Twitter Adventure

Ok, today the light finally shined!  I finally get Twitter.  It took an old hat like me some serious searching to see that there is more to Twitter than just people talking about Hollywood and sports superstars.  I found that holy grail of Twitter for education.  I found the “cybraryman”.   Yes the Cybraryman’s website has opened my eyes.  Now that I know there is a lot more out there, look out Twitter world, here I come.  Oh, and for those who don’t know (and I figure I am the last one on earth to know) go to http://www.cybraryman.com and http://www.cybraryman.com/edhashtags.html

Adventures in Aggregated Pages

Well, after exploring both, I definitely like Protopage better.  My page is http://www.protopage.com/davidmtyler.  While Netvibes is interesting, Protopage is what I think is commonly referred to as a portal.  A web portal is a webpage that can be used as a link or page to many other pages of information.  Here you can set up widgets that link to other webpages.  Theses widgets are like mini live webpages that update information with feeds from the webpages you link that to.  This can be an absolutely great tool because instead of having multiple pages open that you need to switch between, you can see all of the information you need, constantly updated on one page.  Great tool! 

YouTube Adventure

This week I explored some of the many, or I should say hundreds if not thousands of videos there are on YouTube that can teach you all about Twitter, Twitter Tools, Wiki's and Wikispaces, and the many videos (a lot of them made by people like myself and my classmates) on what Web 2.0 is and tools to use in educational settings.  I have used YouTube for quite a while and have already setup channels on different things I was interested in (Travel, Music, Technology and others).  I had never explored (before this course) how to use Twitter and the many tools for Twitter.  I also was not aware of Wikispaces (although I have used Wikipedia for several years). Although the existence of these videos should not surprise me.  Over the years, I have found a YouTube videos for just about anything I was interested in.  And I mean anything.  I have used YouTube for instructions on everything from how to install a hot water heater in my home, to how to program my Wi-Fi connected home HVAC system.  But now that I have researched and found these new videos, I will be using them to increase my knowledge of Web 2.0 and it plethora of tools and information.  BTW (By the Way), if and when I get to teach, it will probably be technology in the home.