1)
I
have not yet made social bookmarking a big part of my life. I have read about it and visited such sites
briefly but have not made the plunge until this assignment. I have enjoyed perusing other people’s sites
to find out their interests and discover things I might not have otherwise
discovered. Bookmarking is a great way
for students to find others interested in the same things as themselves and to
learn in a more efficient way about related things that interest them. It is a great tool because of the time it
could save students. If I gave students
an assignment about choosing a career, they could easily use a site such as Delicious to organize their thoughts and
findings and find those in the career they are interested in and follow
them. Then, of course, my students could
follow me in order to link to all of the things I think are important for
them. I believe this also creates a
community within each class. The author
of the article 7 Things You Should Know About Social Bookmarking states
it well when he says, “This process allows like-minded individuals to find one
another and create new communities of users that continue to influence the ongoing
evolution of folksonomies and common tags for resources.” Students who are not
as verbal or engaging in class are able to express themselves without feeling
embarrassed. As for teachers sharing
with teachers, I will always email a particular teacher whenever I find
something that they would find interesting or useful for their own
classroom. However, if all of our
teachers were linked in to Delicious
and checked it on a regular basis, we could easily help each other out. One major obstacle I have in my life overall
right now is time. Teaching full time,
being a mother of two little ones, taking a class online, life, etc. allows for
very little free time for me. Or if I do
have free time, I completely crash.
There is never enough of time! If
I searched something on Google, I could spend hours investigating one topic. With a site such as Delicious I can see the possibility of being able to search
something but removing any unnecessary elements in the process. I would love to get connected with parents in
a social bookmarking website.
Unfortunately, many are just as busy as myself or simply don’t know how
to do it. I would love to be able to
teach parents how to become connected on the applications we are learning about
in this class! I believe it would allow
for parents to also be more informed about what their children are learning and
doing themselves on the internet.
2)
I
agree with the text that the definition of this particular field we are
studying is constantly changing and rightly so.
As innovation continues, so will our definition evolve. Technology started out as a physical means to
present instruction. Now it involves a
higher order of thinking. The words “analysis,”
“design,” “development,” “implementation,” “evaluation,” and “ management” all entail
students being more engaged in and taking control of their learning. Taking this class along with taking EDT 6440 Advanced Instructional Technologies,
I have come to learn how to use Web2.0 and how essential it is for my students
to be taught these applications. I love
that I am able to use everything I learn from this class immediately in what I
am teaching. That is the benefit of
being a Business Education teacher! I am
currently compiling a list of what I want to include in my Technology class I
will be teaching next trimester. It
includes Delicious, Wikispaces, Flickr, Google Docs, Blogging, and anything
else we learn in this class! I want my
students to be successful in college and the working world and it is my job to
help them have an easy transition. In
reading the first chapter, nothing surprised me yet, but that is probably due
to my job and being familiar with a lot of the terminology already. What I found disturbing was the fact that the
1977 definition “consisted of sixteen statements spread over seven pages of
text, followed by nine pages of tables, elaborating on some of the concepts
mentioned in the statements, as well as nine more chapters that provided
further elaboration” (p. 3). It just
seems that something like that is causing great confusion. 
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