1. What is the central problem for citizens in democracies?
The central problem that the citizens faces is how to participate meaningfully in a society of hundreds of millions, that is how the citizens can communicate and tell their messages to the millions of people.
2. What skills do citizens need?
They need skills to participate in the collective production and the circulation of political arguments.
3. What term does the author use to describe the process citizens use to promote their concerns about an issue?
"Issue Lattice"
4. What steps are the four steps in this process?
♯1 The Vertical Dimension
♯2 The Geographic Dimension
♯3 The Institutional Dimension
♯4 The Ideological Dimension
p. 212-214
Write two of your own questions on the ideas and issues raised in this section. Please be ready to lead a short group discussion next session.
5. By making what kind of attempt do you think your voice can be heard in the society?
6. How could you apply all four dimensions on your IE?
2007年11月15日木曜日
2007年11月13日火曜日
S3 Session Review 4
★Diigo
To use this tool, we can highlight even on the Web. It is like a highlighter.
This make us know where is the important part of the sites. Therefore, we can save time.
To use this tool, we can highlight even on the Web. It is like a highlighter.
This make us know where is the important part of the sites. Therefore, we can save time.
S3 Session Review 3
★Flickr
This is the tool which helps to show a slide show. I used this in this S3 session. This tool is very easy to use. I think that even the person who is poor at a PC can use this willingly.
We often use slide show in our school life. So, this will play in active part.
This is the tool which helps to show a slide show. I used this in this S3 session. This tool is very easy to use. I think that even the person who is poor at a PC can use this willingly.
We often use slide show in our school life. So, this will play in active part.
S3 Session Review 2
★World Mapper
This is very interesting tool I think. It makes world maps about a data of identification. To make a map, we can easy to understand the world state. When we write an article or presentation, This tool is very effectively.
This is very interesting tool I think. It makes world maps about a data of identification. To make a map, we can easy to understand the world state. When we write an article or presentation, This tool is very effectively.
S3 Session Review 1
★Mindmeister
I think it is convenient to arrange thoughts. It makes us understand how to work by figures.
To use this, we can wright more logical texts.
I think it is convenient to arrange thoughts. It makes us understand how to work by figures.
To use this, we can wright more logical texts.
2007年10月29日月曜日
Akiko's S3 Session
Akiko's S3 Session - SCHOOL TUBE
URL:http://schooltube.com/default.aspx
School tube is the video sharing service site. It is the service for teachers and students on the world. If we want to see the videos, we can do easily. However, it is difficult to upload and show the videos. It is because, all the videos have to be acknowledged by registered people. Also, there are guidelines to keep the quality of this service.
Write a one paragraph review of the application, in which you have selected one set of questions from below to answer - Independent Learning.
School Tube is a kind of educational tool. It enables teachers and students to share their videos. From this, they can get the documentations. They know what other people think and what they interested in. School Tube's videos are mainly categorized in two way. One way is for teachers or for students. And other is the genre of the videos, for example, Academics or Fashion or Pets etc. In addition, videos are divided like Featured, Most Viewed in them. Of course, it has a keyword search tool, so we can find the video which we want to see comfortably. Also, what a notable thing is that School Tube's level of quality. All the videos are checked by registered people, so we can see the videos in peace.
Outline of Presentation
My Screen Shots presentation URL:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/16871622@N07/sets/72157602786889399/show/
A) Introduction: Present your summary screen cast or screen shots, stop and explain whenever you feel it is necessary, or to respond to questions or comments from classmates (5 min)
・How to register & login School Tube
・Search by keyword
・Search by category
・About School Tube news
B) Body: Teach the Tool (15 min)
・How to search videos
C) Conclusion: Small group discussion (5 min)
SCICU Key Questions
1. What are the main skills needed to use social software?
2. What are the affordances (what does the service make possible, what it impedes)?
3. How can the technology be used to network professionally and connect users to learning resources?
4. What learned skills and understandings may promote your development as an effective learner in the digital age?
URL:http://schooltube.com/default.aspx
School tube is the video sharing service site. It is the service for teachers and students on the world. If we want to see the videos, we can do easily. However, it is difficult to upload and show the videos. It is because, all the videos have to be acknowledged by registered people. Also, there are guidelines to keep the quality of this service.
