Think
1. Before you began this course, what did you do (or still do) when you needed to collect, manage, and keep a record of citation details of your Web research? How effective do you think these information management strategies were?
I simply took notes of the citation lists when I need to write reports for the references. Since almost every professors have different guidelines of citation especially in the field of life sciences professors. For example, their guidelines differ in that writing a last name first if the book is written by on ly one author, but on the other hand, if the book is written by the multiple authors, I have to write his/her first name first. Although this is just one example of making the citation lists, I had (=have) to adapt the differences of making the citations when writing reports. Therefore, I thought that it is not nearly possible to write the references almost automatically by some kind of the softwares because the professors guidelines are very distinct from each other. Although I am always thining that it is not efficient to write references, I could not find a better ways to organize the citaiton lists. About a few years ago, I thought by myself whether I should even create some kind of free softwares, which adopt various distinctiveness of making citation lists.
2. In your view, what kinds of things would you want a Web research tool to be able to do?
If possible, I certainly want the web research tools to be able to automatically create the citation lists when I click some of the buttons on the browser. Although I need to have about 10 citation lists per report, the complexities of making the citation lists grow much more to the point where I write academic papers, which require much more citation lists. Therefore, if I can use the Web research tool to make a citation lists, that will help me a lot when writing academic papers.
Explore
Throughout the video, I learned the fuctions and utilities of Zotero. Since I gave up of using the softwares to create citation lits, I simply amazed the function they offer. I was especially impress the fact that it is able to create citaion lists just one click from the browser. I actually tried making the citation lists from the browser and it was just simply effective. In addition to make citaiton lists, I was also impress by the fuction, which enable us to make a comment to particular words and phrases.
Explain
1. What are the main skills needed to use Zotero?
In order to fully utilize Zotero, I think the users have to understand the purposes of the references. Since Zotero automatically generates the citation lists, the users are necessary to understand what is the purpose of making references. The purposes of making references are to show the readers where I did get those information come from. If the users forgot the purposes of making references by using the Web research softwares, the significance of the report itself will be decreased.
2. What are the affordances of Zotero (what does it make possible, what does it impede)?
What does it make possible is that Zotero reduces the complexities of making the citation lists and the valuable time when writing reports and academic papers. To be honest, writing references when the time is limited is frustrating process. Therefore, Zotero reduces the complexities of making the citation lists and a valuable time for writing reports and academic papers. On the other hand, what it can't do is that Zotero can not adapt many other ways of making the citation lists. In other words, Zotero have just a few ways of making citation lists such as Nature and National Library of Medicine. Although these were widely known among the public, the use among the scientific researchers are limited. They are more likely to use the "Cell", which is more accepted by the academics.
3. How can Zotero be used to network professionally and connect you (& other students) to learning resources?
Since Zotero is not a networking software, networking professional through the software is difficult. But on the other hand, the professional networking might become possible when Zotero is introduced in the classroom at school. Through the use of Zotero in the classroom, students can interact through the functions of Zotero. I think that this is an example of the concept of "Education 2.0".
4. What skills and understandings have you learned about Zotero that may promote your development as an effective learner in the digital age?
Although I gave up of collecting and managing the references information about a few years ago and I manually create those references information, the development of the social softwares and the waves of Web 2.0 (probably Web 3.0 right now) are much faster than I thought. By the use of Zotero throught this lesson, I actually feel and experienced that keeping up with the developments of the latest softwares make possible to work efficiently. Those approaches will make difference among the others.
Friday, November 7, 2008
Lesson 7: Zotero - Web research assistant (Think, Explore & Explain)
Think
1. Before you began this course, what did you do (or still do) when you needed to collect, manage, and keep a record of citation details of your Web research? How effective do you think these information management strategies were?
I simply took notes of the citation lists when I need to write reports for the references. Since almost every professors have different guidelines of citation especially in the field of life sciences professors. For example, their guidelines differ in that writing a last name first if the book is written by on ly one author, but on the other hand, if the book is written by the multiple authors, I have to write his/her first name first. Although this is just one example of making the citation lists, I had (=have) to adapt the differences of making the citations when writing reports. Therefore, I thought that it is not nearly possible to write the references almost automatically by some kind of the softwares because the professors guidelines are very distinct from each other. Although I am always thining that it is not efficient to write references, I could not find a better ways to organize the citaiton lists. About a few years ago, I thought by myself whether I should even create some kind of free softwares, which adopt various distinctiveness of making citation lists.
2. In your view, what kinds of things would you want a Web research tool to be able to do?
If possible, I certainly want the web research tools to be able to automatically create the citation lists when I click some of the buttons on the browser. Although I need to have about 10 citation lists per report, the complexities of making the citation lists grow much more to the point where I write academic papers, which require much more citation lists. Therefore, if I can use the Web research tool to make a citation lists, that will help me a lot when writing academic papers.
Explain
1. What are the main skills needed to use Zotero?
In order to fully utilize Zotero, I think the users have to understand the purposes of the references. Since Zotero automatically generates the citation lists, the users are necessary to understand what is the purpose of making references. The purposes of making references are to show the readers where I did get those information come from. If the users forgot the purposes of making references by using the Web research softwares, the significance of the report itself will be decreased.
2. What are the affordances of Zotero (what does it make possible, what does it impede)?
What does it make possible is that Zotero reduces the complexities of making the citation lists and the valuable time when writing reports and academic papers. To be honest, writing references when the time is limited is frustrating process. Therefore, Zotero reduces the complexities of making the citation lists and a valuable time for writing reports and academic papers. On the other hand, what it can't do is that Zotero can not adapt many other ways of making the citation lists. In other words, Zotero have just a few ways of making citation lists such as Nature and National Library of Medicine. Although these were widely known among the public, the use among the scientific researchers are limited. They are more likely to use the "Cell", which is more accepted by the academics.
3. How can Zotero be used to network professionally and connect you (& other students) to learning resources?
Since Zotero is not a networking software, networking professional through the software is difficult. But on the other hand, the professional networking might become possible when Zotero is introduced in the classroom at school. Through the use of Zotero in the classroom, students can interact through the functions of Zotero. I think that this is an example of the concept of "Education 2.0".
4. What skills and understandings have you learned about Zotero that may promote your development as an effective learner in the digital age?
Although I gave up of collecting and managing the references information about a few years ago and I manually create those references information, the development of the social softwares and the waves of Web 2.0 (probably Web 3.0 right now) are much faster than I thought. By the use of Zotero throught this lesson, I actually feel and experienced that keeping up with the developments of the latest softwares make possible to work efficiently. Those approaches will make difference among the others.
1. Before you began this course, what did you do (or still do) when you needed to collect, manage, and keep a record of citation details of your Web research? How effective do you think these information management strategies were?
I simply took notes of the citation lists when I need to write reports for the references. Since almost every professors have different guidelines of citation especially in the field of life sciences professors. For example, their guidelines differ in that writing a last name first if the book is written by on ly one author, but on the other hand, if the book is written by the multiple authors, I have to write his/her first name first. Although this is just one example of making the citation lists, I had (=have) to adapt the differences of making the citations when writing reports. Therefore, I thought that it is not nearly possible to write the references almost automatically by some kind of the softwares because the professors guidelines are very distinct from each other. Although I am always thining that it is not efficient to write references, I could not find a better ways to organize the citaiton lists. About a few years ago, I thought by myself whether I should even create some kind of free softwares, which adopt various distinctiveness of making citation lists.
2. In your view, what kinds of things would you want a Web research tool to be able to do?
If possible, I certainly want the web research tools to be able to automatically create the citation lists when I click some of the buttons on the browser. Although I need to have about 10 citation lists per report, the complexities of making the citation lists grow much more to the point where I write academic papers, which require much more citation lists. Therefore, if I can use the Web research tool to make a citation lists, that will help me a lot when writing academic papers.
