Monday, January 26, 2009
Welcome aboard! Week 1 Reflection
This is your space to do your weekly reflection. What am I looking for in this place? Well, an honest reflection and commentary on the last week of your experiences. Given that your final exam will be more reflection/analysis of the places you've been and the communication you've attempted, this seems a logical place to examine and house that information so you can access it at the end. I would say you need at least 1 paragraph, at the absolute minimum. This past week, we looked at online timelines, Ning, and wikis. These should definitely be a part of your conversation. What went well? What didn't? What frustrated you? What went with ease? What are the practical uses of these applications? How can they be applied not only to your academic life, but also your everyday life? Are you likely to use these again? Why or why not? The grade you will receive will be based upon the depth of your response.
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For last week me and Cameron had the years 2000-2009 for the timeline. Looking up the information was easy and because we already knew a lot of the features of the advancements it made it even easier. I did get frustrated at first because timetoast was not cooperating with us but after switching to my computer everything went through smoothly. I was amazed at some of the inventions like the tooth phone and the braille glove. It was also really neat to view other peoples timelines and see how much technology really advanced.
ReplyDeleteThis past week we worked on our timelines and explored various sites. We had to sign up for many different accounts and now I am beginning to feel spread out in the web. I don't usually like having so much information on so many different sites, but I suppose it's alright. The site I liked most was our homepage at the website, but I'm not so sure about this blogging thing. I don't really see the practical use of keeping a blog everyday except to be self conceited by assuming people want to read about you. I don't think I will ever have one myself. I liked the way our timelines came out in the end, although it was frustrating trying to put them on. I can see the usefulness of the timelines as we explore the various ways to communicate.
ReplyDeleteIt was interesting to see where people have come from in terms of communication. We started out using basic animal noises and now we can call from computers and have access to the internet on our phone. It is really something to think about. I could use this application again sometime when I need to organize a chronological project.
Overall I think that this week was interesting and I learned quite a lot about different internet communication sites. Some of them I consider useless and time consuming, but others I think are great ways to stay in touch with people across the country. If we learned about this much in a week, how much stuff is actually available on the world wide web?
Well, it's been an interesting week. I knew about most of this stuff before we began talking about it, but it's interesting to do some in-depth research into it as well.
ReplyDeleteThe timeline work, for example. I've always thought that the Internet would almost always yield exactly what you were looking for, but I was dead wrong, apparently. It took us almost a full day to find even one decent-working timeline generator, and in the end even THAT didn't fit our requirements.
As for the whole "Ning" setup, well, I think we could do better. In terms of rarity, comparing timeline generators with online networking sites is like comparing the great white shark with a common mackerel. There are loads of social networking sites online; Ning, I think, is one of the poorer ones--as we saw, it didn't exactly show up excellently on the monitors.
And I am more than welcoming towards Wikis. Heck, I use Wikipedia almost daily. I've also had some experience using less-generalized Wikis--like Mr. Flateau's Science Wiki.
It all meshed together decently for the first week. Truth be told, I really like this class so far--it's very smooth and streamlined, and we're investigating things I'm interested in. I look forward to the rest of the semester.
~Peter
This week has been quite an interesting week learning about the advancements in communication. Over the week both Mele and I worked on a timeline that would show the changes of communication over the years 2000-2009. Changes were things like the tooth phone, YouTube, Myspace, to the iPhone 3G. Communication has come a long way since the dawn of time, and it makes me wonder how much more we can advance. It will only be a short matter of time before we find out I'm sure.
ReplyDeleteAlso over the week we joined blogs, wikis, and other sites which was kinda crazy because now I have all these websites to try to remember to go to. Though it is kind of crazy I know it will be a helpful tool to really get the concept of this class, to show the advancements in the 21st century communications.
Lastly we also saw a couple videos last week, and the did you know video was certainly the most shocking. I definitely liked the video because of it really highlights the biggest changes we have had over the past years, and it makes you really think if there is a way we can change this before it gets any worse.
Overall I was happy with the week and am excited to see what we will learn in this class. If I have already learned as much as I have just in our short week last week I can't imagine what we are going to learn in a semester.
Although I have only been in this class for a week, I have already been introduced to new sites on the internet that I was not previously aware of. These sites have really showed me how great the internet really is, and how I can use it to make my opinions heard and socialize with people across the globe. I liked most of the sites that we went on, and they all went well and seemed practical and I most likely will use them again. The only site that I didn't like was the Timetoast timeline site, mostly because it would only accept dates that were after the year 100, which was frustrating. Other than that, the experiences that I have had seemed worth wile and I believe that I will use them again in the future.
ReplyDeleteTo be honest this past week was a little stressful for me. I didn't know there was so many ways to communicate with other people. I had to create so many accounts that i don't know what i can do to remember all of them. The time line was cool to see how we have evolved from the beginning of time till now. I for the most part like everything that we are doing. It gets a little stressful when I am trying to make new accounts and remember each name and password. I will probably use these sites again for different ways to communicate with people around the world but i don't think i would use a blog unless i had a career in something that would interest people.
ReplyDeleteThis last week I have learned a lot. There are various things you can do with the internet. I liked all of the things we have done especially the history of communication. It was very interesting.
ReplyDeleteThe timeline went well for Alex and I. Other groups didn't have the same amount of luck as we did. The dates for the other groups were not working if the dates were to small. Ning worked well when the coding issues were gone for a day. But, now that the coding issues wasn't fixed it is hard to navigate. The wikis were very easy to use and I use them in other classes. All of these do have practical uses if used correctly. Ning can be used to set up a forum just for your friends. I will most likely use these applications. I will probably get bored at my house and make a Ning for my friends.
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