Creating my Social Learner Page...

After reading the required criteria for the social learner page, in the Living and learning with technology unit guide as well as the Marking Rubric, I began to create my page. First I explained the purpose of the social learner page and then I discussed the social situation I was going to base my social page around. I continued by mentioning the three social networking sites that I had investigated, (Skype, facebook and LinkedIn), and listed the key features of the social networking site that I thought was the most appropriate to support my social event.

When I set up a hyperlink from my social learner page to LinkedIn I realised how much I had learned in just a few weeks. At the start of this unit making a hyperlink was alien to me but now it has become second nature setting them up on my blog page and web pages.

The next component of the social learner page was the creation of a PDF file that had written instructions to explain to a peer how to sign up to LinkedIn, access LinkedIn and advise them what to contribute to my LinkedIn social group. The PDF also had to include screen captures and annotations. At this point I started to feel concerned because I did not know how to do a screen shot or create and add a PDF file.

I thought back to how I overcome the hyperlink problem and decided the best solution was to consult a good friend, "google". Google gave me instructions on how to create a screen shot and a PDF file. Once I read through the information on screen shots and adding PDF files I practiced taking some screen shots and then began working on a word document. The most time consuming part was flicking back and forth from the LinkedIn site to my word document in order to add the screen captures that I had taken. Looking back it would have been easier to take all the screen shots first and then have them all at hand on the desktop to place into the word document.

When I added the PDF and clicked on the PDF link on the social learner page the actual PDF document was very blurred. I read the instructions that I located on google on how to add a PDF again and realized that I had not saved the word document as a PDF document so I started over and SUCCESS...

At this stage I am feeling really positive about investigating technology and being able to use it in an educational environment to enhance and engage students learning.