Explain
1. What are the main skills needed to use Zotero?
In order to fully utilize Zotero, I think the users have to understand the purposes of the references. Since Zotero automatically generates the citation lists, the users are necessary to understand what is the purpose of making references. The purposes of making references are to show the readers where I did get those information come from. If the users forgot the purposes of making references by using the Web research softwares, the significance of the report itself will be decreased.
2. What are the affordances of Zotero (what does it make possible, what does it impede)?
What does it make possible is that Zotero reduces the complexities of making the citation lists and the valuable time when writing reports and academic papers. To be honest, writing references when the time is limited is frustrating process. Therefore, Zotero reduces the complexities of making the citation lists and a valuable time for writing reports and academic papers. On the other hand, what it can't do is that Zotero can not adapt many other ways of making the citation lists. In other words, Zotero have just a few ways of making citation lists such as Nature and National Library of Medicine. Although these were widely known among the public, the use among the scientific researchers are limited. They are more likely to use the "Cell", which is more accepted by the academics.
3. How can Zotero be used to network professionally and connect you (& other students) to learning resources?
Since Zotero is not a networking software, networking professional through the software is difficult. But on the other hand, the professional networking might become possible when Zotero is introduced in the classroom at school. Through the use of Zotero in the classroom, students can interact through the functions of Zotero. I think that this is an example of the concept of "Education 2.0".
4. What skills and understandings have you learned about Zotero that may promote your development as an effective learner in the digital age?
Although I gave up of collecting and managing the references information about a few years ago and I manually create those references information, the development of the social softwares and the waves of Web 2.0 (probably Web 3.0 right now) are much faster than I thought. By the use of Zotero throught this lesson, I actually feel and experienced that keeping up with the developments of the latest softwares make possible to work efficiently. Those approaches will make difference among the others.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Lesson 6: Google Docs & Spreadsheets (Think, Explore, Do and Survey Results)
Lesson 6: Google Docs & Spreadsheets (Think, Explore, Do and Survey Results)
Think
Before you began this course, what did you do (or still do) when you need to collaborate with other students on a project outside of class? In other words, what do you usually do if you want to show someone what you have done? What do you do if you need to work on it at the same time? How do you feel about doing collaborative work? Please write a brief description.
To be honest, I'm currently feel frustrating to the collaborative work which two of my friends and I am working from this June. We are participating the Nikkei Stock League, which college students compete to create the stock portfolio for virtual investing. Although I tried (am still trying) to update our work regularly, the other team mates were left behind. My assumption from leaving behind our schedule is that it is time consuming to make contacts with each other. For example, if the other team mates would like to say some opinions toward our progress to our work, we use emails to make contacts. By using emails, we can surely contact with each other, but the process itself is not interactive. I think that the interacting process is significant to our group work because team members can actually see the updated versions of the original samples. We had so many email attachments of the revised versions of the same file names over the summer in order to update our work regularly. For example, if one team member made some corrections to our portfolio, he/she has to send the updated versions of the files to all of the members. This is confusing and time consuming. This kind of difficulties arises when the team members have to work at the same time and the deadline is nearby. Thus, I have some feeling that the group work is not efficient for our progress to our projects. Therefore, we almost work individually in order to keep up with the schedule. Therefore, I had difficulties in collaborative work, and I have to alter those difficulties in order to work effectively and improve our friendship.
Explore
It is easy to learn a new way to create, share, publish, collaborate, and access you work anywhere. The video that follows explains more about Google Docs and Spreadsheets. Watch it a few times, stop and start it at critical points (the narration is fast!), take some notes. Try to identify two or three things about using GDS that could make studying easier for you.
Advantages
1. GDS makes homes for documents.
2. Only the updated, original versions of the text were kept in the GDS
3. GDS makes editing easy and more accurate than before.
4. Increase securities
Disadvantages
1. Necessary to have access codes to log-in
(This is also an advantage of GDS because this increaes security.)
Explain
1. What are the main skills needed to use GDS?
First, we have to keep in mind the fact that GDS is totally the different kind of software. Since the GDS has the distinctive features,
I think the users are necessary to have some background information of Web 2.0 (probably Web 3.0 in the future).
Since the GDS may functions as some kind of educational tools, I think we should have some ideas of concepts of Education 2.0 in order to fully utilize GDS. I think the concept of Education 2.0 is the fact that those software (especiaaly as an free applications) will be incorporated in the classroom in the near future. Therefore, having some Education 2.0 background is necessary in utilizing GDS.
2. What are the affordances of GDS (what does it make possible, what does it impede)?
What does it make possible is that GDS makes editing easier. To be more specific, the functions of GDS makes it possible to process the regular routine transactions easier. They can surely reduce the complexity of the routine works. What does it impede is that GDS cannot alter our everyday lives completely. For example, the GDS doesn't have some kind of huge impacts on the society such as the ones brought by Google. Surely, the Google changed the way how we think, business opportunities, and future perspectives of high-tech industry in silicon valley.
3. How can GDS be used to network professionally and connect you (& other students) to learning resources?
In order to network professionally, I think the awareness of Education 2.0 is necessary. Although the Education 2.0 is my own word, I think that the movement toward the Education 2.0 is certainly growing. The awareness of Education 2.0 means to introduce IT softwares into the school classroom even from elementary school. Although there are a lot of controversies toward Education 2.0, the growing awareness of Education 2.0 is necessary to expand the GDS.
4. What skills and understandings have you learned about GDS that may promote your development as an effective learner in the digital age?
I think the GDS makes me possible to become aware how to become an effective learner in the digital age. Although I had (=having) so much difficulties in collaborative works, I didn't do anything to overcome our difficulties.
I suppose that's the fundamental stumbling blocks to become an effective learner in the digitla age. Therefore, I actually feel and experienced that taking out of barries of utilizing softwares are the difficulties, which have to be overcomed in order to promote our development as an effective learner in the digital age.
Survery Results
Think
Before you began this course, what did you do (or still do) when you need to collaborate with other students on a project outside of class? In other words, what do you usually do if you want to show someone what you have done? What do you do if you need to work on it at the same time? How do you feel about doing collaborative work? Please write a brief description.
To be honest, I'm currently feel frustrating to the collaborative work which two of my friends and I am working from this June. We are participating the Nikkei Stock League, which college students compete to create the stock portfolio for virtual investing. Although I tried (am still trying) to update our work regularly, the other team mates were left behind. My assumption from leaving behind our schedule is that it is time consuming to make contacts with each other. For example, if the other team mates would like to say some opinions toward our progress to our work, we use emails to make contacts. By using emails, we can surely contact with each other, but the process itself is not interactive. I think that the interacting process is significant to our group work because team members can actually see the updated versions of the original samples. We had so many email attachments of the revised versions of the same file names over the summer in order to update our work regularly. For example, if one team member made some corrections to our portfolio, he/she has to send the updated versions of the files to all of the members. This is confusing and time consuming. This kind of difficulties arises when the team members have to work at the same time and the deadline is nearby. Thus, I have some feeling that the group work is not efficient for our progress to our projects. Therefore, we almost work individually in order to keep up with the schedule. Therefore, I had difficulties in collaborative work, and I have to alter those difficulties in order to work effectively and improve our friendship.
Explore
It is easy to learn a new way to create, share, publish, collaborate, and access you work anywhere. The video that follows explains more about Google Docs and Spreadsheets. Watch it a few times, stop and start it at critical points (the narration is fast!), take some notes. Try to identify two or three things about using GDS that could make studying easier for you.
Advantages
1. GDS makes homes for documents.
2. Only the updated, original versions of the text were kept in the GDS
3. GDS makes editing easy and more accurate than before.
4. Increase securities
Disadvantages
1. Necessary to have access codes to log-in
(This is also an advantage of GDS because this increaes security.)
Explain
1. What are the main skills needed to use GDS?
First, we have to keep in mind the fact that GDS is totally the different kind of software. Since the GDS has the distinctive features,
I think the users are necessary to have some background information of Web 2.0 (probably Web 3.0 in the future).
