Deirdre's+Reflections

=Welcome to DEIRDRE'S Course Reflection Page=

Message from Vivian (You can remove this message at any time if you wish) Use this template page to add links, widgets and reflections on your learning in this course. I may come in from time to time to add comments/hints. You can decorate and build this page as you wish. Use the Wikispaces Tips page to find out hints & ask questions on how to edit your page.

I have included links to each week's session page so that you can find information quickly about the week in focus where there will be suggestions and ideas for you to try. I suggest you write each week's reflections under the Week title. This can contribute to your evidence for the unit "NSWTTCH102B Applying Skills to emerging Technology"

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=**Weekly Course reflections**=

**@Week 1 Intro** **to Adobe Connect and the Course**
What did you think of the first week? Still amazed that I kept up with everyone! Must be due to clear instructions from Viv. Good to be able to talk to eveyone and send private messages to my frends

**@Week 2 Wikispaces & Social bookmarking **
Here is a link to my Diigo account... http://www.diigo.com/user/narbethong. I need a private tutorial from Frances who finds diigo very easy and useful. I find it super difficult and confusing! I shall book one on Thursday night. I checked out your diigo account and you have done a great job so far... Yes i can relate to the confusion but give yourself time to explore and try it out. I love your idea of seeking help from Frances! Also I have added some more resources on our Diigo help page that might help. Vivian 10/5/12

**@Week 3** **File Collaboration**
**Had great fun with dropbox. I needed to find a document for Flinders region for insurance purposes. I was looking for the version I did last year. The computer I did it on has died and I searched this computer, several USB sticks and the external hard drive several times before finding it today. I immediately placed it on the public forum of dropbox so as I can retreive it any time and shared it with Frances. The team at head office in Brisbane can also see it if they join dropbox as can the intended recipient in SE Qld. I will never again waste time searching through volumes of documents looking for what I want.** **Cut and pasted the Facebook collaboration from the video of our class and dropped it straight into my assignment page on dropbox. Thought I was extremely clever!!!!!** (Google Docs, Drop Box)

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Here are some images & links from tools I have explored and tried out... What fun this week playing with images. The little videos are great to use to work out what to do. Got myself a gmail account to be able to download flickr: dsaryan53@gmail.com Joined Flickr and invited Frances to join me. Uploaded 3 photos from iPhoto. I made a Voki person and sent a message to Frances. Real good fun. http://www.voki.com/pickup.php?scid=6153556&height=267&width=200

**@Week 5 Same time connections & Digital Story Telling Tools **
You might like to save here some links to digital stories/video tools that you liked as well as reflection the potential for the tools we explored media type="custom" key="18633816" media type="custom" key="18633856" Skype address: deirdre.s.a.ryan Address for GG UNICEF card competition: www.unicef.org.au/girlguide

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 * Love the screenr. Frances and I will use this tool to do a knotting video for our assignment. Our Guides will love it. They need to know knots for their trefoil 1, 2 and 3 in canoeing and are so techno savvy that it will be a real novelty and they will learn better than us standing in front of them and showing a knot.
 * Frances joined Skype and we talked after class. I added Kathy Neehouse to my list so as I can talk to her whenever I want to.
 * Another Voki, this time as part of my assignment

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**@Week 6 Surveys & Polls **
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**@Week 7 Personal Project **
You can use this section to note ideas for your own personal project before week 7... Love the screenr. Frances and I will use this tool to do a knotting video for our assignment. Our Guides will love it. They need to know knots for their trefoil 1, 2 and 3 in canoeing and are so techno savvy that it will be a real novelty and they will learn better than us standing in front of them and showing a knot. media type="custom" key="18979358"media type="custom" key="19181220"

**@Week 8 Celebrate **
What achievements stand out as highlights for you? I just loved everything. 8 weeks ago I barely knew how to turn a computer on and for the first class my daughter sat next to me pointing out what button to hit. Now I can make Voki people, give Prezis, send and comment on Voicethreads do assignments on line and have my left my offspring behind! I have just spent $1000.00 signing up to an on line course which will give me 20 hours of CPD (professional development) every year for my work. I would NEVER have had the confidence to do this 2 months ago. Now the money will be well spent and I will enjoy learning this way. I'm sure there is lots more we can learn- any chance of another course? I will miss my Thursday night chat with trainers all over Australia.media type="custom" key="19223038"