6.+New+Technologies

 I learnt to work with several new technologies this semester in E-Learning. As describes by Attwell (2007) learning new technologies is adding the my Personal Learning Environment. Below is a brief summary of them and how I can incorporate them in the future:



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 * on-line group study via group discussions
 * blogs and links to social networking pages

Wordle: [|http://www.wordle.net]
 * creating word clouds by showing main concepts and ideas around a topic

SlideServe: [|http://slideserve.com]
 * online hosting of powerpoint slides - great for large files
 * sharing ideas and collaborating on documents for group work

i-Tunes: [|http://i-tunes.com]
 * songs can be useful for presentations in powerpoint, Prezi where sound files can be implemented

YouTube: [|http://www.youtube.com]
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">research of videos for concepts and ideas as sources for written and on-line presentations
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">insert / embed videos into assigments and in visual presentations

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Facebook: [|http://www.facebook.com]
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">informal social networking and marketing of services and products
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">sharing information

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 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">creating word clouds (like wordle)
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">showing visual relationships between words which can be generated from excel

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">LinkedIn: [|http://www.linkedin.com]
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">professional version of facebook used for <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">sharing information / resources via professional social networks
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">recruitment purposes

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Busuu: [|www.Busuu.com]
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">on-line forum for learning languages within an interactive community - posts and chat rooms which feature as learning platforms
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">roles of learner and educator can be easily inter-changable

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Prezi: [|http://prezi.com]
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">creating presentations (as an alternative to powerpoint format)
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">embedding powerpoints into a self created visual storyboard
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">possible format for a resume

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 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">creating on-line assignments with text, images and video