Since the GDS may functions as some kind of educational tools, I think we should have some ideas of concepts of Education 2.0 in order to fully utilize GDS. I think the concept of Education 2.0 is the fact that those software (especiaaly as an free applications) will be incorporated in the classroom in the near future. Therefore, having some Education 2.0 background is necessary in utilizing GDS.
2. What are the affordances of GDS (what does it make possible, what does it impede)?
What does it make possible is that GDS makes editing easier. To be more specific, the functions of GDS makes it possible to process the regular routine transactions easier. They can surely reduce the complexity of the routine works. What does it impede is that GDS cannot alter our everyday lives completely. For example, the GDS doesn't have some kind of huge impacts on the society such as the ones brought by Google. Surely, the Google changed the way how we think, business opportunities, and future perspectives of high-tech industry in silicon valley.
3. How can GDS be used to network professionally and connect you (& other students) to learning resources?
In order to network professionally, I think the awareness of Education 2.0 is necessary. Although the Education 2.0 is my own word, I think that the movement toward the Education 2.0 is certainly growing. The awareness of Education 2.0 means to introduce IT softwares into the school classroom even from elementary school. Although there are a lot of controversies toward Education 2.0, the growing awareness of Education 2.0 is necessary to expand the GDS.
4. What skills and understandings have you learned about GDS that may promote your development as an effective learner in the digital age?
I think the GDS makes me possible to become aware how to become an effective learner in the digital age. Although I had (=having) so much difficulties in collaborative works, I didn't do anything to overcome our difficulties.
I suppose that's the fundamental stumbling blocks to become an effective learner in the digitla age. Therefore, I actually feel and experienced that taking out of barries of utilizing softwares are the difficulties, which have to be overcomed in order to promote our development as an effective learner in the digital age.
Survery Results
Lesson 6: Google Docs & Spreadsheets (Think, Explore, Do and Graph of Survery Results)
Lesson 6: Google Docs & Spreadsheets (Think, Explore, Do and Graph of Survery Results)
Lesson 6: Google Docs & Spreadsheets (Think, Explore, Do and Survey Results)
Think
Before you began this course, what did you do (or still do) when you need to collaborate with other students on a project outside of class? In other words, what do you usually do if you want to show someone what you have done? What do you do if you need to work on it at the same time? How do you feel about doing collaborative work? Please write a brief description.
To be honest, I'm currently feel frustrating to the collaborative work which two of my friends and I am working from this June. We are participating the Nikkei Stock League, which college students compete to create the stock portfolio for virtual investing. Although I tried (am still trying) to update our work regularly, the other team mates were left behind. My assumption from leaving behind our schedule is that it is time consuming to make contacts with each other. For example, if the other team mates would like to say some opinions toward our progress to our work, we use emails to make contacts. By using emails, we can surely contact with each other, but the process itself is not interactive. I think that the interacting process is significant to our group work because team members can actually see the updated versions of the original samples. We had so many email attachments of the revised versions of the same file names over the summer in order to update our work regularly. For example, if one team member made some corrections to our portfolio, he/she has to send the updated versions of the files to all of the members. This is confusing and time consuming. This kind of difficulties arises when the team members have to work at the same time and the deadline is nearby. Thus, I have some feeling that the group work is not efficient for our progress to our projects. Therefore, we almost work individually in order to keep up with the schedule. Therefore, I had difficulties in collaborative work, and I have to alter those difficulties in order to work effectively and improve our friendship.
Explore
It is easy to learn a new way to create, share, publish, collaborate, and access you work anywhere. The video that follows explains more about Google Docs and Spreadsheets. Watch it a few times, stop and start it at critical points (the narration is fast!), take some notes. Try to identify two or three things about using GDS that could make studying easier for you.
Advantages
1. GDS makes homes for documents.
2. Only the updated, original versions of the text were kept in the GDS
3. GDS makes editing easy and more accurate than before.
4. Increase securities
Disadvantages
1. Necessary to have access codes to log-in
(This is also an advantage of GDS because this increaes security.)
Explain
1. What are the main skills needed to use GDS?
First, we have to keep in mind the fact that GDS is totally the different kind of software. Since the GDS has the distinctive features,
I think the users are necessary to have some background information of Web 2.0 (probably Web 3.0 in the future).
Since the GDS may functions as some kind of educational tools, I think we should have some ideas of concepts of Education 2.0 in order to fully utilize GDS. I think the concept of Education 2.0 is the fact that those software (especiaaly as an free applications) will be incorporated in the classroom in the near future. Therefore, having some Education 2.0 background is necessary in utilizing GDS.
2. What are the affordances of GDS (what does it make possible, what does it impede)?
What does it make possible is that GDS makes editing easier. To be more specific, the functions of GDS makes it possible to process the regular routine transactions easier. They can surely reduce the complexity of the routine works. What does it impede is that GDS cannot alter our everyday lives completely. For example, the GDS doesn't have some kind of huge impacts on the society such as the ones brought by Google. Surely, the Google changed the way how we think, business opportunities, and future perspectives of high-tech industry in silicon valley.
3. How can GDS be used to network professionally and connect you (& other students) to learning resources?
In order to network professionally, I think the awareness of Education 2.0 is necessary. Although the Education 2.0 is my own word, I think that the movement toward the Education 2.0 is certainly growing. The awareness of Education 2.0 means to introduce IT softwares into the school classroom even from elementary school. Although there are a lot of controversies toward Education 2.0, the growing awareness of Education 2.0 is necessary to expand the GDS.
4. What skills and understandings have you learned about GDS that may promote your development as an effective learner in the digital age?
I think the GDS makes me possible to become aware how to become an effective learner in the digital age. Although I had (=having) so much difficulties in collaborative works, I didn't do anything to overcome our difficulties.
I suppose that's the fundamental stumbling blocks to become an effective learner in the digitla age. Therefore, I actually feel and experienced that taking out of barries of utilizing softwares are the difficulties, which have to be overcomed in order to promote our development as an effective learner in the digital age.
Survery Results
Lesson 6: Google Docs & Spreadsheets (Think, Explore, Do and Survey Results)
Think
Before you began this course, what did you do (or still do) when you need to collaborate with other students on a project outside of class? In other words, what do you usually do if you want to show someone what you have done? What do you do if you need to work on it at the same time? How do you feel about doing collaborative work? Please write a brief description.
To be honest, I'm currently feel frustrating to the collaborative work which two of my friends and I am working from this June. We are participating the Nikkei Stock League, which college students compete to create the stock portfolio for virtual investing. Although I tried (am still trying) to update our work regularly, the other team mates were left behind. My assumption from leaving behind our schedule is that it is time consuming to make contacts with each other. For example, if the other team mates would like to say some opinions toward our progress to our work, we use emails to make contacts. By using emails, we can surely contact with each other, but the process itself is not interactive. I think that the interacting process is significant to our group work because team members can actually see the updated versions of the original samples. We had so many email attachments of the revised versions of the same file names over the summer in order to update our work regularly. For example, if one team member made some corrections to our portfolio, he/she has to send the updated versions of the files to all of the members. This is confusing and time consuming. This kind of difficulties arises when the team members have to work at the same time and the deadline is nearby. Thus, I have some feeling that the group work is not efficient for our progress to our projects. Therefore, we almost work individually in order to keep up with the schedule. Therefore, I had difficulties in collaborative work, and I have to alter those difficulties in order to work effectively and improve our friendship.
Explore
It is easy to learn a new way to create, share, publish, collaborate, and access you work anywhere. The video that follows explains more about Google Docs and Spreadsheets. Watch it a few times, stop and start it at critical points (the narration is fast!), take some notes. Try to identify two or three things about using GDS that could make studying easier for you.
Advantages
1. GDS makes homes for documents.
2. Only the updated, original versions of the text were kept in the GDS
3. GDS makes editing easy and more accurate than before.
4. Increase securities
Disadvantages
1. Necessary to have access codes to log-in
(This is also an advantage of GDS because this increaes security.)
