty, web pioneer and O'Reilly VP, noted that far from having "crashed", the web was more important than ever, with exciting new applications and sites popping up with surprising regularity.
The first of those principles was "The web as platform." Yet that was also a rallying cry of Web 1.0 darling Netscape, which went down in flames after a heated battle with Microsoft. People don't often think of it as "web services", but in fact, ad serving was the first widely deployed web service, and the first widely deployed "mash up" (to use another term that has gained currency of late).

Week 2

I have really enjoyed using both the Blog and the RSS Readers. I’ve have some experience with a Blog, but I’ve actually never even heard of an RSS Reader. So I have found the RSS Reader to be really interesting and I have enjoyed learning how to use it. Once I figured out exactly what it was, I was really excited to see that some of my favorite web sites would be updated on my RSS Reader. I have definitely enjoyed going to my RSS Reader and easily seeing what’s new on different sites. The news sites are especially useful because I can quickly see what’s happening around the area without having to actually search the web site itself. I also really like being a subscriber to the Blogs from the other people in the class. It’s much easier to read their responses from the RSS Reader page than to log into Blackboard. It saves a lot of steps. So overall, I am really enjoying this new experience.With Dale’s Cone of Experience, I would say that the Blog would fall at the bottom under Direct Purposeful Experiences. If a student was asked to keep a Blog, this opportunity would give the student a hands-on experience. A very basic and simple Blog may not require the student to have any previous knowledge or experience. I would also say that a Blog could fall near the top of Dale’s Cone under visual symbols. Part of a person’s blog may contain charts, graphs, maps, etc. All of these symbols would then be displayed on the Blog and available for viewing by other followers. A RSS Reader, on the other hand, would fall under Contrived Experiences on Dale’s Cone of Experience. A contrived experience summarizes and simplifies information so that the student is not overwhelmed. The RSS Reader definitely simplifies things and lays out simple bits of information for the student. It is easy to read and very easy to find new updates. This would eliminate a lot of confusion and unnecessary information that the student does not need. An “imaginative” educational use for a Blog would be to have your students journal several times throughout the week to share what they have been learning. Sharing through a Blog would be more beneficial than writing on paper and turning it in because than other students would be able to see what their classmates are learning. One student may have a better understanding of a certain concept or idea. Other students who may not understand the idea as well may gain a better understanding after reading that student’s Blog. If the students just write their response on paper and turn it in, the teacher will be the only one to see what the students are learning. While this is beneficial information for the teacher, it will not benefit the other students in the class. With the RSS Reader, an “imaginative” educational use would go right along with the idea for the Blog. Just like with what we are doing in this class, you could have your students subscribe to each of their classmate’s Blogs. This would allow for easy access to view updates and stay informed with what their classmate’s are learning.

Week 1 Duscussions

In reading both articles I would have to agree that both demonstrated points of interest that I agreed with. Postman’s article was a little more pessimistic in terms of the education and technology relationship. In a lot of the examples it seemed a little out of date and kind of hard to follow because I grew up with technology. A lot of problems that we are facing today as humans are not due to the fact that we operate technology. I believe that by providing technology in the classroom it enhances the educational experience. From personal experience it makes learning more interesting and more self directed with little to no instruction. Without technology neither you nor I would be in this class today. I believe with integrating technology into our lesson plans in a reasonable manner and monitoring allows children more practical realization into real world experience. It allows a child insight to other individual’s viewpoints and ways of doing things without always maintain our cultural bias. With advances today it keeps us up to date and competitive with other cultures. Postman stated that "One of the principal functions of school is to teach children how to behave in groups." In today’s society we are technology driven and I believe that if some form of technology is not integrated into the educational arena we may put some disadvantage students at an even further disadvantage. You cannot assume that even in today’s world everyone has the same access to the same technological devices. I agree with the other article that technology allows us to become more self directed learners at our own speed. I believe in some change to the current system in hand may provide value to the educational setting because not everyone learns the same or at the same speed. I believe that there is a way to integrate technology into a classroom so that a teacher may monitor the student’s progress while maintain stability and control with the self directed learning. I don’t see any person abusing technology to a point it replaces our values as a society pertaining to education.