We explored what makes Web 2.0 separate from Web 1.0. We began setting up accounts for our current experiences in this course. We were challenged with a chance to play with many tools (some new, some old) like Twitter, YouTube, and social bookmarking, such as Diigo, Hyperdocs, and others. We were asked to look at each tool we explored as a way of thinking to see how these tools might allow us to change our practice moving forward through our academic career using such web 2.0 tools. We are looking at Web 2.0 tools for our final project. In the course, we described Web 2.0 and compared it to Web 1.0. We identified risks associated with Web 2.0 and Web 2.0 technologies that can be used in education.
Digital Education
The Web 2.0 tools blog link below is a weekly journal of my adventures through discovering Web 2.0 tools like Twitter, YouTube, Diigo, and HyperDocs. This has been a great learning experience for me this semester because, before this semester, I did not know about specifically social bookmarking sites or HyperDocs for learning. These tools will be great learning experiences to continue to explore beyond this course and as I move forward in my academic career with new knowledge and skills to use and apply those skills into my work.
The following image is my Twitter account that I used actively in my ETEC-527 Web 2.0 tools course for learning. I had never thought of using Twitter for learning, but through this course, I have learned that there are many tools that can be used for teaching and learning, and engaging with education and your students. This was great to learn and as I progressed in this course, I gained information that will benefit me moving forward in education.
Twitter
The following image is of my YouTube Channel that I created and used as a student in multiple courses in this graduate program. For the Web 2.0 tools course, we logged in to YouTube and explored the uses of this medium for teaching and learning. YouTube affords teachers and learners an online learning repository where they can research, view, create, and share YouTube videos in the classrooms. YouTube is a cost-effective online Web 2.0 tool for education and users can upload videos for courses onto their YouTube channel as I have done for several of my graduate courses over the past couple of years now. YouTube is a resource that can be accessed on various platforms including mobile and from anywhere a user is physically, as long as the user has access to the internet. YouTube allows users to reach a much broader audience of viewers and collaborators as well.
YouTube @Ami Stovvall
Reflection
The Web 2.0 tools course was a challenging, engaging, and interactive class in ways that I had never experienced before my graduate program experiences. I learned about technology tools and web applications I had never heard of before. These Web 2.0 tools and resources include HyperDocs, backlinking, and social bookmarking using Diigo. Finally, as part of our final project for this course, we were asked to create a HyperDoc of a lesson we chose from our teaching environments. The following attachment is my HyperDoc that I created to be used as professional development with learners in our district becoming familiar with online accessibility. This was a challenging and meaningful experience, and I'm sure it will move forward; I will continue to perfect my creativity and skills using multiple digital tools to incorporate into learning HyperDocs to use moving forward in my academic career. I truly enjoyed this course and the knowledge, skills, and digital tools I learned from this course.
This course was a fantastic experience, learning more about various web 2.0 tools and then using those tools to interact and engage with our learners from a classroom setting. The above HyperDoc is an example of using these web 2.0 tools in an interactive and engaging environment. Creating this HyperDoc was a meaningful experience as I learned new tools and methods of interacting with users and learners today and as I move forward in academia. This experience also encouraged me to continue to learn, explore, and keep relevant and up-to-date with current and newly emerging technologies within my field of education so that I can continue to use relevant and current technologies as I progress in my academic career in educational technology. I look forward to my future journey!