Write a one paragraph review of the application, in which you have selected one set of questions from below to answer - Independent Learning.
School Tube is a kind of educational tool. It enables teachers and students to share their videos. From this, they can get the documentations. They know what other people think and what they interested in. School Tube's videos are mainly categorized in two way. One way is for teachers or for students. And other is the genre of the videos, for example, Academics or Fashion or Pets etc. In addition, videos are divided like Featured, Most Viewed in them. Of course, it has a keyword search tool, so we can find the video which we want to see comfortably. Also, what a notable thing is that School Tube's level of quality. All the videos are checked by registered people, so we can see the videos in peace.
Outline of Presentation
My Screen Shots presentation URL:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/16871622@N07/sets/72157602786889399/show/
A) Introduction: Present your summary screen cast or screen shots, stop and explain whenever you feel it is necessary, or to respond to questions or comments from classmates (5 min)
・How to register & login School Tube
・Search by keyword
・Search by category
・About School Tube news
B) Body: Teach the Tool (15 min)
・How to search videos
C) Conclusion: Small group discussion (5 min)
SCICU Key Questions
1. What are the main skills needed to use social software?
2. What are the affordances (what does the service make possible, what it impedes)?
3. How can the technology be used to network professionally and connect users to learning resources?
4. What learned skills and understandings may promote your development as an effective learner in the digital age?
2007年10月26日金曜日
Lesson6
Think
What do you currently do when a teacher asks you to collaborate with other students on a project? What do you now if you want to show someone else what you have done? What do you do if you need to work on it at the same time?
When a teacher asks me to collaborate with other students on a project, first, I get e-mail addresses of other members. Then, I contact with them. If I want to show someone else what I have done, I send my task to them by e-mail. If I need to work on it at the same time, I meet other members directly.
Explain
Write a post reflecting on Google Docs & Spreadsheets with reference to the four Key Questions.
Social Computing Key Questions:
1. What are the main skills needed to use social software?
A skill to make a list.
2. What are the affordances (what the software makes possible, what it impedes)?
It makes possible to sum up our works more quickly.
3. How can the technology be used to network professionally and connect users to learning resources?
It makes us to share our documents easily.
4. What learned skills and understandings may promote your development as an effective learner in the digital age?
I learned how to make the chart.
What do you currently do when a teacher asks you to collaborate with other students on a project? What do you now if you want to show someone else what you have done? What do you do if you need to work on it at the same time?
When a teacher asks me to collaborate with other students on a project, first, I get e-mail addresses of other members. Then, I contact with them. If I want to show someone else what I have done, I send my task to them by e-mail. If I need to work on it at the same time, I meet other members directly.
Explain
Write a post reflecting on Google Docs & Spreadsheets with reference to the four Key Questions.
Social Computing Key Questions:
1. What are the main skills needed to use social software?
A skill to make a list.
2. What are the affordances (what the software makes possible, what it impedes)?
It makes possible to sum up our works more quickly.
3. How can the technology be used to network professionally and connect users to learning resources?
It makes us to share our documents easily.
4. What learned skills and understandings may promote your development as an effective learner in the digital age?
I learned how to make the chart.
2007年10月16日火曜日
Lesson 5
Think
Which sites do you visit regularly? What provisions do you currently make to keep yourself up to date on new content posted to your favorite sites?
I visit my friends' blogs and mixi. I visit my favorite sites regularly.
Explore
A website that displays a button similar to the ones here on the right has an RSS feed that you can subscribe to. Visit a few of the sites that you use fairly regularly (4~5 is fine). Now, can you find an RSS button? You might need to scroll down the page, and you will need to look carefully if it is a 'busy' page. Which of your favorite sites provide an RSS feed? Which ones don't? Can you think why not?
