Blog Journal 7: PBWorks is so Close

Hello friends!!!

I wanted to find a class page from a school here in Tallahassee, but I ended up having to give up on that. I did find a class page that I really liked though! I have no idea where the school is, but I like the page a lot! Its a high school social studies page, and there is not too much personal info on there. There is no information about the students or parents, but for the teacher we get his name, former occupation, his email, a photo of him, a photo he took, and a link to a photo album he has made. Mr. Negron served in Afghanistan before he was a teacher, and his image can be seen at the top of the page. I actually feel like this does not reveal too much information. I personally would not reveal that much about myself on a public site, but thats just me! I don't think Mr.Negron doing it is weird or harmful to him in any way. And, just to reiterate, he does not reveal much about himself anyway.




In terms of how I see myself using technology, I see myself using a lot of email to communicate and powerpoint to create lectures for my class. I actually really like canvas, and may end up using that or something similar. If I become a college professor then I will use whatever software that the institution I work for requires me to use. I'll use google and youtube of course, but I probably will not do anything beyond these basics. If I am a highschool history teacher or a college professor (and I WILL be one of those two), then I don't see myself relying heavily on technology. I want to keep things simple; no point in making History education complicated. I will use Kahoot though, because Kahoot is the most fun thing ever.



PBWorks is a 10/10 idea. I think that it could be an exceptionally valuable tool. I also think that it could be a lot of fun! A community website building website that is free is an incredible idea with plenty of useful applications. However, it is frustrating to use. The word processor is absolutely terrible; customizing the fonts, the size of the text, italicizing, highlighting, bolding, and copying/pasting are all tedious to the point that it feels unusable at times. Unless you use the base font it will be a struggle. Another impediment is that you cannot see what people are editing as they are editing it. Essentially, you can only effectively talk to each other while one person edits. This makes it no different from any other website. It would function better if it worked more like Google Docs.




Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

EME2040 Class Blog 1: Introducing me.

 Hello readers! I am Styles, and this is my first ever blogpost of any kind. My mother blogged for a while, and even won an award for it so it makes sense that I would end up writing one eventually; it must be a genetic trait. To be fully honest, I am not comfortable sharing information about myself online. I barely have a public online presence, which is not without purpose. I believe strongly in first impressions, and I want to be in control of them. If someone dislikes me or judges me then so be it, but I want those judgements to come from private interaction and not a public presence. This is all a very long winded way to say that I will not be sharing a lot of personal information about myself on here, especially while I am using my real name. You, the reader, will get to know me through my reading. One impression you may already have, I am a verbose individual that has not yet mastered the skill known as brevity. Thats enough about me; its time to make my way through the othe...
Read more

Blog Journal 9: So much to do and so little time

 No, really. I have a lot to do and not a lot of time to do it. Is this the result of procrastination? No, absolutely not. I am on top of my work. Its just a lot. I typed out a whole thing about busy work, but since this is being posted online for all to see, I'll keep the information about the work I hate to myself. Quick word of advice: if you're reading this with the hope to comment, then it will be significantly easier to respond to a post that is not this one. Check in next week though! Onto EME! I am in an asyncronous class! And its been fine. I have enjoyed some assignments and have absolutely hated others. Nothing has been difficult, just time consuming. I am willing to put in the work though. When I am a teacher I will improve the classroom experience by making good powerpoints. Do I hate making powerpoints with all of my heart and soul? Yes, absolutely I do. But damn, I'll make some high quality ones to teach the class. I will NOT be doing 12 slides every six minu...
Read more

EME2040 Blog Journal 2

Image
 I actually didn't start using Microsoft Word until I got to FSU. In highschool I used GoogleDocs to take notes. I ran into three issues at FSU that resulted in a switch to Microsoft Word. Issue 1-  I had to write papers now, and GoogleDocs is awful for formating proper Chicago style papers with footnotes. Issue 2- I had to turn assignments in using Canvas, and instructors required Word Documents more often than not. I was converting my GoogleDocs assignments to Word Documents anyway at that point. Issue 3- Google Docs has an input lag that I never noticed until the speed at which I take notes had to drastically increase to keep up with my professors. Microsoft Word won out, and I use it every single day. The ISTE Standard that resonates with me most is the Citizen Standard 3b. 3b states "Establish a learning culture that promotes curiosity and critical examination of online resources and fosters digital literacy and media fluency". This is a premise that is critical to e...
Read more