This week is a really overwhelming week for me because I got to clear up the house, pack my stuff, do my homework and fly! I am in New York now and still trying to settle down, get familiar with the public transport services, walk around a little and get use to things! Phew!! It's pretty crazy for me!
For this week, the tools that we are exploring seems to be really useful to create our Personal Learning Network through those tools, especially LinkedIn but specifically for me, instead of looking at my career-related personal learning network, I will be looking at fitness and health network because since the beginning of this course, I am very interested in fitness and health, started to join communities, understand how things function in those communities, created Pinterest board on fitness and health, I thought these are pretty good foundation that I can build upon to create my own personal learning network!
Week 5 is coming to an end and next week is our last week for this course! I would say this course is really intense from the start all the way to the end although the amount of things we have do did slowly goes downhill. But I learned a lot about the many tools out that can be used for different purposes. Well, I wouldn't say that I have become an expert in using these tools but the awareness that we get through this course and the opportunity to try them out, has broaden my horizon on possible Web 2.0 tools that can be used to facilitate learning or performance! It's really amazing! I am really glad that I have taken this course since I generally appreciate online tools and social media stuff, and how wonderful these tools can be to assist us in our personal life or even at work! One more week to go!! Press on!
Ernest, I definitely agree that this course has opened up so many tools I haven't even heard of before! I can tell you're dedicated to this course though, you have such a great online presence!
ReplyDeleteHi Ernest, I'm glad your travel to New York went safe and sound! This class has seemed like it's gone by so quickly (and yet so slowly, somehow?), and we've been exposed to so much technology. I too feel much better off after all of this new technology exposure, at my job I use and teach a lot of technology, but having this course in addition to my job I actually feel a little more tech savvy. It's like there's the initial apprehension of trying something new and then feeling so much better having had that experience. I'll be right there with you, Ernest, pressing on!
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ReplyDeleteTalk about a Lifestyle change! I hope you are enjoying your new surroundings. I think MERLOT was my favorite tool for this week. It's hard to believe the semester is almost over, and as Knox said, that we've been exposed to so much! While I don't consider myself an expert in using any of them at this point either, I am certainly thankful to have been exposed to them so I can choose which I will rely on more frequently in the future.