Social Networking
So many links and sites can be utilized as a social network. What has happened with this explosion is immediate access for many people. This is a way for people with the same interests to gather. Now, not one person holds the key to the puzzle “but” many. Wikipedia has a List of Social Networking sites…What makes this so amazing is that anyone can come in and edit this list…adding to it or removing some no longer in existence. I found a YouTube video that says it better than I ever could!
The Wiki Creation
OK. So I created my first Wiki! Now how do I use it? Who can edit it? What the heck am I getting myself into?! These are the first thoughts that crossed my mind during this creation process.
This Wiki is for a Spring Semester course I teach fully Online (CSA 149: Second Life Virtual World). It will be used to house tutorials, web links and “SLurls”. The participants will be able to add to the latter two components. Anything else will not be editable.
Within this class, I have a few Scavenger Hunt assignments. The Wiki may be a better environment to add the information than how it is set up currently. Participants can then see what another person has added…Making the next person search out somewhere different; this making the assignment more difficult…Though I like the idea of participants creating notecards in-world, this may be a different solution…Still not sure how this aspect will play out…Mulling it around in the brain now…Ouch!…I think I hurt myself by thinking too hard ;-)
Within the tutorials, more than just video can be added. Scripts and animations for participants to use can also be placed here. This may also be more useful for the final exam than how it is implemented at the present…I’d think about it more “but” I don’t want to hurt myself again…
All in all, it seems that the Wiki can be of use. The class already has a Blog…Why not add the Wiki…Geez…Am I just creating more work for myself? I thought technology was suppose to make my life easier…
Into a New World…
So…I have started two more blogs! One is for an EDU 255 course and the other for Rudi’s Creations. The latter also has a website if you are interested. This whole blogging thing can be very time consuming! I also have another WordPress Blog for a CSA 149 Second Life Virtual World class. I think I may just move these two WordPress into one. There are just too many to follow! What do you think? Is anyone out there?
