When first introduced to this module as part of Introduction to the Writing Arts, I must say that I was concerned that I may have selected the wrong duel major to go along with my elementary education major. I was not expecting blogging, reading complex articles that were full of technological terms, or creating an information ecology. I thought, “How does this relate to the writing arts”?
After a few of the readings, some blogging and class discussions, I started to feel more comfortable and opened myself up to understanding the concept of writing spaces. Understanding some of the technology and applying the use of the technology, through Netvibes and Diigo, I am beginning to understand the impact evolving technologies have on written texts.
From this module, I can now have information come to me, instead of me going to the information. Setting up the RSS Feeds on Netvibes was significant in my understanding of how to pull this module together to make sense to me. I’m so excited about what I have learned in this module that I’m sharing what I know with my daughter who is now interested in blogging and creating a Netvibes page.
Although there was a lot of information conveyed in this module, I am able to utilize what I have learned and apply it to my other courses, such as Educational Technology, Teaching in Learning Communities and Human Exceptionalities. When creating my Netvibes page, I had these courses in mind and searched for particular feeds relating to those areas.
It’s been a great experience and I plan on continuing to utilize the technologies that I’ve learned.
