Voicethread

This is my first time to use Voicethread, I think this is a very interesting software, it took me a long time to learn Voicethread, Now I know more about Voicethread. It is a support images, documents, PPT, video upload then the users can easily add voice comments, observer can through a microphone, camera, typing or use the phone to add their own comments. You can also put the photos to mix together and you can deserve to go up the corresponding audio introduction, tells a story or introduced someone and somewhere. Using Voicethread in education study,  it can improve the communication among learners, I think this is a good way to study.

http://synergiseducation.com/blog/voicethread-interactive-presentations-made-easy/

Voicethread features:
When we use Voicethread, we don't need to download any software and you can audio, images on the Voicthreadwebsite, you can use the voicethread interface is simpleand easy operation. At the same time voicthread created in the document can be safely and stored in the Internet, you can also share with friends in voicthread after you finished dubbing works, even can collaborate on. Voicethread also supports a variety of document types, home video, vacation pictures, PDF, Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, click on the "Media Sources" from flickr, Facebook pictures or video, you can also enter the specific site, production need text, images and video. Variety is the biggest characteristic of voicethread comments on the way. Reviewers can by telephone, sound recording, video recording, typing to reply. Leave a comment, they will become a headshot arranged on both sides of the work, you can choose to watch any reviewer comments. Voicethread also has support collaborative editing function, it can be work  the same project, although everyone in different places, but can also be done together. And to support the function of video graffiti and Shared conveniently. Vociethread allows you to work will be added to any website, only need simple copy and paste the code in your website. Then you can share with your friends.

https://voicethread.com/myvoice/#thread/4264778/21791857/33847357

Week 8: Wiki

Wikipedia is wikipedia interaction is a written in different language online encyclopedia, the goal and mission is to provide free for all humanity encyclopedia with their choice of language to write and become,  it is a dynamic, free access and editing the global knowledge body. It is a quite popular in many countries.The characteristics of a WiKi is a collaborative writing system for many people. Compared with the common systems such as blogs, Evernote  and Google Docs.
 

WiKi has the following features:
1. Easy to use: It is quickly create, modify the various pages of the site content. Format is simple, it will  basic content can be completed through text editing way and use a small amount of simple control characters can also strengthen the article display effect.

2. The organization of Wiki: As well as the content of the page, the hypertext interconnected relations can also modify and optimization and system in multiple content repeat page can be gathered in one of the corresponding link structure change.

3. Increasing the Growth: The Wiki page can link target does not yet exist, by click on the link, we can create the page, make the system to grow. Revision history is record the revision of the page, each version of the page can be obtained.

4. Openness：The members of the community to create, modify, or delete pages. The system changes on the surface of the inside pages can be clearly observed by visitors.WiKi community support for collaborative writing, also includes a set of auxiliary support this kind of writing tools.  

The Wiki system belongs to a kind of human knowledge network system, we can on the basis of Web browsing on the Wiki text, create, change, and the price of this to create, change, and release is far smaller than HTML text. At the same time the Wiki system also supports the community oriented collaborative writing, provides the necessary help for collaborative writing. Finally, a Wiki nature constitute a community of writers, and the Wiki system provides a simple communication tool to the community. Wiki has the advantages of easy to use and open, so the Wiki system can help us in a community to share knowledge in a particular field. Because the autonomy of the Wiki, can increase, and the characteristics of the observed, the Wiki itself has also become a network research object. The study of Wiki may be able to make people more in depth understanding of network. In addition because WiKi is a group collaboration platform, so it has the characteristics of equality, sharing.

 Although wikipedia can bring convenient to us looking for resources, but in my academic is convenient, I will not use a Wiki for resources, this is because the Wiki is anyone can change the editor, it is not as powerful resources to support me in the use of resources to support my academic views. So when I meet don't know when I can go to a Wiki to understand, but I will not use the resources to support to my academic. I learned in this class in contrast the software, Blog is a kind of usually by individual management, not regular new articles posted. Blog articles according to post time, usually from new to old arrangement in reverse order way. Many blogs focus on a particular subject to provide comments or news, the others being more personal diary. A typical blog combines text, images, and other blog or website links, and other related to the theme of the media. Can make interactive readers to leave comments, is one of the important elements of many blogs. Most of the blog content is given priority to with the text, there are still some blogs focus on art, photography, video, music, podcasts, etc. Various topics. A blog is a part of social media networks.

I believe it is valuable to wiki and blog software, they all have their own different characteristics and advantages, I can't just use a specific tool, because every software can help to me. It is worth mentioning, I also like to use Google docs and Evernote, because these in my life and personal learning can help me a lot.

