Well, it is a surprise to be at #23 and the journey has been interesting. Somewhat frustrating, somewhat enlightening. Having largely forgotten how to play, there was an element of beating the clock (am I wasting time?) mingled with the temptation of following distracting leads (not really work subject matter).
- Faves: image generator; librarything; wiki. I valued the discovery resources and needed their guidance
- Learning goals: proved to me I could follow the course and pushed me into new technologies I didn't know about. It lacked good initial instruction and once I found the rhythmn of the lessons I managed better.
- Surprises: plenty. Loved YouTube, disappointed with Podcasts. Wikis will be the most useful tool for work
- Feedback: provide that initial recipe for managing the learning sessions...1. listen to podcast or read the intro. 2. Delve into the Discovery exercises. 3 Open the technology and set up a free account in order to explore the technology. 4. Explore the technology; answer some directional guidelines; follow 2-3 tasks. 5. Blog about your experiences, with examples. Provide 2-3 revision sessions throughout to consolidate the skills, eg how to improve the initial blog format, how to edit it, and try to add features like a search sidebar to your blog (I missed these lessons). Not all the technology was supported by the browser...something that prevented the product working properly (eg, uploads of YouTube posts)
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It often seems like time wasting when you are trying out tools, but some day you will be working on a document and might need an image to embed, that's when you will remmber a neat ImageGenerator.org or Web 2.0 tool to use.
Congratulations learning 2.0 graduate...WELL DONE!!!!!
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