Sharing+Collaborating+and+Communicating


 * Sharing collaborating and communicating**: we went over the different technologies that helped us do this… they helped us do this because you can make your information available for others and even get comments from others. You can use other people’s work to show more examples for things you are trying to show. Also the information can be edited and reviewed whenever needed. We learned also how to properly edit an image that doesn’t go against any ethical or legal problems that can cause you a lot of trouble. For example, Web 2.0 technologies, such as a Wiki, allows students to work independently while collaborating on the same page and being able to post information for others to access. We later learned for image editing, as mentioned above, how to change an image without breaking the law or other ethical standards while being able to convey information in a clear and concise way. We then moved on to learning about podcasts. We learned that they are wonderful tools of communication because you can upload them online for anyone to access. They are pure audio that is recorded by you that your students can listen to in case they miss lecture or if you have extra information that needs to be disbursed but you do not have enough time. Anyone can listen to them and gather the information which makes podcasts a form of communication gold. After the wonderful world of podcasting we then learned about powerpoints. They are fun ways of showing your information in a nice display that keeps peoples attention quite well. You can even upload a powerpoint to google docs which makes it possible for several people to work on one powerpoint at the same time which makes powerpoint a nice form of collaboration as well. Finally we discussed Data Merging and Word! Both of these tools together can make your job as an educator a lot easier, it allows you to combine information from a Excel file and merge it with word file for communication with students or parents. This time saving effort gives you more time to teach and less time typing documents.