I have
learned so much through this online digital course. Some of the information I have acquired will
be a vital part of my future career. I
am always thinking and practicing ways I can become a better digital
citizen. I have recently have had the
pleasure of teaching others about the new tools and benefits that are available
to us as students. I will share a quick
story of one example where sharing responsibly helped my fellow classmates and
I complete a presentation efficiently and on time! Sometimes I find it really hard to partake in
face-to-face meetings for group projects.
Many of us have different work and class schedules, which adds to the
mix and problem of finding agreeable times to meet. Last
week we had the experience of only working through an online platform using
the tools Google Docs and TodaysMeet. I
often find myself becoming stressed if other members are not as proactive in
getting the assignment done or leaving it to the last minute. So I decided to share the Google Docs system
with two other classmates of mine.
Neither one had used this system before, however were willing to give
this collaboration tool a try. The
results were incredible! Not only did
this assignment get completed on time, the students learned a great time saving
system and recognized the benefits almost immediately. One of them stated, “Now we don’t even have
to get together again…we can just chat online and prepare everything”.
Now
lets talk a little more about VoiceThread and PollDaddy! As I mentioned in my blog on VoiceThread I
really enjoyed using this digital tool.
It was neat hearing my voice over a recorded video; I find we sound so
different than we think we do. Initially
I thought I would not really have a use for VoiceThread in my education. However, I have been thinking more about this digital
tool and starting to wonder if I answered that question to quickly the other
day. This digital platform is kind of
like a seminar room, where we discuss the weekly readings and talk about
what we have learned. I decided to
research this collaboration tool just a bit more and found this interesting
article on VoiceThread titled Engaging Learners with VoiceThread (Wilson, 2012). Brad Wilson is a teacher and talks about
how hard it was to get his students engaged in the schoolwork (Wilson, 2012). The article actually opened my eyes up to the
numerous ways this system could be utilized.
It is a great read if you have the time, especially for those you who
are becoming teachers!
The
second tool we explored this week was PollDaddy. I definitely will be adding this tool to my
PLE! I think this surveying instrument
can be used for many different purposes such as finding out what your students favourite subject is, what are your staff members most challenging moments at work, or even what stresses them the most... the options on surveys are endless! This system can be used between a teacher and students, an
employer with employees, or even students with other students. I have always liked online surveys because I find
them much less intimidating compared to surveys in written form. I believe people are more honest with an
online survey platform because it removes the face-to-face aspect. I will insert this tool into the research
section of my PLE chart because that is what I would do with PollDaddy... research about peoples opinions, thoughts, or even knowledge!
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Lastly, I would like to share an interesting
article that was fed into my Feedly Reader. This article is from the website Fortune and is about digital security. It is titled Most companies believe they'll be hacked in 2015, poll shows. I thought it would be appropriate because we are talking about surveys this week!
Until next week,
Alex
Wilson, B. (2012, June 28). Brad Wilson - Engaging Learners with VoiceThread. Retrieved March 22, 2015, from http://www.scribd.com/doc/98580896/Brad-Wilson-Engaging-Learners-with-VoiceThread
WPBeginner (2012, December 1). Polldaddy. [Online Image]. Retrieved March 22, 2015, from http://cdn4.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/polldaddy.png
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