Haley B and Web 2.0!

Q of the week: Were there any Web 2.0 tools that we talked about today that you feel would help further education? How might you use them in your teaching? Also, how might Facebook be utilized in education?


The only Web 2.0 tool that I can remember from class that benefits/helps further education in Wikipedia. I know Wikipedia can possibly have false information at times, but for the most part it is really useful. When people want to learn or know something they can just get on Wikipedia and find information about it. There hasn't ever been a time when I went to Wikipedia and found nothing on the subject I was searching. Also, I don't just used Wikipedia for school, there have been times when I just was curious and read about something of interest on Wikipedia. It's very useful for education people doing school work or helping answer questions. 


Facebook can be utilized to help people be aware of different learning opportunities through the "events" tool. Also, extracurricular groups can use Facebook to help notify group members of educational activities and people outside of the group learn about things that these extracurricular activities are doing. It can also be helpful for parents to keep track of educational activities that will benefit their children if they attend. All of these things can be done on Facebook using the various tools offered. 


Haley B!

My Video: Be Stronger, Live Longer

This was actually really fun to do. I had fun recording everyone and it was funny what their idea of "strength" is. I didn't have that much trouble with anything because I've used iMovie a lot, so it made it easy for me to know what I wanted to do with my video and where I wanted to go with it. I hope everyone likes it. You can also see it on youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-K7jhY4ceQ&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL.


Haley B!

Haley B and My Video

This past week I have been finalizing my ideas for my video. Basically I'm doing exactly what I talked about in my previous post. I was going to try to think of a few different ideas, but I decided that what I came up with right away is my favorite idea and I think it will be pretty funny. I have just been planning how exactly I want to go about getting random people to be video taped for my video. I decided that I'll just walk around the mall one day and interview people, and walk around campus one day and get what students think. It should turn out pretty good. I just need to start recording.

Haley B!