There were three major projects in this class. The first involved a partner and I exploring a Web 2.0 technology, Facebook. We collaborated on part of a class wiki to contribute information, explain how to use this technology in an educational setting and developed a tutorial using Jing to explain its use (other members of the class were assigned different Web 2.0 technologies). Just doing the wiki was a new experience for me. I can see definite educational uses for collaborating on projects and contributing to learning as a social process.
Another project involved website evaluation. Using various evaluation tools and input from two other adults, I synthesized various aspects of a real website. In completing this project, I learned how much I have to do on my own library website! Information learned will help me as I continue to develop my web presence.
A final project in this class was a collaborative technology project of our choosing. Two gals and I explored the databases we currently have at my school. We put together a wiki with screenshots (we tried using Jing tutorials but district technology would not support this nor could the wiki support such large files) so that I can share this information with the staff and students at my school. I will be presenting at an upcoming faculty meeting.
In this course I learned that there are soooo many new technologies out there. I was asked to join a good number of them that I will probably never use again. The exposure was still good though, so that if any of my staff is interested in using them, I will at least be somewhat familiar.
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