In this week's session, the digital rights and responsibilities required to be a digital citizen. Here is a diagram of some of the rights & responsibilities:

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 Digital Rights and Responsibilities are the "privileges and freedom extended to all digital technology users, and the behavioral expectations that come with them" (Ribble & Bailey, 2007).

Week 7: Google Docs

Google document includes online documents, spreadsheets，Drawing and presentations. Users can easily perform all the basic operations, including the preparation of project list. It is completely free. Google docs is an incredibly valuable tool. Google docs is based on the network of word processing and spreadsheet program, can improve the working efficiency. With this program, you can put the documents on the Internet. In this way, the rest of your team could real time online to edit and update of the document, according to each of the different response to continuously update the same document. Multiple users can change file online at the same time, and can see other members in real time for editing. Revision of the system will automatically save every time for you, so you can see who made what changes, when can return to any point in time before the old version.

Google docs can be easily from Google import and export. To Google Docs from stored in your computer on the front page of an existing file start operation, just upload the document and from the place where the last time you stop to continue. To use a document or offline will be distributed as an attachment, only in the most suitable for your format on your own computer to save a copy of Google documents. Whether you are uploading or downloading files, all of the format will be maintained.Google Docs offers share options, including invited friends send friends in the attached file directly in the mail to the connection. Shared file in connection as long as the users can share files to achieve this link, send Email and attach file and send information to other collaborators, directly to the documents published in public network quality.

In my opinion, Google's online documentation is very good. I usually write a blog with Google docs in the online documentation, very convenient.1. The revised version. Writing articles, notes more time again and again, a draft was the last but a moment then Google Docs of this feature is especially precious. Looked on the Internet, a lot of people think this function is not necessary, but for me, this is one of the most important advantage.2. The classification no necessary. Many years ago, I was a record card to note, it is the most headache is classified. Now take notes on Google Docs, even without classification, eventually anyway how can search out what you want.3. Documents do not need to carry. After a Google Docs, I found myself using the frequency of the USB declined dramatically.4. You can collaboratively. MS Office also want to do everything you can to provide synergy function, but after all, in this area as Google Docs and convenient. A lot of time, need a few people together to maintain a perfect document, Google Docs is too convenient.5. Sharing is very convenient. you just need to a Google account you can start to do your work.

This is my first time to use Google Docs make a team work in online courses  to complete a PPT, I think Google Docs brings our team a good editor, and we don't need to we make an appointment to discuss face to face, so actually it is save a lot of time. As long as I have time, I can edit our PPT, that is also let me know, no matter you are in which parts of the world, you only need to  network, people can complete an online task together in online.
 This video is how to Share Google Docs with Google Group.

Week 6: Evernote

Hello followers:

This is my first time to contact the Evernote, so I took a long time of study and research the software.Evernote is a help users from different scenarios (cell phone, computer, books, library, classrooms, the road, travel, Internet) via text, images, audio, web clips, and other different attachments to collect and record information, and the information in the form of a laptop and bookmark organized index to search software, it is convenient at the time of working and learning need to find the required and it will to be "the second brain". Evernote, record all the valuable information anytime and anywhere, at any time the query, a lifetime will not forget.

Evernote Logo is a sign of an elephant. According to the company's CEO, Mr PhilLibin words: in the United States have a saying, "An elephant never forgets." (An elephant never forget things), according to this story, use the elephant's image as a symbol of memory. The elephant "folding ear" was reminiscent of a document icon or folding pages of a book. In a nutshell, Evernote, is a note tool. Through its handsets, PC software and cloud synchronization service, you can help you to remember everything you want to be remembered, and carry all the information, refer to at any time. It is expand our brain memory capacity and the ability of a useful auxiliary tool.

Its powerful function of PC, which can be easily for a variety of web data editing, add the various document attachments, quickly on the computer organization, sorting, and data access of private words. Through its cloud synchronization services, data on computers, mobile phones can remain consistent, two way transmission. At the same time, the cloud storage to ensure security of the data, not afraid to lose their mobile phone damage cause data loss. You can also use web access and handle all of the data, as long as you can surf the Internet can handle and use notes. Its cloud services function is very powerful, such as text contained in images can also be identified and located.

Evernote  data can be classified according to the notebook, more can be done by tags extremely flexible management. The Powerful label and powerful search function, is an important characteristic of impression of notes. Remember at ordinary times, can remember the matter. You want to find it. Evernote are very flexible and varied data acquisition recording of the note. Besides his own typing on computers and mobile phones outside of the input, editing in the web page is extremely convenient, mobile phones can take photos, recording, painting can remember, you can also use E-mail sends the data to the own Evernote. In PC and mobile phone the various kinds of software, there are a lot of the integration of the plug in can be used.