Explain
1. What are the main skills needed to use GDS?
First, we have to keep in mind the fact that GDS is totally the different kind of software. Since the GDS has the distinctive features,
I think the users are necessary to have some background information of Web 2.0 (probably Web 3.0 in the future).
Since the GDS may functions as some kind of educational tools, I think we should have some ideas of concepts of Education 2.0 in order to fully utilize GDS. I think the concept of Education 2.0 is the fact that those software (especiaaly as an free applications) will be incorporated in the classroom in the near future. Therefore, having some Education 2.0 background is necessary in utilizing GDS.
2. What are the affordances of GDS (what does it make possible, what does it impede)?
What does it make possible is that GDS makes editing easier. To be more specific, the functions of GDS makes it possible to process the regular routine transactions easier. They can surely reduce the complexity of the routine works. What does it impede is that GDS cannot alter our everyday lives completely. For example, the GDS doesn't have some kind of huge impacts on the society such as the ones brought by Google. Surely, the Google changed the way how we think, business opportunities, and future perspectives of high-tech industry in silicon valley.
3. How can GDS be used to network professionally and connect you (& other students) to learning resources?
In order to network professionally, I think the awareness of Education 2.0 is necessary. Although the Education 2.0 is my own word, I think that the movement toward the Education 2.0 is certainly growing. The awareness of Education 2.0 means to introduce IT softwares into the school classroom even from elementary school. Although there are a lot of controversies toward Education 2.0, the growing awareness of Education 2.0 is necessary to expand the GDS.
4. What skills and understandings have you learned about GDS that may promote your development as an effective learner in the digital age?
I think the GDS makes me possible to become aware how to become an effective learner in the digital age. Although I had (=having) so much difficulties in collaborative works, I didn't do anything to overcome our difficulties.
I suppose that's the fundamental stumbling blocks to become an effective learner in the digitla age. Therefore, I actually feel and experienced that taking out of barries of utilizing softwares are the difficulties, which have to be overcomed in order to promote our development as an effective learner in the digital age.
Survery Results
Lesson 6: Google Docs & Spreadsheets (Think, Explore, and Do)
Lesson 6: Google Docs & Spreadsheets (Think, Explore, and Do)
Think
Before you began this course, what did you do (or still do) when you need to collaborate with other students on a project outside of class? In other words, what do you usually do if you want to show someone what you have done? What do you do if you need to work on it at the same time? How do you feel about doing collaborative work? Please write a brief description.
To be honest, I'm currently feel frustrating to the collaborative work which two of my friends and I am working from this June. We are participating the Nikkei Stock League, which college students compete to create the stock portfolio for virtual investing. Although I tried (am still trying) to update our work regularly, the other team mates were left behind. My assumption from leaving behind our schedule is that it is time consuming to make contacts with each other. For example, if the other team mates would like to say some opinions toward our progress to our work, we use emails to make contacts. By using emails, we can surely contact with each other, but the process itself is not interactive. I think that the interacting process is significant to our group work because team members can actually see the updated versions of the original samples. We had so many email attachments of the revised versions of the same file names over the summer in order to update our work regularly. For example, if one team member made some corrections to our portfolio, he/she has to send the updated versions of the files to all of the members. This is confusing and time consuming. This kind of difficulties arises when the team members have to work at the same time and the deadline is nearby. Thus, I have some feeling that the group work is not efficient for our progress to our projects. Therefore, we almost work individually in order to keep up with the schedule. Therefore, I had difficulties in collaborative work, and I have to alter those difficulties in order to work effectively and improve our friendship.
Explore
It is easy to learn a new way to create, share, publish, collaborate, and access you work anywhere. The video that follows explains more about Google Docs and Spreadsheets. Watch it a few times, stop and start it at critical points (the narration is fast!), take some notes. Try to identify two or three things about using GDS that could make studying easier for you.
Advantages
1. GDS makes homes for documents.
2. Only the updated, original versions of the text were kept in the GDS
3. GDS makes editing easy and more accurate than before.
4. Increase securities
Disadvantages
1. Necessary to have access codes to log-in
(This is also an advantage of GDS because this increaes security.)
Explain
1. What are the main skills needed to use GDS?
First, we have to keep in mind the fact that GDS is totally the different kind of software. Since the GDS has the distinctive features,
I think the users are necessary to have some background information of Web 2.0 (probably Web 3.0 in the future).
Since the GDS may functions as some kind of educational tools, I think we should have some ideas of concepts of Education 2.0 in order to fully utilize GDS. I think the concept of Education 2.0 is the fact that those software (especiaaly as an free applications) will be incorporated in the classroom in the near future. Therefore, having some Education 2.0 background is necessary in utilizing GDS.
2. What are the affordances of GDS (what does it make possible, what does it impede)?
What does it make possible is that GDS makes editing easier. To be more specific, the functions of GDS makes it possible to process the regular routine transactions easier. They can surely reduce the complexity of the routine works. What does it impede is that GDS cannot alter our everyday lives completely. For example, the GDS doesn't have some kind of huge impacts on the society such as the ones brought by Google. Surely, the Google changed the way how we think, business opportunities, and future perspectives of high-tech industry in silicon valley.
3. How can GDS be used to network professionally and connect you (& other students) to learning resources?
In order to network professionally, I think the awareness of Education 2.0 is necessary. Although the Education 2.0 is my own word, I think that the movement toward the Education 2.0 is certainly growing. The awareness of Education 2.0 means to introduce IT softwares into the school classroom even from elementary school. Although there are a lot of controversies toward Education 2.0, the growing awareness of Education 2.0 is necessary to expand the GDS.
4. What skills and understandings have you learned about GDS that may promote your development as an effective learner in the digital age?
I think the GDS makes me possible to become aware how to become an effective learner in the digital age. Although I had (=having) so much difficulties in collaborative works, I didn't do anything to overcome our difficulties.
I suppose that's the fundamental stumbling blocks to become an effective learner in the digitla age. Therefore, I actually feel and experienced that taking out of barries of utilizing softwares are the difficulties, which have to be overcomed in order to promote our development as an effective learner in the digital age.
Think
Before you began this course, what did you do (or still do) when you need to collaborate with other students on a project outside of class? In other words, what do you usually do if you want to show someone what you have done? What do you do if you need to work on it at the same time? How do you feel about doing collaborative work? Please write a brief description.
To be honest, I'm currently feel frustrating to the collaborative work which two of my friends and I am working from this June. We are participating the Nikkei Stock League, which college students compete to create the stock portfolio for virtual investing. Although I tried (am still trying) to update our work regularly, the other team mates were left behind. My assumption from leaving behind our schedule is that it is time consuming to make contacts with each other. For example, if the other team mates would like to say some opinions toward our progress to our work, we use emails to make contacts. By using emails, we can surely contact with each other, but the process itself is not interactive. I think that the interacting process is significant to our group work because team members can actually see the updated versions of the original samples. We had so many email attachments of the revised versions of the same file names over the summer in order to update our work regularly. For example, if one team member made some corrections to our portfolio, he/she has to send the updated versions of the files to all of the members. This is confusing and time consuming. This kind of difficulties arises when the team members have to work at the same time and the deadline is nearby. Thus, I have some feeling that the group work is not efficient for our progress to our projects. Therefore, we almost work individually in order to keep up with the schedule. Therefore, I had difficulties in collaborative work, and I have to alter those difficulties in order to work effectively and improve our friendship.
Explore
It is easy to learn a new way to create, share, publish, collaborate, and access you work anywhere. The video that follows explains more about Google Docs and Spreadsheets. Watch it a few times, stop and start it at critical points (the narration is fast!), take some notes. Try to identify two or three things about using GDS that could make studying easier for you.
Advantages
1. GDS makes homes for documents.
2. Only the updated, original versions of the text were kept in the GDS
3. GDS makes editing easy and more accurate than before.
4. Increase securities
Disadvantages
1. Necessary to have access codes to log-in
(This is also an advantage of GDS because this increaes security.)