My favorite sites almost provide an RSS feed. However, sites which use CGS to make thier diary, it does not have an RSS.
Explain
Write a post reflecting on RSS with reference to the four Key Questions.
Social Computing Key Questions:
1. What are the main skills needed to use social software?
The skill to look sites carefully.
2. What are the affordances (what the software makes possible, what it impedes)?
It makes us not to visit sites regularly.
3. How can the technology be used to network professionally and connect users to learning resources?
It saves our times.
4. What learned skills and understandings may promote your development as an effective learner in the digital age?
Understanding, reading, and writing skills.
Which sites do you visit regularly? What provisions do you currently make to keep yourself up to date on new content posted to your favorite sites?
I visit my friends' blogs and mixi. I visit my favorite sites regularly.
Explore
A website that displays a button similar to the ones here on the right has an RSS feed that you can subscribe to. Visit a few of the sites that you use fairly regularly (4~5 is fine). Now, can you find an RSS button? You might need to scroll down the page, and you will need to look carefully if it is a 'busy' page. Which of your favorite sites provide an RSS feed? Which ones don't? Can you think why not?
My favorite sites almost provide an RSS feed. However, sites which use CGS to make thier diary, it does not have an RSS.
Explain
Write a post reflecting on RSS with reference to the four Key Questions.
Social Computing Key Questions:
1. What are the main skills needed to use social software?
The skill to look sites carefully.
2. What are the affordances (what the software makes possible, what it impedes)?
It makes us not to visit sites regularly.
3. How can the technology be used to network professionally and connect users to learning resources?
It saves our times.
4. What learned skills and understandings may promote your development as an effective learner in the digital age?
Understanding, reading, and writing skills.
Kahn & Kellner, pp. 183-185, pp. 190-198
Readings: Kahn & Kellner, pp. 183-185, pp. 190-198Write a brief summary of the main ideas and issues raised in the text. (150-180 words)
While criticizing unreal optimism, Kahn and Kellner insists that the Internet and new informational technologies have the potential to construct an alternative form of democracy, and thus the Internet has to be reconsidered from this political viewpoint. As we can see from the example of Iraq war, launched by the president Bush, the world has been involved in many conflicts and the tide of globalization. Kahn and Kellner admit that the Internet is actually utilized by such people as reactionaries, capitalists, and terrorists. However they strongly claim that many people have promoted democracy via the Internet as well. Also they regard the recent technological revolution in the Internet like blog and wiki as an important factor for the development of democracy.
What is your reaction? Respond to one particular idea that really resonates with you. (30 words)
Blogs are very effective tool today. In the news, notes of the blog often becomes the topic recently. But it is necessary to use it while thinking by oneself properly not to take the wrong usage because of simplicity.
While criticizing unreal optimism, Kahn and Kellner insists that the Internet and new informational technologies have the potential to construct an alternative form of democracy, and thus the Internet has to be reconsidered from this political viewpoint. As we can see from the example of Iraq war, launched by the president Bush, the world has been involved in many conflicts and the tide of globalization. Kahn and Kellner admit that the Internet is actually utilized by such people as reactionaries, capitalists, and terrorists. However they strongly claim that many people have promoted democracy via the Internet as well. Also they regard the recent technological revolution in the Internet like blog and wiki as an important factor for the development of democracy.
What is your reaction? Respond to one particular idea that really resonates with you. (30 words)
Blogs are very effective tool today. In the news, notes of the blog often becomes the topic recently. But it is necessary to use it while thinking by oneself properly not to take the wrong usage because of simplicity.
2007年10月2日火曜日
Lesson 4
Think
How do you currently save and store favorite web pages? What provisions do you make to be able to access them whenever and wherever you need them? (SCICU e-Portfolio)
I use bookmark (in Internet Explorer, it called favorite) to save my favorite web pages. I do not think well about bookmark before. I use folder to separate web pages in some categories.