Here is a little experience in the Evernote to use, welcome to discuss: don't build notebook (Notebooks), but should frequently built Notes and use labels (Tags), record the content should have time to arrange. Evernote represents an area of concern, if a Notebooks with only 1, 2 Notes, so it has the meaning of some large. Notebooks and Tags grouped filing, as far as possible on a regular basis, to remove unused Tags and merge similar Notebooks. Don't force on recording on a mobile device, mobile equipment input speed slower, especially with the text input .On mobile devices draw notes should consider using mind mapping software, then import Evernote. Mobile devices for Evernote role is more reference. Clear his attention to the field, see or think of relevant content after the records in a timely manner. If not clear, can try to remember more, slowly through the Tags and Notebooks on the number of Notes to find their own territory. To retain the relevant documents, links, make the Evernote gathers information environment, Unicom as much as possible in an environment of learning node, rather than the notes in the existence of separate Evernote, the existence of other materials and scattered elsewhere.

Here is 10 Evernote Tips for Dreamforce Success 
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Week 5: Twitter and PLN

This week Report & Reflection blog post  we will talk about Twitter and PLN.  As we can known, Twitter is a Social Network, Social Network Service and microblogging Service website, is the world's one of the most visited ten sites on the Internet. It USES wireless network, cable network, communication technology, instant messaging, is the typical application of micro blog. It allows the user to its latest news and ideas in the form of text messages sent to the cell phone and personalized website group, and not just sent to the individual. Twitter is a popular social networking and microblogging service website, allows the user to their latest news and ideas to form of the short message of mobile phone (tweets) release (push), can bind IM instant messaging software. All tweets are limited to 140 characters.

Sue Waters said that "Personal learning network has a distinctly personal characteristics, so it is very individual character. When creating your own PLN, the user must be used to decide what tools, establish connection with someone, how to learn, and when to study, etc. "Personal Learning network (PLN), is the application of all such as blogs, wikis, twitter, facebook,  networking tools created for the purpose of Learning Personal network, use of the Personal network can help us as a molecular study of the global community at the same time, to strengthen the communication with others, to expand our space and time and opportunity to learn and improve our reflection.Establish these contact, get a lot of knowledge, it may make us feel excited, but absorb knowledge and used for life, is the real purpose of establishing personal learning network.

What could Twitter or your PLN contribute to your work in building knowledge?

I think both Twitter and PLN are helps me to improve my knowledge, we are living in the networked society, we cannot leave no network, we can learn more knowledge through the network. In fact, in our reading a link on twitter, we will gradually accumulation of knowledge. Web tools created for the purpose of learning personal network, use of the personal network can help us as a molecular study of the global community at the same time, to strengthen the communication with others, to expand our space and time and opportunity to learn and improve our reflection.PLN build is also can expand the scope of our study group, let us can learn to different places on the Internet, the idea of different people. As long as we can communicate through the network knowledge.

How could you add this to your PLE? Will you? What are you learning about becoming a digital citizen or gaining digital literacy?
Fett Gail DE thinks, "personal learning environment is free to collect, publish, web-based tools, usually centered on the Blog, using an RSS reader and simple HTML collection of self-guided learning style."
Personal learning environment provides learners with not only a belongs to own personalized learning space, but also provides a way to connect with other learners, and makes the learners can share exchange together across time and space boundaries, make learning become more open. I will add this in my PLE， research train of thought for the center with real transition to the research train of thought for the center with system. From the research scope to expand, on the one hand, can be integrated with other learning environment study, at present about personal learning environment into the learning management system or the study of network course learning system has just beginning. On the other hand can go deep into the learning level study, and to explore its impact on learners' learning, and reveals the essence of learning and the function, meet the needs of learners and development. We live in a diverse world, need more understanding and learning, in order to better improve our PLE. When we are in the network learning and network knowledge classification yourself, actually we are learning about becoming a digital citizen.

Week 4:Curating the Web

Hi everyone,

In week 4 report and reflection, I learn the new content. I've never heard of Diigo and Delicious that I explored the two software, but I prefer to use the Diigo. Diigo's biggest feature is the web page of online marking function, in the words of CNET, " if in the midst of a 3000 - word article, you only need a word, you can know that mark on the website is a how practical things". Diigo is mean Digest of Internet Information or Groups and Other stuff is a powerful resource search and management tools and that is a knowledge sharing platform, you have a web space of their own, you can also collect or often go to the page that yourself like, you can edit the page at the same time, such as highlighting, small comments, and you can add annotations.

http://k12learning20.wikispaces.com/diigo
 Diigo mainly includes five major characteristics is: First of all, Diigo offers the best annotation services online. What does this really mean? Diigo makes network books. Web page online marking function, Diigo allows users to comment a paragraph of text, record yourself some of the ideas in a passage, the next time you log in the web, these can be displayed. You can be in any web page to add highlight the focus of the logo and paste anywhere individual ­ comments at the same time, once you to this page to add a comment, then you can save this page permanently, that is to say, you can at any time anywhere in the network computer to see what you do.

