3240 Week 2

    This week was equally as confusing, but much more time consuming. I had some of the sites figured out but navigating them was time consuming, and probably will be until I get used to format, but I'm excited for the course now that I'm understanding how the sites run.
      Success!! Brian helped me find the TandT blog! I posted my two articles on Trends and Technology and my third on 2.0 late saturday. I struggled but I'm feeling confident in my research skills. I learned how to find articles on the VCC website this week, and also how to cite reference through examples on the VCC website as well.
      On the group project this week, I read the VCC information on copywrite but wasn't clear on what I should be putting on our Wiki. (caitlincorryilene.wikispaces.com if you'd like to check our site out). I found myself researching all sorts of sites to get a clearer picture of what we should be putting on the site. Nothing has been posted on our Wiki site to this point, but we did get the whole group signed up and invited as organizers onto our Wiki page. I'm also now our Team Leader!
     I read three TandTblogs this week. I read Teresa's on what to take into consideration when using web 2.0 when teaching adults. I was intrigued by this article because the key points of how adults learn are what I'm working on incorporating into my curriculum's.  I read Andrews Web 2.0 on Youtube which was interesting to me because I teach young artists, and use youtube often as a resource to catch students attention, lighten the mood, set the class tone in some cases, and to teach differeent technical skills also.  It was great to see other educators using this tool as well.  The third blog I read was Karill's on using laptops and websites in the classroom, this caught my eye because I encourage my students to write blogs about their experiences in the classroom, but I learned from this  article that it would be interesting to have students bring in their laptops and talk about what exactly is going on in their blogs over the entire course so we can all learn from their experiences and challenges.