Explore
Getting started with Del.icio.us is fairly quick and easy, but before you begin using it, you have to set it up by adding two Del.icio.us buttons to the toolbar in your browser. Set Up Del.icio.us in three steps
I did.
Explain
Write a post reflecting on Delicious with reference to the four Key Questions. (SCICU e-Portfolio)
Social Computing Key Questions:
1. What are the main skills needed to use social software?
To find where the button we need is.
2. What are the affordances (what the software makes possible, what it impedes)?
We can share the Web sites easily.
3. How can the technology be used to network professionally and connect users to learning resources?
It makes our study effective.
4. What learned skills and understandings may promote your development as an effective learner in the digital age?
We can develop our understanding skills.
How do you currently save and store favorite web pages? What provisions do you make to be able to access them whenever and wherever you need them? (SCICU e-Portfolio)
I use bookmark (in Internet Explorer, it called favorite) to save my favorite web pages. I do not think well about bookmark before. I use folder to separate web pages in some categories.
Explore
Getting started with Del.icio.us is fairly quick and easy, but before you begin using it, you have to set it up by adding two Del.icio.us buttons to the toolbar in your browser. Set Up Del.icio.us in three steps
I did.
Explain
Write a post reflecting on Delicious with reference to the four Key Questions. (SCICU e-Portfolio)
Social Computing Key Questions:
1. What are the main skills needed to use social software?
To find where the button we need is.
2. What are the affordances (what the software makes possible, what it impedes)?
We can share the Web sites easily.
3. How can the technology be used to network professionally and connect users to learning resources?
It makes our study effective.
4. What learned skills and understandings may promote your development as an effective learner in the digital age?
We can develop our understanding skills.
Barabasi The Sixth Link Questions
1. What is the principle of six degrees of separation? What number of social links does any one person need to be connected to global society? p. 30
The principle of six degrees of separation is that we can connect to even any person of this world only through six links of people. Any one person need six social links to be connected to global society.
2. How is the fabric of society today different from pre-internet society? p. 31
The habric of society today different from pre-internet society with links of web pages. Because web pages are connected with each other by links, we can access so many pages with one click.
3. How many more links separate any pair of web pages compared to people in society? What can explain the difference? p. 34
Any pair of web pages is nineteen degrees of separation, whereas links of people is six degrees of separation. This is because, web pages has more huge network than people.
4. So far, what ranges of separation have network scientists discovered in different kinds of networks? p. 34
Scientists discovered many kinds of separation. For example, food web is separated by two links, molecules are separated by three chemical reactions, scientists who work in defferent fields are separated by six coauthorship links, and neurons are separated by fourteen synapses.
5. What does research suggest about the fundamentals of networks? p.34-35
Research suggests that to add more links, the distance between nodes become short about the fundamentals of networks. In other word, the huge network become small by this.
6. What is your estimate of your personal number of connections to society? What connections are your strongest?
I cannot guess it well. However, maybe I need more than six connections because my friends and acquaintances are not so wide. My strongest connection is the relation of my family. I came to realize it more since I began a single life.
The principle of six degrees of separation is that we can connect to even any person of this world only through six links of people. Any one person need six social links to be connected to global society.
2. How is the fabric of society today different from pre-internet society? p. 31
The habric of society today different from pre-internet society with links of web pages. Because web pages are connected with each other by links, we can access so many pages with one click.
3. How many more links separate any pair of web pages compared to people in society? What can explain the difference? p. 34
Any pair of web pages is nineteen degrees of separation, whereas links of people is six degrees of separation. This is because, web pages has more huge network than people.
4. So far, what ranges of separation have network scientists discovered in different kinds of networks? p. 34
Scientists discovered many kinds of separation. For example, food web is separated by two links, molecules are separated by three chemical reactions, scientists who work in defferent fields are separated by six coauthorship links, and neurons are separated by fourteen synapses.
