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?
2007年10月29日月曜日
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.
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