Explain
1. What are the main skills needed to use GDS?
First, we have to keep in mind the fact that GDS is totally the different kind of software. Since the GDS has the distinctive features,
I think the users are necessary to have some background information of Web 2.0 (probably Web 3.0 in the future).
Since the GDS may functions as some kind of educational tools, I think we should have some ideas of concepts of Education 2.0 in order to fully utilize GDS. I think the concept of Education 2.0 is the fact that those software (especiaaly as an free applications) will be incorporated in the classroom in the near future. Therefore, having some Education 2.0 background is necessary in utilizing GDS.
2. What are the affordances of GDS (what does it make possible, what does it impede)?
What does it make possible is that GDS makes editing easier. To be more specific, the functions of GDS makes it possible to process the regular routine transactions easier. They can surely reduce the complexity of the routine works. What does it impede is that GDS cannot alter our everyday lives completely. For example, the GDS doesn't have some kind of huge impacts on the society such as the ones brought by Google. Surely, the Google changed the way how we think, business opportunities, and future perspectives of high-tech industry in silicon valley.
3. How can GDS be used to network professionally and connect you (& other students) to learning resources?
In order to network professionally, I think the awareness of Education 2.0 is necessary. Although the Education 2.0 is my own word, I think that the movement toward the Education 2.0 is certainly growing. The awareness of Education 2.0 means to introduce IT softwares into the school classroom even from elementary school. Although there are a lot of controversies toward Education 2.0, the growing awareness of Education 2.0 is necessary to expand the GDS.
4. What skills and understandings have you learned about GDS that may promote your development as an effective learner in the digital age?
I think the GDS makes me possible to become aware how to become an effective learner in the digital age. Although I had (=having) so much difficulties in collaborative works, I didn't do anything to overcome our difficulties.
I suppose that's the fundamental stumbling blocks to become an effective learner in the digitla age. Therefore, I actually feel and experienced that taking out of barries of utilizing softwares are the difficulties, which have to be overcomed in order to promote our development as an effective learner in the digital age.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Lesson 6: Homework for October 24, 2008 (Survery)
Lesson 6: Homework for October 24, 2008 (Survery)
Question:
When a teacher has required you to collaborate with other students on a project outside class, what has been the main cause of any frustration you have experienced?
Answer
1 Very difficult to estimate how long the group work will take to finish the project
4 People
2 Someone in the group might forget what he/she is asked to do. Therefore, the other team members have to help him/her in order to keep up with the schedule
6 People
3 Difficult to maintain the concensus
5 People
4 Time consuming
3 People
5 The resulted answers to the project might not represent every individual’s effort and work
4 People
6 It is difficult to be on schedule
1 People
7 Sometimes disagreements occur
5 People
8 Every individual has to work on the assigned work
2 People
Total: 30 People
Categories
1 Time (Obstacles 1, 4 and 6)
2 Distrust (Obstacles 2)
3 Maintaing Agreements (Obstacles 3, 5 and 7)
4 Responsibility (Obstacle 8)
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Lesson 4: Social Bookmarking (Think, Explore and Explain)
Lesson 4: Social Bookmarking (Think, Explore and Explain)
Think
1. Before you began this course, what arrangements did you make (or still do) to save your favourite web pages? What provisions do you make to be able to access them whenever and wherever you need them?
Before I began this course (before I came to know delicious), I was actively using the organizer tools in Mozilla Thunderbird, which I can store the web pages according to various categories. Since the Mozilla Thunderbird is basically a email reader, it is extremely useful when I'm writing emails whenever I need to access my favorite web pages. I thought that Mozilla Thunderbird works just like delicious except the fact that they can't share the information I input for the whole network. Since the Mozilla Thunderbird is a email reader, I frequently log in their applications. So, it is relatively easy to remember what kind of information of web pages were stored in the applications.
Explore
Completed all of the steps in the Explore sectio
Explain
1. What are the main skills needed to use Delicious?
From the videos and slideshow of social bookmarking in 'Do', I felt that the users are necessary to have fundamental web 2.0 (probably web 3.0 in the near future) knowledge and skills in order to utilize Delicious. To be more specific, the function of Delicious become quite useful when the users understand the what the social bookmarking is. The social bookmarking have some aspects of sharing, which is the major trend in web 2.0. Since most applications of web 2.0 share the same or similar characteristics as a point of sharing (eg. P2P, flickr, youTube and Delicious), having understandings of web 2.0 is necessary to utilize Delicious functions.
2. What are the affordances of social bookmarking (what does it make possible, what does it impede)?
What does it make possible for sure is that Delicious have perspectives of development. For example, the Delicious functions can be improved by the function of sharing. Therefore, the one of the affordances will be to create more detailed, better functioned categorized web pages. On the other hand, what it can't do is that the perfect (it's difficult to define) fuctions. To be more specific, the Delicious can't collect the suggested homepages by themselves to expand the knowledge of users. Surely, they can be improved by editing with a hand of a lot of people, but they can't suggest homepages according to the categories listed in the Delicious.
3. How can Delicious be used to network professionally and connect you (& other students) to learning resources?
Since Delicious functions can be utilized by categorizing web pages of interests according to the certain categories listed, many users can be connected by following the names of categories. The networking by categories is useful, but it becomes much more useful if Delicious have another ways of gathering people who shares similar interests.
4. What skills and understandings have you learned about social bookmarking that may promote your development as an effective learner in the digital age?
Before I enroll this course, I didn't know what the social bookmarking is. But after I got acquainted with the functions of social bookmarking, I came to understand that the social bookmarking shares the similar possibilities and disadvantages compared to the other web 2.0 tools. Therefore, after I learned the effectiveness of Delicious (Delicious is a really effective tool!), I would like to place an emphasis on the fact that we (users) finally came to the point where we create the next trends of the web such as web 3.0 because the affordances of web 2.0 are virtually the same for many applications.
Think
1. Before you began this course, what arrangements did you make (or still do) to save your favourite web pages? What provisions do you make to be able to access them whenever and wherever you need them?
Before I began this course (before I came to know delicious), I was actively using the organizer tools in Mozilla Thunderbird, which I can store the web pages according to various categories. Since the Mozilla Thunderbird is basically a email reader, it is extremely useful when I'm writing emails whenever I need to access my favorite web pages. I thought that Mozilla Thunderbird works just like delicious except the fact that they can't share the information I input for the whole network. Since the Mozilla Thunderbird is a email reader, I frequently log in their applications. So, it is relatively easy to remember what kind of information of web pages were stored in the applications.
Explore
Completed all of the steps in the Explore sectio
Explain
1. What are the main skills needed to use Delicious?
From the videos and slideshow of social bookmarking in 'Do', I felt that the users are necessary to have fundamental web 2.0 (probably web 3.0 in the near future) knowledge and skills in order to utilize Delicious. To be more specific, the function of Delicious become quite useful when the users understand the what the social bookmarking is. The social bookmarking have some aspects of sharing, which is the major trend in web 2.0. Since most applications of web 2.0 share the same or similar characteristics as a point of sharing (eg. P2P, flickr, youTube and Delicious), having understandings of web 2.0 is necessary to utilize Delicious functions.
2. What are the affordances of social bookmarking (what does it make possible, what does it impede)?
What does it make possible for sure is that Delicious have perspectives of development. For example, the Delicious functions can be improved by the function of sharing. Therefore, the one of the affordances will be to create more detailed, better functioned categorized web pages. On the other hand, what it can't do is that the perfect (it's difficult to define) fuctions. To be more specific, the Delicious can't collect the suggested homepages by themselves to expand the knowledge of users. Surely, they can be improved by editing with a hand of a lot of people, but they can't suggest homepages according to the categories listed in the Delicious.
3. How can Delicious be used to network professionally and connect you (& other students) to learning resources?
Since Delicious functions can be utilized by categorizing web pages of interests according to the certain categories listed, many users can be connected by following the names of categories. The networking by categories is useful, but it becomes much more useful if Delicious have another ways of gathering people who shares similar interests.