5. What does research suggest about the fundamentals of networks? p.34-35
Research suggests that to add more links, the distance between nodes become short about the fundamentals of networks. In other word, the huge network become small by this.
6. What is your estimate of your personal number of connections to society? What connections are your strongest?
I cannot guess it well. However, maybe I need more than six connections because my friends and acquaintances are not so wide. My strongest connection is the relation of my family. I came to realize it more since I began a single life.
2007年9月28日金曜日
Lesson 3
Think
What arrangements do you have to make now to be able to work on whatever you want to wherever you are? (SCICU e-Portfolio)
I can use USB drive to bring my data. This tool is very useful. When I forget to bring it, I sometimes use e-mail to send my data.
Explore
View a couple of these screenshot tours 1 2 3 4 showing how different users have developed a personal work environment in Firefox (FF). Most users have provided details on what extensions or tweaks they've made to develop their browser as a personal work environment. Take notes on some of the features that look interesting. (SCICU e-Portfolio)
I interested in the design of browser the most. I think that the personality of the person appears there. By using it effectively, everybody may wrestle with work with a pleasant feeling, I think.
Explain
Write a post reflecting on Firefox (especially the add-on you have learned to use) with reference to the four Key Questions. (SCICU e-Portfolio)
Social Computing Key Questions:
1. What are the main skills needed to use social software?
I think we need some technological skills to use it effectively.
2. What are the affordances (what the software makes possible, what it impedes)?
We can communicate each other and get possible to share information easily.
3. How can the technology be used to network professionally and connect users to learning resources?
I become to download some software. Also, I can customize it.
4. What learned skills and understandings may promote your development as an effective learner in the digital age?
Reading skill, listening skill, searching skill, typing skill, and the rest.
What arrangements do you have to make now to be able to work on whatever you want to wherever you are? (SCICU e-Portfolio)
I can use USB drive to bring my data. This tool is very useful. When I forget to bring it, I sometimes use e-mail to send my data.
Explore
View a couple of these screenshot tours 1 2 3 4 showing how different users have developed a personal work environment in Firefox (FF). Most users have provided details on what extensions or tweaks they've made to develop their browser as a personal work environment. Take notes on some of the features that look interesting. (SCICU e-Portfolio)
I interested in the design of browser the most. I think that the personality of the person appears there. By using it effectively, everybody may wrestle with work with a pleasant feeling, I think.
Explain
Write a post reflecting on Firefox (especially the add-on you have learned to use) with reference to the four Key Questions. (SCICU e-Portfolio)
Social Computing Key Questions:
1. What are the main skills needed to use social software?
I think we need some technological skills to use it effectively.
2. What are the affordances (what the software makes possible, what it impedes)?
We can communicate each other and get possible to share information easily.
3. How can the technology be used to network professionally and connect users to learning resources?
I become to download some software. Also, I can customize it.
4. What learned skills and understandings may promote your development as an effective learner in the digital age?
Reading skill, listening skill, searching skill, typing skill, and the rest.
2007年9月23日日曜日
Lesson 2
Think
What arrangements do you have in place now to be able to show others (and to yourself), what you know and what you can do? (SCICU e-Portfolio)
If the person is interested in the constitution of my blog, I think that I can interchange with more people.
Explore
What main benefits/disadvantages do you see (if you see any) in the design of an e-portfolio compared to a traditional resume? (SCICU e-Portfolio)
The benefit is that we can search the contents of blog easily. The disadvantage is that we come to have poor eyesight... (I'm sorry I cannot guess.)
Explain
Write a post reflecting on Firefox (especially the add-on you have learned to use) with reference to the four Key Questions. (SCICU e-Portfolio)
Social Computing Key Questions:
1. What are the main skills needed to use social software?
I think it need to understand the contents of software.
2. What are the affordances (what the software makes possible, what it impedes)?
We can communicate and share ideas on the web easily.
