Learning Unit 3

This learning unit was not my favorite of the three, because I was using tools that I chose not to use in the first two.  However, I was surprised by how much I did end up liking Google Earth.  I am not sure how to use it in my everyday work, but I did share it with my brother and he used it in his World Presentation for his Social Studies class.  I was happy with how the learning unit turned out.  The only thing I would have liked to change was the lack of assignment detail.  I gave them ideas, but I feel that it could have been more in-depth as Global Friends Hour presentations are more than 30 minutes long.  I would have also liked to add a more in-depth example Powerpoint presentation than I did.  But, overall, I was happy with this learning unit as well.

Learning Unit 2

This learning unit was relatively easy for me to make.  I had to learn how to use new tools; tools that I had never used before. What I personally enjoyed about this learning unit was exploring two, new tools, that I have found personally helpful: polleverywhere.com and glogster.com.  Working with international students also means working with many different interests, so finding a tool that allows the international  students to vote on what they would like to do the most is very useful.  I just used polleverywhere.com to choose our April outing, a baseball game.  I also plan a lot of events so finding glogster.com was a godsend.  I look forward to using this tool in the future in creating posters.  I do wish that I had more time to think abou this learning unit to make it more applicable for next semester, but I am still very happy with it. 

Learning Unit 1 Reflection

I personally enjoyed creating this learning unit, because this is a project that I have wanted to do for B-W's International Office for some time.  I think everything went well, except for uploading the example video response.  I tried using my home computer's video-recording program at first.  But, when other students tried to view it, it would not upload.  Therefore, I uploaded the video to youtube.com and only then was it easily accessible.  I have never created videos before this, so I personally have enjoyed exploring video recording tools and now I know how to create videos, which will surely prove to be useful in the future.

My Personal Learning Diagram

During my secondary and college education, no one had ever taught me how to make a website.  So, when I had to make a website for the first time as a graduate student, I looked for a tool that was easy to use and free (graduate students need a lot of free things).  Weebly.com is the best Web 2.0 tool I have found for website creation, and I constantly recommend it to students when they too need to make websites.  Too many students perceive website creation as laborious, but with this website, it's fun and easy.  For graduate students like me who are not technology whizzes, websites like weebly.com can be a godsend.  Besides making professional portfolios, this website also helps you to create blogs, slide shows, and photo galleries.  Since I am not a teacher, other ways this tool could be used for professionals in my field would be: reflection blog creation and slide show/photo galleries of that semester's highlights.

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