Working on the final project has been a good experience for the most part. I am pretty good at organization, using tools such as Inspiration and Journler. After I had collected and organized the content, I went about putting together the instruction. Using Wetpaint has been great. It is a wonderful free resource that I have been using with my classes this year. It encourages collaboration and will allow for the constant updating of content over the course of the next few years.....until Web 3.0 emerges.
The only problem I had is that I feel like I never pushed myself to learn a whole lot of new stuff. This can be a little frustrating for me because I am very dedicated to learning and always want to learn more. On that note, I just got the new Adobe CS3, which will give me many opportunities to learn and practice new skills. Summer should be a lot of fun in this respect.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
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Monday, March 05, 2007
Week 6 Reflections
Another week down. Time is flying. I have more or less finished up my first project on tagging. I am looking forward to presenting on the topic and then being able shift my focus to the next project. A few cool things that I found this week: 1) Newsvine.com This is a "social" news site. People can write their own stories and "tag" them, enabling others to find stories on certain tags. In addition, you can "seed" stories that you find on the internet into newsvine. Overall, a pretty cool site. 2) The maker of wikipedia has branched off and have started creating other wiki sites. A portal to this is Wikia. Check it out. It is rather interesting.
As for what I am thinking about for the final project....I would like to connect and work on the ITEC website in some fashion. Hopefully it can work out. I plan on coming in to class during the next few weeks with the intention of hashing out some details. I am looking forward to it.
As for what I am thinking about for the final project....I would like to connect and work on the ITEC website in some fashion. Hopefully it can work out. I plan on coming in to class during the next few weeks with the intention of hashing out some details. I am looking forward to it.
Monday, February 26, 2007
Week 5 Reflections
Class this past week was pretty interesting. The topics that we discussed, design and the changing workplace of the 21st century, are topics that I find interesting. It is interesting to think that in this time of high technology, many of the skills that we seemingly have left behind will reemerge in importance. Although I don't think that the changes will be as soon and as severe as Daniel Pink envisions, there is little doubt that these trends will surely be evident in one form or another. What I find most interesting and exciting is the emergence of design as important to the "common" man. While many design elements may have been favored by the cultural elite in the past, design is coming to the masses. Just look around and it is evident.
In other news, work continues on my project. I was able to produce the presentation for the project and I just have to work through some of the details before finally finishing. It is interesting to see many of the uses people have for tagging. Most recently, I came across a site called LibraryThing, which uses tags to help people keep track, share, and recommend books to other people. I found this to be a great resource for the bibliophiles out there, of which I am one. By just spending a few minutes on the site, I was able to find a myriad of books that I would like to read in the near future. All in a very visually stimulating, well designed site.
In other news, work continues on my project. I was able to produce the presentation for the project and I just have to work through some of the details before finally finishing. It is interesting to see many of the uses people have for tagging. Most recently, I came across a site called LibraryThing, which uses tags to help people keep track, share, and recommend books to other people. I found this to be a great resource for the bibliophiles out there, of which I am one. By just spending a few minutes on the site, I was able to find a myriad of books that I would like to read in the near future. All in a very visually stimulating, well designed site.
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Week 4 Reflections
Although I was not at class this week, I did the reading and looked through the powerpoint presentation. I have begun to look at other people's items with design flaws. Pretty interesting stuff. Design has been an interest of mine for the past few years as I have been creating websites and applications that require ease of use. Although I was familiar with some of the terminology and ideas, it was good to get some formality within these issues.
On the project front, I have continued to accumulate information about 'tagging' from a variety of sources. I have started creating my presentation and am excited about it. I think that it will all turn out well and be interesting and informative to all the members of the class. Basically, many of the Web 2.o technologies use 'tagging' to help its user to organize and find the information and/or files. Anyway, back to work on the project.
On the project front, I have continued to accumulate information about 'tagging' from a variety of sources. I have started creating my presentation and am excited about it. I think that it will all turn out well and be interesting and informative to all the members of the class. Basically, many of the Web 2.o technologies use 'tagging' to help its user to organize and find the information and/or files. Anyway, back to work on the project.
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