3. How can the technology be used to network professionally and connect users to learning resources?
We can make our own blog very quickly.
4. What learned skills and understandings may promote your development as an effective learner in the digital age?
Listening skill, reading skill.
What arrangements do you have in place now to be able to show others (and to yourself), what you know and what you can do? (SCICU e-Portfolio)
If the person is interested in the constitution of my blog, I think that I can interchange with more people.
Explore
What main benefits/disadvantages do you see (if you see any) in the design of an e-portfolio compared to a traditional resume? (SCICU e-Portfolio)
The benefit is that we can search the contents of blog easily. The disadvantage is that we come to have poor eyesight... (I'm sorry I cannot guess.)
Explain
Write a post reflecting on Firefox (especially the add-on you have learned to use) with reference to the four Key Questions. (SCICU e-Portfolio)
Social Computing Key Questions:
1. What are the main skills needed to use social software?
I think it need to understand the contents of software.
2. What are the affordances (what the software makes possible, what it impedes)?
We can communicate and share ideas on the web easily.
3. How can the technology be used to network professionally and connect users to learning resources?
We can make our own blog very quickly.
4. What learned skills and understandings may promote your development as an effective learner in the digital age?
Listening skill, reading skill.
2007年9月18日火曜日
Answer of Barabasi question
1. What elements or factors were critical to Paul's success in spreading the Christian message?
There were two elements critical to Paul's success. One is that he eased up the laws of Christian and put an end to the high barriers to become Christian. The other is that he used the link and social network of people effectively.
2. Barabasi asks the question, "Could it happen again?" (p.4), what is your answer?
I think yes. This is because, nowadays the network is developed very much, so using it is also useful.
3. What new kinds of maps have been made of our interconnectivity (p.5)? What kinds of interconnectivity would you like to see mapped?
Map of the Internet, companies connected by trade or ownership, interaction between species, and genes in cell. I would like to see the map of relation between the character and the background of human.
4. What is the 'real surprise' (p.5) that such maps have revealed? Personally, does this surprise you?
The 'real surprise' is that simple and extensive natural lows control the structure and evolution of all the complicated network that encircle us. I surprised moderately.
5. How does the author define the nature of most scientific research in the 20th Century? What is the problem associated with such an approach (p.6-7)?
He defines the reductionism as the nature of most scientific research. The problem associated with such an approach is the nature is not simple construction, so the reassembly is very hard.
6. What does Barabasi predict will be the new focus of scientific research in the coming era (p.7)? What is your view?
He predicts network will be the new focus of scientific research in the coming era. I think it is right. However, I think that we must not depend excessively on a network.
There were two elements critical to Paul's success. One is that he eased up the laws of Christian and put an end to the high barriers to become Christian. The other is that he used the link and social network of people effectively.
2. Barabasi asks the question, "Could it happen again?" (p.4), what is your answer?
I think yes. This is because, nowadays the network is developed very much, so using it is also useful.
3. What new kinds of maps have been made of our interconnectivity (p.5)? What kinds of interconnectivity would you like to see mapped?
Map of the Internet, companies connected by trade or ownership, interaction between species, and genes in cell. I would like to see the map of relation between the character and the background of human.
4. What is the 'real surprise' (p.5) that such maps have revealed? Personally, does this surprise you?
The 'real surprise' is that simple and extensive natural lows control the structure and evolution of all the complicated network that encircle us. I surprised moderately.
5. How does the author define the nature of most scientific research in the 20th Century? What is the problem associated with such an approach (p.6-7)?
He defines the reductionism as the nature of most scientific research. The problem associated with such an approach is the nature is not simple construction, so the reassembly is very hard.
6. What does Barabasi predict will be the new focus of scientific research in the coming era (p.7)? What is your view?
He predicts network will be the new focus of scientific research in the coming era. I think it is right. However, I think that we must not depend excessively on a network.
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