Today's lecture focused on Task 1. Jenni demonstrated how easy it is to create a website. After the demonstration, (and from viewing the you tube clip mentioned in the last blog), I am starting to feel more comfortable creating a website. Like Jenni, the you tube clip went through a step by step guide starting from choosing a template to creating hyperlinks and much more. I feel that the you tube clip will be a good resource to refer back on when working on various aspects of my web page. During the lecture Jenni also broke down Task 1 which I found helpful especially as I was not entirely clear what to include in the social learner page.
During tutorial all students had access to google docs which is a social networking site where you are able to create and share online documents. Jenni had put a Q & As document up which was a great way of finding answers to problems as well as helping others by answering their questions. I thought this was a terrific tool for collaborative learning which I was able to identify with from reading the section on Collaborative Writing Using Document Sharing Tools in our text book "Meaningful Learning with Technology". From reading this section I now understand how tools such as google docs can occur in synchronous or asynchronous settings and "make nationwide and even global collaborative writing feasible" (Howland, Jonassen and Marra 2012, 181).
Reference: Howland, Jane L, David Jonassen, and Rose M. Marra. 2012. Meaningful Learning with Technology. 4th ed. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
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