Well I discovered a lot about myself through out this course; not always positive. Firstly, I discovered my inability to successfully sign up to Blogger. I inadvertently typed my name incorrectly so had to resign and then successfully saved my posts to the wrong blog! Things did get better!
There are many things in the course that, personally, I would not use simply because I do not see the need. In saying this, I do not discount the value of Delicious and Facebook. I was surprised how much I actually already knew about some of these Web 2.0 tools and did not realise.
I also found it beyond value to have others of my cohort doing the same course even though we were studying independently. To be able to have that dialogue with others, in particular a coworker at the same class level, gave support for sharing the highs and lows of the course. The course certainly took longer than the 20 hours as each video clip and link led me to others links that just begged to be explored.
My big find was Glogster...my new "must use tool" along with Animoto. Glogster will ofter be my new assessment tool.
Thanks must go to my coworkers for their encouragement and to Lorretta Campbell for sorting out my Animoto issues. I think it is now my responsibility to share these Web 2.0 tools with others as if we are to be effective educators who engage our students then we must embrace the Web 2.0 world.
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