Week6 Prompt

Week 6

Reflect on what you have learned in the class and how you will use it professionally as both a lifelong learner and an instructional systems professional (or whatever field you’re in).

It's time to say goodbye with posting Week6 prompt.
I am so sad.

Web2.0 class have provided me with a well-organized guideline for getting into Web2.0 world. For me, the literally meaning of Web2.0 was unclear at the beginning of the semester. From this class, I have learned what Web2.0 is, how I can use it, why I use it, and so forth.

However, I sometimes feel that there are too many tools. I cannot maintain all of them continuously. I should find a couple of major tools for my a lifelong learning.
Scoop.it! is one of them. I love its huge database. It is especially useful for my professional development. Unfortunately, many other tools might die in my web2.0 list. I am so selective..

For beginners in Web2.0 field, finding appropriate tools is important.
They might be distracted due to a lot of tools.
I realized that it is really necessary for beginners to be provided with well-designed guidelines. In this vein, the Web2.0 class is awesome.

In terms of my professional development, Web2.0 would become a good friend.
Useful knowledge already exists in Web2.0 world. 
What I need to do is to meet the world and participate in.
Now I am a beginner, peripheral, passive.. but I will keep trying to get into inside the world.
In the future, I will be an effective insider in my professional field as well as a leading person in the Web2.0 world!!!


 
 

"Sharing is a wonderful thing"

"Sharing is a wonderful thing"
This wonderful sentence is from Vanessa in her last VoiceThreads.
I love the meaning.


In the past, I did not know why sharing is important.
I thought that sharing does not provide any rewards.
People who are active sharing spend their time, but they have no rewards.
Thus I was a little bit negative on sharing.

However, during this class, I realize that many people have contributed to Web2.0 world with their enthusiastic passions to sharing. I really respect to all web2.0 people. They have made this wonderful world. Web2.0 class have changed my behaviors and thoughts about sharing.

I take advantages of sharing from others.
So I have to do sharing. I am responsible for sharing something.
That is an interaction. That is the power of our modern society.

Week6 Learnist vs. Scoop.it!

I might be wrong, but I think that Learnist and Scoop.it are really really similar to each other.

1. Main page

 

Scoop.it's main page shows feeds I am following

Learnist's main page shows feeds I am following

2. Quantity of contents

 "Topic"page shows "165" related pages.

 

But, Learnist shows "10" related pages.

When I search "mobile learning" as a keyword, I can see that the quantity of the results are different.
Definitely Scoop.it has larger database.

3. Why Scoop.it is better than Learnist.

 Obviously, I can say that Scoop.it is better than Learnist.
Scoop.it provides "Users" page when you enter any keywords.
This is awesome. You can find people who have same interests as you!!
This feature is really really helpful for you to establish your personal learning network.

Week6. How can we manage our social media-based websites ?

During the WEB 2.0 class, I have got a lot of web 2.0 tools.
I have all signed up those tools.

Now I remember a few names of them. That means that I totally forgot or do not use some tools.
Do you guys remember those web 2.0 tools all?

One of the most important thing about Web2.0 world is to keep using them.
I cannot manage and keep using them all. What's the problem?

Although emailing occasionally give me notifications,
I feel that there are too much to keep tracking all tools where I have signed up.

Yes, I do not need to manage all web2.0 tools.
I am more active on web2.0 than before, but I am worried.
After finishing this class, I might be likely to become passive again.

We have known a lot of web 2.0 tools for formal/informal learning.
How much frequently do you guys use them after this class?
They are rapidly changing and evolving.
We need to keep following the trends.

What I need to do now is to come up with a method to manage web2.0 tools for my world.
Can I become an enthusiast on web2.0 after the end of the class?

Week 5 Prompt

Week 5

How do you judge the value of expertise on the Web? Does it differ from your notion of expertise in face-to-face settings? Why or why not?


The value of expertise on the Web is definitely differ from other type of expertise.
For expertise on the Web, there are more requirements exist.

First, they need to be more sensitive to tech trends, specifically on the Web.
Trends of the Web is so fast.
Expertise on the Web can recognize the rapid change, and can actively follow the need.
In contrast, expertise in face-to-face setting, they tend to be less sensitive to tech trends.

Second, it is necessary for expertise on the Web to communicate with others very actively.
Today web communication is not static. Rather, it is inter-mutual.
They should know that their role is to contribute to the Web by participating and communicating actively.

Third, they should be professionals to analyze the Web. This means that they need to know how to analyze the Web. It requires the Web expertise to be skilled in many areas including the web area and others fields. For example, Web expertise need to know how to analyze the web activities among users, as well as, how to interpret them by strong theoretical backgrounds such as communication, ethnography, and so forth.

The Web expertise need to be professionals in various areas.
The feature is definitely distinguishable from face-to-face expertise. 
 
 

I have started with a new blog!!!

The most distinctive thing that I can feel myself during this class is that my Internet behavior has been changed.

I have been believing myself I am "Techy". But that does not mean that I am good at "Web 2.0".

At the beginning of the class, all new Web 2.0 technologies I have faced were wonderful, interesting, attractive...
However, in this Week5, I am a little bit frustrated and depressed.
Why?
There are many many many Web 2.0 based websites I have never heard and seen.
Why am I out-dated?

I can introduce myself "I am a docs students in the Instructional Systems, yes, I am a kind of EXPERT in Educational Technology".
Can I say like that?? The answer is "Definitely NOT."

Web 2.0 Class have provided me with tons of wonderful technologies.
But I can feel that there are too much burden.
I can say that I cannot use all of Web2.0 technologies I have learned during this class in the future.
However, I can feel that my Internet behavior is little bit changed.

I was definitely a "consumer" in the Internet world.
But I realized that I can be a "produser" in this scene.
To be a good produser, there is a serious limitation to me.
That is a language barrier.
I am an International student. It is not easy to express my words in English.

However, I found an alternative way.
I am guessing that those many Web2.0 tools have not usually been introduced in Korea.
Thus, I made a decision to make a blog.
The topic is "Web 2.0 and Educational Technology"

Here is the thing. This blog incorporates my class blog and my own personal website, too.
Through this blog, I want to share ideas with Korean, who are interested in Web2.0 in Education contexts.
I expect that the visitors in my blog might be undergrads and/or grads who are majoring in education, communication, etc.
I will introduce many Web2.0 tools to them through my new blog.

Is this a good idea?

Week5: Learnist

We have to know Learnist. Please take a look at the video first.

Learnist is a social media tool regarding any learning topics.
It allows users to not only search topics they are interested in, but also create their own topics they are interested in.

There are THREE types of buttons when you click 'ADD'.
First, 'board' is a kind of 'topic' or 'categories' or 'page' you are going to make.
Then you add 'links' or 'images' as the contents into the 'board'.
It is obvious that Learnist is helpful for establishing personal learning networks or informal learning.

I believe that Produsage 2 and PLN can adapt Learnist as a major tool.

This is Dr.Dennen's Learnist page. She created 'board' named as 'Creating a Personal Learning Network'.
Then she added several links and videos into the board.

I thought that a blog would be used as my major tool for PLN,
but I realized that there are many cool tools in a sense of Web 2.0

Whenever I discover many Web 2.0 tools, I am frustrated because I feel that I am out-dated.
I have believe that I am kinda techy, but I can't say like that now.

I am definitely out of dated about Web2.0 world.