4. What skills and understandings have you learned about social bookmarking that may promote your development as an effective learner in the digital age?
Before I enroll this course, I didn't know what the social bookmarking is. But after I got acquainted with the functions of social bookmarking, I came to understand that the social bookmarking shares the similar possibilities and disadvantages compared to the other web 2.0 tools. Therefore, after I learned the effectiveness of Delicious (Delicious is a really effective tool!), I would like to place an emphasis on the fact that we (users) finally came to the point where we create the next trends of the web such as web 3.0 because the affordances of web 2.0 are virtually the same for many applications.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Lesson 5 RSS: Think, Explore and Explain
Lesson 5: Really Simple Syndication (RSS) -Keeping up to date, staying organised
Think, Explore and Explain
Think
1. Which sites do you visit regularly? Make a list (4-5 is fine). Before you began this course, what did you do (or still do) to keep yourself up to date on new content posted to your favourite sites?
Sites I visit regularly:
1 Monex securities (Stock exchange)
2 Company's webiste which I invest
3 Facebook
4 w3 (ICU internal network)
5 Moodle (ICU course website)
Before I enroll this course, I signed up to mailing lists of those websites. Since I signed up to those mailing lists, new upcoming information will automatically delivered to my email inbox.
In addition to collecting the information online, I used to (am still doing) call the corporations which I invest to gather their most up-to-date information. Those information were mostly tiny bit of information, but they are sometimes very useful when making decisions. Although those information are not posted online (=therefore, not relating this question), this kind of hands on effort would be necessary even if the digital age has advanced.
Explore
1 Monex securities (Stock exchange)⇒They have RSS buttons.
2 Company's webistes which I invest⇒Some companies have RSS buttons
3 Facebook⇒They do not have RSS buttons.
4 w3 (ICU internal network)⇒They do not have RSS buttons.
5 Moodle (ICU course website)⇒They do not have RSS buttons.
Possible reasons for havnig RSS feed
1 Monex⇒Since they deal with tremendous information regarding market conditions, interest rates and so on, the need for RSS will certainly exist. Also, since they(=Monex Securities) collect information from the government (U.S treasurely, etc), they actually utilize RSS buttons which the governmental offices have. I suppose that this phenomenon is intriguing because this shows us that one site utilizes the RSS buttons which the other have.
2 Some companies had posted the CEO's blogs in their official website, so I suppose they want to appeal their passion for their company to the investors. I thought that this is an example of using RSS as an advertising tools.
3 Facebook⇒Maybe they don't feel the need for RSS because the friend's up to date information will delivered to us by automatically when I log in to my profile. Since Facebook is a SNS, having RSS functions might leak the personal information of individuals.
4 W3⇒In order to access the internal network of ICU, I suppose we have to have a password.
5 Moodle⇒In order to access the internal network of ICU, I suppose we have to have a password. Since this site upload the up-to-date information of the course contents, the users are required to input the password.
2. I thought the significance of RSS from the video is that RSS certainly changed the flows of information. By using RSS, the flows of information have changed in that the arrows of data collecting process had come to us!
Explain
1. What are the main skills needed to use Google Reader?
First, you have to define what websites you want to get RSS. Although many of the websites have RSS feed, some websites which usually not too popular enough don't have any RSS feed.
2. What are the affordances of RSS (what does it make possible, what does it impede)?
What RSS makes possible is that you can acquire the up-to-date information in a very limited time. What RSS can't do is that if the websites I'm particularly interested doesn't have RSS feed, I have to follow the traditional way to gather information. From my point of view, RSS functions have an absolute purpose of collecting up-to-date information, but there are websites which the old past information will be particularly useful. In that way, RSS may have to alter to adapt the need for those websites in the future.
3. How can Google Reader be used to network professionally and connect you (& other students) to learning resources?
Since the Google Reader collects and stores the up-to-date information, the Google Reader can even be used as a information storing tool. Therefore, we can search the past information because they are ordered fashionably, which makes it easier to search the older post. Therefore, those functions makes it relatively easier to network professionally and connect to learning resources
4. What skills and understandings have you learned about RSS that may promote your development as an effective learner in the digital age?
First of all, I learned that there are free softwares, which functions as RSS! Personally, I suppose that we need to keep in touch with the up-to-date software whenever possible in order to keep up with the latest versions of the online softwares. I realized that it is probably the best way to promote our development sa an effective learning in the digital age in that we should keep in touch with the latest editions of the technology updates.
Think, Explore and Explain
Think
1. Which sites do you visit regularly? Make a list (4-5 is fine). Before you began this course, what did you do (or still do) to keep yourself up to date on new content posted to your favourite sites?
Sites I visit regularly:
1 Monex securities (Stock exchange)
2 Company's webiste which I invest
3 Facebook
4 w3 (ICU internal network)
5 Moodle (ICU course website)
Before I enroll this course, I signed up to mailing lists of those websites. Since I signed up to those mailing lists, new upcoming information will automatically delivered to my email inbox.
In addition to collecting the information online, I used to (am still doing) call the corporations which I invest to gather their most up-to-date information. Those information were mostly tiny bit of information, but they are sometimes very useful when making decisions. Although those information are not posted online (=therefore, not relating this question), this kind of hands on effort would be necessary even if the digital age has advanced.
Explore
1 Monex securities (Stock exchange)⇒They have RSS buttons.
2 Company's webistes which I invest⇒Some companies have RSS buttons
3 Facebook⇒They do not have RSS buttons.
4 w3 (ICU internal network)⇒They do not have RSS buttons.
5 Moodle (ICU course website)⇒They do not have RSS buttons.
Possible reasons for havnig RSS feed
1 Monex⇒Since they deal with tremendous information regarding market conditions, interest rates and so on, the need for RSS will certainly exist. Also, since they(=Monex Securities) collect information from the government (U.S treasurely, etc), they actually utilize RSS buttons which the governmental offices have. I suppose that this phenomenon is intriguing because this shows us that one site utilizes the RSS buttons which the other have.
2 Some companies had posted the CEO's blogs in their official website, so I suppose they want to appeal their passion for their company to the investors. I thought that this is an example of using RSS as an advertising tools.
3 Facebook⇒Maybe they don't feel the need for RSS because the friend's up to date information will delivered to us by automatically when I log in to my profile. Since Facebook is a SNS, having RSS functions might leak the personal information of individuals.
4 W3⇒In order to access the internal network of ICU, I suppose we have to have a password.
5 Moodle⇒In order to access the internal network of ICU, I suppose we have to have a password. Since this site upload the up-to-date information of the course contents, the users are required to input the password.
2. I thought the significance of RSS from the video is that RSS certainly changed the flows of information. By using RSS, the flows of information have changed in that the arrows of data collecting process had come to us!
Explain
1. What are the main skills needed to use Google Reader?
First, you have to define what websites you want to get RSS. Although many of the websites have RSS feed, some websites which usually not too popular enough don't have any RSS feed.
2. What are the affordances of RSS (what does it make possible, what does it impede)?
What RSS makes possible is that you can acquire the up-to-date information in a very limited time. What RSS can't do is that if the websites I'm particularly interested doesn't have RSS feed, I have to follow the traditional way to gather information. From my point of view, RSS functions have an absolute purpose of collecting up-to-date information, but there are websites which the old past information will be particularly useful. In that way, RSS may have to alter to adapt the need for those websites in the future.
3. How can Google Reader be used to network professionally and connect you (& other students) to learning resources?
Since the Google Reader collects and stores the up-to-date information, the Google Reader can even be used as a information storing tool. Therefore, we can search the past information because they are ordered fashionably, which makes it easier to search the older post. Therefore, those functions makes it relatively easier to network professionally and connect to learning resources
4. What skills and understandings have you learned about RSS that may promote your development as an effective learner in the digital age?
First of all, I learned that there are free softwares, which functions as RSS! Personally, I suppose that we need to keep in touch with the up-to-date software whenever possible in order to keep up with the latest versions of the online softwares. I realized that it is probably the best way to promote our development sa an effective learning in the digital age in that we should keep in touch with the latest editions of the technology updates.
