Wrapping Up 2.0

This course has been a wonderful experience and has added tremendously to my knowledge. It has given me new confidence in the navigation of internet land. I can speak with some knowledge and have overcome the intimidation I once felt. There is so much more playing I want to do and there are several opportunities for weaving what I now know into some benefit for the College.

I promised myself that I would obtain a new phone upon completion of this course. I want to be able to see the internet news, check my email accounts, send text messages, IM, post to Facebook walls, take/store photos and videos and download my favorite country songs into one device. I bought a Blackberry yesterday. And I feel like I finally get why these phones or Iphones are required accessories for the 2.0 savvy.

Thank you Mary for the opportunity. You changed my life.

Social Networks Sites

There is quite a bit of opportunity for Marymount College to participate in social networking sites. We have been exploring this opportunity quite a bit recently. On vendo we have spoken with has a system for the cultivation of alumni using the social networking sites. Another vendor was able to gather "the student's impression" of marymount Collge by searching the social networking sites and channeling/synthesizing what's out there to create an opinion of Marymount.

Although I've had a Facebook page for about a month, and to the dismay of my 16 year old, I don't find it compelling. Perhaps if I had more friends...

Instant messaging

I think instant mesaging can be really distracting when I am working. I enjoy the feature from my laptop when I am doing non-work things. But sometimes, it's just best to ignore the IM-addicted. I have watched my kids IMing with severalpeople at once. Feels to me that you could easily say the wrong thing to the wrong person and mess up a good friendship. I'm not convinced that this feature has a place in the classroom. But I like the idea of students sharing their thoughts about a learning topi through IM, but after class hours only.

Podcasts

Several years back I followed the account written by columnist Steve Lopez of the LA Times about the street musician. Now a major motion picture this story fascinates me. I went to the NPR podcast that included an interview with Steve Lopez. It was 30 minutes of intriguing talk about Lopez's experience. It definately made me feel even more interested in seeing the movie.

UTube Voila!

This lesson was particularly relevant to me. I searched UTube and discovered three videos produced by Marymount College that offer both student and professor testimonials about why Marymount College is such a great place to go to school. This week I am working with a national firm in higher education to identify our uniqueness, our brand, our attributes. This added to my collection of knowledge and the videos were shared with the team members.

Upload an image

I have an uncompleted task. I need to upload an image on my blog. I figured out how to add my photo. I also want to add a photo from the web. So I will go our hunting and return. Couldn't make it again. Drats. Will try again.

delicious

This was an interesting lesson. I currently do not have a large collection of favorite or bookmarked sites. But I am doing research into alumni programs and will use delicious to track the many sites where I find valuable information.