Until this class I have never had any experiences with blogs or wikis. I have heard of them, but have never made one of them. As an Ag teacher, I can get my students to use blogs or wikis when we our topic or lesson is a hard one. I don't know if I will require my students to participate with blogs or wikis, but i will definitely encourage them to use one. They may be able to answer each others questions and help each other understand something better than I can help them understand it. I will stay in touch with those that use a blog or wiki to make sure that they are getting the right information.
Social bookmarking is a neat concept. It allows you to save websites so that you can refer back to them and allows others to be able to benefit from them. Others can add to them and everybody that wishes to contribute can benefit. Social Bookmarking could be helpful to me and my students by allowing each of us to add our favorite sites that are relevant to Agriculture. I don't know that I would use voice thread in my Ag classroom, but I would like to know how to make one just in case.
Honestly, I have never heard of Tapped In. After reading the textbook, I feel like I understand a little bit about what it is. It is a place where teachers and/or students can come together and collaborate with one another about different issues. They can encourage each other by sharing stories. Many times it feels like we're the only ones struggling in some area of work or school. I believe that we need others in our lives in order to be successful. Tapped In is a way to have that.
References:
Meaningful Learning With Technology--Jonassen, D., Howland J., Marra, R.M. & Crismond, D. (2008). Pearson, Merrill/Prentice Hall, 3rd edition.
http://www.mlearning.wikispaces.com/advantages
http://www.blog.vcu.edu/socialworknewsletter/2009/03/using_wiki_spaces_as_a_teachin.html
Social Bookmarking in Plain English Video:http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2rqw9_social-bookmarking-inplain-english_school
I also had not had any experience with blogging until this class. I had never heard of Wikis, Social Bookmarking or Tapped In until this class either. I feel Social Bookmarking could be a very helpful tool as well. I can see where students could benefit by using it.
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