I responded to Angela Finley and Charity Moran.
http://finleylearningtheory.blogspot.com
http://msmomo-educationaltechnology.blogspot.om
My connections facilitate learning in several ways. The personal networks, including social networks, are valuable to learn about current events in the world, weather, and social events. Work and school networks are used to get assignments, discuss assignments and topics, find out needed information, and share a finished assignment. I see where all people have some kind of connections.
When I was in high school, technology consisted of typewriters, adding machines, and filmstrips. People either had to go to a specific place and look up needed information, or they received the information in a classroom. I learned in this way, but I have had to change along with the new technology. Instead of finding the information in a book, I am able to use a laptop from almost any place I choose and find several sources of information. I can even work with another person from hundreds of miles away.
The digital tools that best facilitate learning for me are computers. I am able to use a laptop or smartphone and find any information I need. I can store the information and share the information with group members, instructors, and other students. I can use a computer and work on projects. The way I learn new knowledge when I have a question, depends on what the knowledge consists of. If it is something I need for my education, I will search on the internet for scholarly articles and works. If I want to know something fo personal reasons, I will also search the internet, but I will use Google and Wikipedia. Reading information is the best way for me to learn new knowledge. Everyone has connections and everyone learns in some way or another every day.
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Sharon I too make connections and take advantage of the ability to learn from anywhere. With accessibility of the web the process of learning and gaining new information is not as difficult and the resources are endless. I too search for scholarly articles. What other methods do you use to evaluate sources available online? I also think you did a great job on your mind map.
ReplyDeleteSharon,
ReplyDeleteAs time change, so have the new technologies that we utilize as resources both at home, classroom and the workplace. Bearing in mind the abundance or growth of information technology has enabled us to connect and access information with ease. Considering this, I have to agree that the computer is a vital digital tool that enables us to collect, store and share information among various networks in our lives.
Sharon,
ReplyDeleteI, too, think that computers are extremely useful in facilitating learning. Like you, I used to have to go to the library to do research. Thank goodness, that is no longer the case. It is amazing how far we have come in the last ten years!
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