Friday, October 3, 2008
Lesson 2: Browser as PLE (Think, Explore and Explain)
Lesson 2: Browser as PLE (Think, Explore and Explain)
Think
1. Before you began this course, what arrangements did you make (or still do) to try and ensure that you could do any work you wanted to do during the day?
I tried (am still trying) to get things done by the desired deadline by utilizing the Google Alert system. The Google Alert systems have functions, which simultaneously store your own personal schedules and keep them up-to-date. For instance, Google Alert system informs me the tasks I registered to my Google account when the deadline comes nearby. And they continue to informs me until the deadline. I find this software to be very useful to keep me informed what I want to do.
Explore
1. Although they snapshotted almost the same page of the browser, those pages seem to be look distinct from each other depending on how they took snapshots.
2. I felt that the way took these snapshots were not just for reminding the pages they saw. They're more like a personal commiments.
3. In one of the snapshot in #3, I was interested in the comments he made in the page of the browser. In addition to take a picture by the snapshot, he inserted his personal comments to introduce that page to others.
4. In #4, I was fascinated with the interacting snapshot. One of the users put a snapshot, which interacts what I click. For example, if I click something, something which relate to shows up.
Explain
1. What are the main skills needed to use your PLE?
First, I should be readily informed the latestest updates on browsers and add-ons. As a classic personal example, it was relatively a short time I changed using from Netscape to Google as a browser.
2. What are the affordances of your PLE (what does it make possible, what does it impede)?
What does it make possible is that collecting and storing your own personal information by your own way. I suppose this is pretty much effective because most software in today are not use for your personal ways. What it can't do is that they can't deliver the desired information to us at this time. Even though they can store the information I input, they can't collect the information by themselves.
3. How can your PLE be used to network professionally and connect you (& other students) to learning resources?
Since PLE do not have restrictions (almost) to use, others can alternate the pages what they like.
4. What skills and understandings have you learned from creating a PLE that may promote your development as an effective learner in the digital age?
Before I create a PLE, I didn't know that there are numerous add-ons, which is specifically suited by use for the Firefox browser. Furthermore, I found the great add-ons, which is Biotech, and it actually helpted me a lot when writing scientific research report in college. They saved me a lot of time when writing the references section. Therefore, my conclusion is that I need to be ready for the latest updates on the digital age in order not to miss the great and tremendous opportunities.
Think
1. Before you began this course, what arrangements did you make (or still do) to try and ensure that you could do any work you wanted to do during the day?
I tried (am still trying) to get things done by the desired deadline by utilizing the Google Alert system. The Google Alert systems have functions, which simultaneously store your own personal schedules and keep them up-to-date. For instance, Google Alert system informs me the tasks I registered to my Google account when the deadline comes nearby. And they continue to informs me until the deadline. I find this software to be very useful to keep me informed what I want to do.
Explore
1. Although they snapshotted almost the same page of the browser, those pages seem to be look distinct from each other depending on how they took snapshots.
2. I felt that the way took these snapshots were not just for reminding the pages they saw. They're more like a personal commiments.
3. In one of the snapshot in #3, I was interested in the comments he made in the page of the browser. In addition to take a picture by the snapshot, he inserted his personal comments to introduce that page to others.
4. In #4, I was fascinated with the interacting snapshot. One of the users put a snapshot, which interacts what I click. For example, if I click something, something which relate to shows up.
Explain
1. What are the main skills needed to use your PLE?
First, I should be readily informed the latestest updates on browsers and add-ons. As a classic personal example, it was relatively a short time I changed using from Netscape to Google as a browser.
2. What are the affordances of your PLE (what does it make possible, what does it impede)?
What does it make possible is that collecting and storing your own personal information by your own way. I suppose this is pretty much effective because most software in today are not use for your personal ways. What it can't do is that they can't deliver the desired information to us at this time. Even though they can store the information I input, they can't collect the information by themselves.
3. How can your PLE be used to network professionally and connect you (& other students) to learning resources?
Since PLE do not have restrictions (almost) to use, others can alternate the pages what they like.
4. What skills and understandings have you learned from creating a PLE that may promote your development as an effective learner in the digital age?
Before I create a PLE, I didn't know that there are numerous add-ons, which is specifically suited by use for the Firefox browser. Furthermore, I found the great add-ons, which is Biotech, and it actually helpted me a lot when writing scientific research report in college. They saved me a lot of time when writing the references section. Therefore, my conclusion is that I need to be ready for the latest updates on the digital age in order not to miss the great and tremendous opportunities.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Lesson 3: Blog as e-Portfolio (Think, Explore and Explain)
Lesson 3: Blog as e-Portfolio (Think, Explore and Explain)
Think:
Question: Before you began this course, what arrangements did you make (or still do) to be able to show to others (and to yourself), what you know and what you can do?
Obviously, we can use some online tools. A typical example will be an e-mail. Although we can't express our live feelings on the e-mail, we can do some by using the chat system, which is usually accompanied by the email packages. Since GMail offers the services, which I can use the chat system and wrirting emails simultaneously, I often use them .
Explore:
1. Do you need an e-portfolio?
Actually, I don't feel strongly in that I need an e-portfolio. Personally, the most significant qualifications of the online tools will be the size and awareness. Specifically, that means how many people have signed up to that service and how many people are actually using that online tools. Since the e-portfolio is like an interactive tools, we obviously need interactions with other people. In order to have interactions, the large numbers of people should currently using that service.
2. What are the main advantages and disadvantages you see in having an e-portfolio in addition to (or in place of) a traditional resume? Please see some of the examples below.
Since the e-portfolio is like a casual versions of the traditional reusme, the employee can explore in more detail with the applicant's personality, character and prospective qualifications to the work when reviewing the applicant's traditional resume. Therefore, I think it is beneficial to submit an e-portfolio to enrich your traditional resume if the company permits the submission of an e-portfolio. The likely disadvantages will be the leak of your personal information. Since virtually anyone can post your blog, there may be some personal information in the blog.
Explain:
1. What are the main skills needed to use your e-Portfolio?
Since the e-Portfolio is composed of the simple settings, I don't have to make a standard by myself such as creating CSS Style sheet. But I need to have skills of using these systems. Threfore, I should have known those technologies to utilize my e-Portfolio.
2. What are the affordances of your e-Portfolio (what does it make possible, what does it impede)?
The e-Portfolio seemed to me in that they just work as simple as blogs. Therefore, I can utilize almost all the features of the general blog. What I can't do is to advertise something, which many other public blogs have that features.
3. How can the technology be used to network professionally and connect you (& other students) to learning resources?
The example of the online learning system at MIT will be an ideal example. The MIT publicized all of their coursework on the internet to make it their learning accessible to anyone.
4. What learned skills and understandings may promote your development as an effective learner in the digital age?
Since the technology itself is changing rapidly, the significant things is to learn the fundamentals of the digital age. If I know the fundamentals of the digital age, I may be able to acquire the skills in the developed digital age in efficiently.
Think:
Question: Before you began this course, what arrangements did you make (or still do) to be able to show to others (and to yourself), what you know and what you can do?
Obviously, we can use some online tools. A typical example will be an e-mail. Although we can't express our live feelings on the e-mail, we can do some by using the chat system, which is usually accompanied by the email packages. Since GMail offers the services, which I can use the chat system and wrirting emails simultaneously, I often use them .
Explore:
1. Do you need an e-portfolio?
Actually, I don't feel strongly in that I need an e-portfolio. Personally, the most significant qualifications of the online tools will be the size and awareness. Specifically, that means how many people have signed up to that service and how many people are actually using that online tools. Since the e-portfolio is like an interactive tools, we obviously need interactions with other people. In order to have interactions, the large numbers of people should currently using that service.
2. What are the main advantages and disadvantages you see in having an e-portfolio in addition to (or in place of) a traditional resume? Please see some of the examples below.
