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.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
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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