A Whole New Mind

I once again used Visio (and its brainstorming templates) to create this concept map. Less tinker toy in design this time...more like a Harvey Levin's scribbles on TMZ!

In Good Company

I've been an avid fan and subscriber of Fast Company from my dot-com days. What I have always enjoyed about the magazine is it's appeal to the right-brain thinkers in business and technology.

In the April issue, there were 2 articles that I found appropriate for us in ITEC 830. The first article touches upon the new technologist born out of web 2.0. The second article, discusses how to get good press for your blog.

Where in the World are Arrugas and Zoe?

I used VoiceThread to create my story. Can you guess where we are?

Week 8- Spring Has Sprung!

Last week when Team KYM met after class, Yu-Fen gave us a preview of her Skype presentation. It's nifty and I think I would be more inclined to use it if I had more international calling- the rates were so inexpensive! Using Skype in the educational context is still a stretch for me. After all, isn't it really just a different type of 'phone'?

Actually...since our class has had issues with the voice component in Elluminate, perhaps we try using Skype for the voice and the screen share /collaboration functions in Elluminate? Just a thought.

The WizIQ product was quite impressive. A free application that allows students and teachers to connect online! More importantly, it appears a learning community is beginning to build on their site. This tool can be quite useful for students and teachers- enabling sick students get the lecture and notes; enabling teachers an opportunity to further extend the 'learning experience' past the physical classroom. I can see many applications for this tool.

And finally, we viewed our 'teens and technology' movies this week. The greatest thing about interpretive art is that there are no mistakes. It's all good. We all did great jobs. I get the sense that so long as we are allowed to continue to tap into our creativity, we will continue to stretch ourselves in ways we haven't been able to in a long time. How refreshing is that?

Collaboration Revealed

Here's Team KYM's presentation> Teens and Technology.

Collaboration!

I have to admit that our work group had some really great ideas for the 'teens and technology' article. Collaborating with Yu-Fen and Kurt in Google docs, Gmail and Google Talk has shed new light on just exactly how web 2.0 can impact the learning experience outside the classroom.

Suffice to say, a deeper level of collaboration occurred when we met in person. Ideas flowed from one another effortlessly and seamlessly (hmmm terms from 'the new economy'). With our final edit in sight, I hope our peers will enjoy the fruit of our efforts.

And like Kurt, I am not a betting man per se, but our final product is something to be reckoned with!

This week we saw presentations on Voicethread, Diigo, and SecondLife. I've always been fascinaed with the SecondLife concept but am still not finding any real attraction to creating a virtual me to live in a virtual world- I think I need to work on my real home and vacation home before a virtual home! Voicethread, looks promising, I've added it to my growing list of web 2.0 sites that I need to check out. Diigo...I'll leave it alone.

Follow the Delicious Twits

Giovanna did a presentation on Twitter. I'm still not convinced that I have a use for it in my life. Besides who wants to be 'followed'? Stalking is a crime isn't it?

Kim asked us how the Twitter could be used in the classroom. She came up with cheating on exams.

Admittedly, that is the first thing that came to my mind. There was a story in the Atlanta local news last year about cell phones in school and how students would text one another in a class for answers during an exam! Perhaps they used Twitter to communicate?

Heidi did a presentation on Del.icio.us.com. Have read alot about and even saw the icons on my favorite websites. Still haven't signed up for an account. I see the value in creating one and will need to do so...much later tonight. I'll also need to contribute to the class 'delicious' site with some web 2.0 material for corporate America. Ever since being a part of the 'new economy' (aka. dot bombs) I've tried to keep up on what's hot in business. Web2.0 is not new to tech companies, but unfortunately most traditional companies are stuck in web 1.0 (thanks Josh!)