Second, diigo has the most powerful tool for web clipping, more important is what you clip can be shared and search. Diigo is not only a good personal bookmarks, and it is a very good network share and search platforms. The web of notation is Shared by default, anyone can find others to sort out good the Internet is readily available information on the website. For example: such as ­ if you recently on the Internet to collect information about hairdressing reducing weight and use of Diigo to web annotation, tidy up all the information of the set after a project, when other users to collect similar topic, all the data can be found in the Diigo that you need not again slowly gathering.

Third, a huge cooperation platform. Highlight and network function can be used to communicate online and sharing. For example, what are you going to do about a research then you can register as a user on the diigo and you will search the material added to the diigo, let the other diigo users can share to the information you collect, you can also share the others on the investigation and study materials. Even ­ you can create a group, a panel discussion topic then invite other scholars or other users to participate in your research. Group set up in the diigo as a think tank,  it will provide help for your study.

Fourth, the specialty search tools and unique content search menu. Like Google's tool library, but to become more professional, you can to the music, maps, reference, local libraries­ for related searches. Diigo including blog search for related content, full-text search, web search, Diigo website, MSN search, and Google search, etc. It can be provided by a simple search tool. Search function is powerful. To full text of the subject, content, keywords, you can also use does not include the search, such as ­ I do not want to include a keyword can also search.

Fifth, Diigo group BBS functions, it team BBS allow users to initiate and participate in the discussion. A group of management Personnel can according to the primary good species to set up the group marks or allow group own marks. Behind a method from the sub ­in giving users more free space. When you joined the others members of the group in which you can see  bookmarks, and so on. of course, you can also build a group, for their own group to add an address in the diigo connection, the classification of their own group, the characteristics of group identity, and you can very easy by mail ­ invite friends to join your group.

Week 3 part 2: RSS Feed Reader

Hello fellow bloggers,

I have mentioned in the previous blog, this is my first time to use RSS reader, so it took me a long time want to clear understanding of the RSS.

The role of RSS
From the RSS background and adopted technology. We can clearly see that it is each site or system will have what important role. It is the most fundamental role between websites and web site information exchange. With this we will be able to exchange is very convenient and flexible to originally isolated site together, realize information the convenient circulation, make the Internet truly become a connectivity of the network system. At the same time maximize the value of the information reflected, brings to the site with more applications, and improve the user experience. So the RSS on the role of the Internet will be enormous, profound.

 RSS significance and impact of the Internet:

RSS we have seen the important role. Based on these characteristics, we can transform or change some of the features of the original Internet application and model, make its application more flexible and varied. Such as provided the popular realized via RSS reader to get the original need a way to access to information on the website. And we can also source of each column on the website information can be supplied by the original editor to supply by RSS. For example http://www.lisaeldridge.com/video/18342/audrey-hepburn-breakfast-at-tiffanys-inspired-make-up/#.VCgS8fldWOE here all articles below are information system timing from the affiliation to grasp to RSS feeds. As long as each other's information update, here will be displayed at once.

The main purpose of the RSS is:
1, subscribe to the BLOG
You can subscribe to work in the required technical articles, also can subscribe to and you have common hobbies, author of the Blog, in short, what interested in what you can order.
2, subscribe to the news
Whether it is a strange news, star news, sports, as long as you want to know, you can subscribe to.
No longer do you have a web site and a web site, a web page to a web page around. As long as this will you need the content of the subscription in an RSS reader, these contents will automatically appear in your reader, you don't have to for an eager to know the news constantly refresh the web page, because once you have updated, RSS reader will notify you.

The advantage of RSS

1.  Ensure hundred transfer success. Spam filter is no longer your trouble.
2.  You can quickly in the other people have the same goal with you on the website of exposure, let your content via RSS aggregation, published to the web site, can add to your promotion.
3.  Through the RSS feed to get the opportunity, you can use this to build their own target database.
4.  You can offer a lot of other sites, can link back to the key content of your site, improve search engine keyword rankings.
5.  This will aim to increase the access to your web site traffic.
6.  You will be able to increase your brand awareness
7.  Through distribution of good content, which will establish a good resource for you.
8.  You have a latent source to increase your income. 
9. You can use RSS to release your specials, promotions and coupons, to increase your website traffic.
10. You don't have to worry about law, privacy policy, spam or conditions. It will build credibility and reputation.
11.  RSS workload is far lower than private mailing list maintenance and promotion.
12.  RSS can significantly increased the content of the website traffic.