Week 11 - Report & Reflection

Webcasting tools were something that I was not that interested in. With this course, I did not realize that webcasting tools would be something I would encounter. However, in this week the main tool were webcasting tools that we had to explore. In this case it would be my first time encountering webcasting tools. Webcasting tools can be considered as an audio file, video file, documents, or a combination. In my case, I do not think that webcasting tools would be useful in my educational activities. However, in anytime that it is necessary for me...

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Week 10 - Report & Reflection

Retrieved from http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Prezi_logo_transparent_2012.png This week's digital tool is about slideshow tools. During exploration, I realized that a lot of the slideshow tools I have yet to encounter or used. The one that is most frequently used and heard of is Prezi. To me, Prezi is a more fancy slideshow tool...

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Week 9 - Report & Reflection

To start off, VoiceThread and PollDaddy are both new tools that were introduced to me this week. Both tools are useful to me in a way that it is easy to collaborate with each other in various topics. With VoiceThread multiple people can contribute and express their opinions. In this case, this will contribute to my learning based on the different opinions that are expressed. Moreover, with different opinions that are expressed, they are able to contribute to my learning by increasing my knowledge on different opinions. Besides this, different...

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Week 8 - Report & Reflection

This week, the main focus of the tool is called 'wikis'. Wikis were something that I found out in the past school year. Wikis were used in Sakai for editing and saving information within various users. Besides in Sakai, Wikipedia was something that I constantly encountered within various Google searches. Wikipedia is able for access to the world wide web and is able to have...

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Week 7 - Report & Reflection

Retrieved from http://www.lc.unja.ac.id/index.php?lang=id During the collaborative experience in using Google Docs I have found out that there are pros and cons to using it. During the school year I have had multiple group projects in each course and I found out that it is hard to find a time where everyone can get together. Reasons for this can include different...

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Week 6 - Report & Reflection

Before this week started I have already used Evernote before. Evernote was an easy app for me to use because it syncs from my tablet and computer. When typing notes up during lecture I use my tablet, then when I get home I can access it easily. Evernote is a useful tool not only during lectures, but also when taking notes anywhere it can be easily access. It can be downloaded...

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Week 5 - Report & Reflection

My Feedly Reader is able to connect to my learning with one or more items. On a daily basis, I try to check my Feedly Reader for updated news and blogs that I am interested in. Besides this, in this course I had followed a few other classmates blog. With reading with they had on the blog, I have gathered another point of view from the same questions that I have answered in...

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Week 4 - Report & Reflection

This week's discovery activity is about curation tools. Curation tools may be used to organize and create various digital activities to enhance efficiency. In this session, there were multiple curation tools that were introduced to me, however, there are many others that are in the world wide web. In this session I have discovered the curation tool called Scoop.it. This tool...

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Week 3 - Report & Reflection

In this session, the main focus was RSS feed readers. The item of interest on my feed reader is The Danger of all-Nighters. Without a doubt, I have pulled multiple all-nighters even with knowing the consequences. Procrastination is one thing that creates pulling an all-nighters. Besides procrastination, time management is another reason. Moreover, caffeine is paired with...

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My Experience with RSS Feeds

First of all, this is my first time encountering RSS feed. Before session three, I have not encountered or touched RSS feed before. Therefore, this is an interesting session for me to learn about in the digital context. Before this, I usually tracked my interests from various social media networks. This includes instagram, facebook, twitter, pinterest, and blog posts. However,...

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Week 2 - Report & Reflection

A personal learning environment has its importance as a learner. The abbreviation that is used for personal learning environment is PLE. Dr. Alan Cann has dedicated a post about PLE. He defined a PLE as a system that helps learners take control of and manage their own learning (Cann, 2010). Besides this the PLE is considered as a support for learners to set their own...

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Week 1 - Report & Reflection

Reflection Retrieved from http://muzicmunchies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/digital_footprint-ukn5g3.jpg To start off, one may ask what is a digital footprint. A digital footprint can be defined as how one expresses or represents themselves online. With technology advancing so quickly in the present, more companies and institutions move towards becoming more advanced...

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Introduction

My name is Ranee. I have lived in Jamaica for approximately eight years. My family moved here in Canada from the Jamaica approximately nine years ago. During my transition between Jamaica to Canada, people were usually shocked by my background. Moreover I always wanted to travel to different countries and experience their cultures. I will be in my final year in September studying...

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