This week I will share with you an item of interest to me from my feed reader on Feedly. I will also talk about my experience with Wiki and the other activities that we completed this week.
Feedly
An item that I found astounding this week was an item from the Brock News about a fan bus to Ottawa to cheer on the Brock Men's Basketball team. This past week, the Badger men beat Laurier to earn a spot in the second round of playoffs at Carleton this weekend (March 5).
What was incredible to me is that the 'We Are Ready' team was able to organize a fan bus full of Badgers that wanted to travel to Ottawa to cheer on the Badgers. It is only 20 dollars per student to travel there and back on the bus. I found it hard to believe that a bus travelling 5.5 hours each way would only come 20 dollars per student. Brock Athletics along with the 'We Are Ready' fan organization at Brock, does all that they can do to ensure that the school has support at all of their games. Along with the bus load of fans that will be attending the game, there will also be a viewing party at Brock during the game for those that are not making the trip down.
What amazing school spirit!
Link to the article is:
http://www.brocku.ca/brock-news/2016/03/bus-trip-and-viewing-party-planned-for-badgers-basketball-playoff-game/
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| http://www.gobadgers.ca/news/2016/3/5/mens-basketball-brock-basketball-viewing-party-saturday-night-at-sean-o-sullivan-theatre.aspx?path=mbball |
Digital Rights and Responsibilities
Through the learning activities completed this week using Wiki, I learned a lot about what the rights and responsibilities are of a person that is using technology. I found it difficult to limit it to 3 important rights and responsibilities as I think all of them are equally as important as the rest. There were many that I came up with including:
- freedom of speech but using it wisely
- right to privacy
- ethical use of technology
- cyberbullying*
- use of citations to avoid plagiarism*
- copyrighting music, movies and television shows*
- the acceptable use policy of restricting access to certain things
- being aware of what you post is there forever
- mindful about not bashing others opinions on blog posts
- respecting others and yourself
The three that I chose to explain in my forum post are noted with an asterisk (*).
As we grow up, we are taught to be careful about posting on social media. However, you still encounter so many people that are not keeping a professional image by some of the inappropriate things they are posting. It is important to keep in mind that employers will usually search your name online therefore they can see anything that you have ever posted.
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| https://edtp504sum11.wikispaces.com/Digital+Rights+and+Responsibilities |
Using Wiki to Support Learning
Wiki is another useful tool alike Google Docs that allows you to store information and files online. With wiki however, it is much easier to use if you are using it for attaching files, pictures and videos. You also do not need to add people to a presentation as a Wiki allows anyone to edit. Wiki can be used as a coordination tool as everyone can edit it and therefore they can plan something easier than in email.
Wiki can be used effectively however one must be careful that the information is valid. Since anyone can edit, it is often possible that there is falsified information. Wikipedia is a good example of this. It can be useful when looking up quick information about a subject but would not be a good tool for in-depth research. In elementary school, I can vividly remember we had a lesson on evaluating online sources to see if they were valid. Our teacher had used Wikipedia as an example of what not to use as it can portray false information. She also showed us that we can edit the information on the website. However, what she did not show us is that there are auditors on Wikipedia that go through edited information and take out anything that is false.
Enjoy the rest of your weekends!
Sammy
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