Since the e-portfolio is like a casual versions of the traditional reusme, the employee can explore in more detail with the applicant's personality, character and prospective qualifications to the work when reviewing the applicant's traditional resume. Therefore, I think it is beneficial to submit an e-portfolio to enrich your traditional resume if the company permits the submission of an e-portfolio. The likely disadvantages will be the leak of your personal information. Since virtually anyone can post your blog, there may be some personal information in the blog.
Explain:
1. What are the main skills needed to use your e-Portfolio?
Since the e-Portfolio is composed of the simple settings, I don't have to make a standard by myself such as creating CSS Style sheet. But I need to have skills of using these systems. Threfore, I should have known those technologies to utilize my e-Portfolio.
2. What are the affordances of your e-Portfolio (what does it make possible, what does it impede)?
The e-Portfolio seemed to me in that they just work as simple as blogs. Therefore, I can utilize almost all the features of the general blog. What I can't do is to advertise something, which many other public blogs have that features.
3. How can the technology be used to network professionally and connect you (& other students) to learning resources?
The example of the online learning system at MIT will be an ideal example. The MIT publicized all of their coursework on the internet to make it their learning accessible to anyone.
4. What learned skills and understandings may promote your development as an effective learner in the digital age?
Since the technology itself is changing rapidly, the significant things is to learn the fundamentals of the digital age. If I know the fundamentals of the digital age, I may be able to acquire the skills in the developed digital age in efficiently.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Lesson 3: Explore
Lesson 3: Explore
1. Do you need an e-portfolio?
Actually, I don't feel strongly in that I need an e-portfolio. Personally, the most significant qualifications of the online tools will be the size and awareness. Specifically, that means how many people have signed up to that service and how many people are actually using that online tools. Since the e-portfolio is like an interactive tools, we obviously need interactions with other people. In order to have interactions, the large numbers of people should currently using that service.
2. What are the main advantages and disadvantages you see in having an e-portfolio in addition to (or in place of) a traditional resume? Please see some of the examples below.
Since the e-portfolio is like a casual versions of the traditional reusme, the employee can explore in more detail with the applicant's personality, character and prospective qualifications to the work when reviewing the applicant's traditional resume. Therefore, I think it is beneficial to submit an e-portfolio to enrich your traditional resume if the company permits the submission of an e-portfolio. The likely disadvantages will be the leak of your personal information. Since virtually anyone can post your blog, there may be some personal information in the blog.
1. Do you need an e-portfolio?
Actually, I don't feel strongly in that I need an e-portfolio. Personally, the most significant qualifications of the online tools will be the size and awareness. Specifically, that means how many people have signed up to that service and how many people are actually using that online tools. Since the e-portfolio is like an interactive tools, we obviously need interactions with other people. In order to have interactions, the large numbers of people should currently using that service.
2. What are the main advantages and disadvantages you see in having an e-portfolio in addition to (or in place of) a traditional resume? Please see some of the examples below.
Since the e-portfolio is like a casual versions of the traditional reusme, the employee can explore in more detail with the applicant's personality, character and prospective qualifications to the work when reviewing the applicant's traditional resume. Therefore, I think it is beneficial to submit an e-portfolio to enrich your traditional resume if the company permits the submission of an e-portfolio. The likely disadvantages will be the leak of your personal information. Since virtually anyone can post your blog, there may be some personal information in the blog.
Lesson 3: Think
Lesson 3: Task
Question: Before you began this course, what arrangements did you make (or still do) to be able to show to others (and to yourself), what you know and what you can do?
Obviously, we can use some online tools. A typical example will be an e-mail. Although we can't express our live feelings on the e-mail, we can do some by using the chat system, which is usually accompanied by the email packages. Since GMail offers the services, which I can use the chat system and wrirting emails simultaneously, I often use them .
Question: Before you began this course, what arrangements did you make (or still do) to be able to show to others (and to yourself), what you know and what you can do?
Obviously, we can use some online tools. A typical example will be an e-mail. Although we can't express our live feelings on the e-mail, we can do some by using the chat system, which is usually accompanied by the email packages. Since GMail offers the services, which I can use the chat system and wrirting emails simultaneously, I often use them .
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Lesson 3: Browser as PLE
Explain
1. What are the main skills needed to use your e-Portfolio?
Since the e-Portfolio is composed of the simple settings, I don't have to make a standard by myself such as creating CSS Style sheet. But I need to have skills of using these systems. Threfore, I should have known those technologies to utilize my e-Portfolio.
2. What are the affordances of your e-Portfolio (what does it make possible, what does it impede)?
The e-Portfolio seemed to me in that they just work as simple as blogs. Therefore, I can utilize almost all the features of the general blog. What I can't do is to advertise something, which many other public blogs have that features.
3. How can the technology be used to network professionally and connect you (& other students) to learning resources?
The example of the online learning system at MIT will be an ideal example. The MIT publicized all of their coursework on the internet to make it their learning accessible to anyone.
4. What learned skills and understandings may promote your development as an effective learner in the digital age?
Since the technology itself is changing rapidly, the significant things is to learn the fundamentals of the digital age. If I know the fundamentals of the digital age, I may be able to acquire the skills in the developed digital age in efficiently.
1. What are the main skills needed to use your e-Portfolio?
Since the e-Portfolio is composed of the simple settings, I don't have to make a standard by myself such as creating CSS Style sheet. But I need to have skills of using these systems. Threfore, I should have known those technologies to utilize my e-Portfolio.
2. What are the affordances of your e-Portfolio (what does it make possible, what does it impede)?
The e-Portfolio seemed to me in that they just work as simple as blogs. Therefore, I can utilize almost all the features of the general blog. What I can't do is to advertise something, which many other public blogs have that features.
3. How can the technology be used to network professionally and connect you (& other students) to learning resources?
The example of the online learning system at MIT will be an ideal example. The MIT publicized all of their coursework on the internet to make it their learning accessible to anyone.
4. What learned skills and understandings may promote your development as an effective learner in the digital age?
Since the technology itself is changing rapidly, the significant things is to learn the fundamentals of the digital age. If I know the fundamentals of the digital age, I may be able to acquire the skills in the developed digital age in efficiently.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Lesson I : Introduction to Social Network
Lesson 1: Introduction to Social Network
Name: Ken Tanaka
Think
1. Social Software
From the above pictures, I’m familiar with a few of the images such as flickr, Gmail, wikipedia, YouTube and facebook. I think that the social software is a kind of software, which people uses in order to expand their knowledge and experiences even if they are not actually experiencing those events. Furthermore, social software makes social if the users put in some kind of their own information to interact with somebody. For example, people have to upload pictures to make comments, suggestions and feedback on the flickr.
2. Social Networks
Belongings to certain networks simultaneously involve having and sharing the information with the people you know. I think that sharing the information in addition to having information is crucial in the definition of networks. Therefore, social networks become social only if sharing the information is occurred.
Explore
1. The incident of Enron Corporation will be an example. The Enron, former energy corporation based in Texas, has involved the systematic accounting fraud and ultimately bankrupted. This Enron scandal was first reveled from the insider information from one of their employees.
2. Make notes on what you think the key words are?
Connection, Social Networking Service (SNS), Get things done
3. What were three things that surprises you?
1. College majors 2. Amount of information
3. Fast developing technologies
I completely agree with the ideas of college majors presented in the video. The world is developing and changing rapidly, so the successful students are necessary to grab the right opportunities for their career. Also, there are college majors that we don’t see compared to 10 years ago.
Also, I realized that the amount of information is tremendous. Therefore, utilizing those tremendous information is crucial.
Same as in the example of college majors, we have to foresee the future to grab the right opportunities because the worlds around us are inspired by the fast developing technologies.
Do
1. I strongly realized that we have to be a creator of the future in order to grab the opportunities. Predicting the future needs and adopt to those changes will produce tremendous outputs. Of course, utilizing information is necessary. But I think I have to alternate our viewpoint. My intentions of studying social software for learning is help adopting to the future needs.
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