Weekly Report & Reflection Week 11

And we're back again, 

Through the use of these webcasting tools I have learned that you can pretty much put anything you want into the digital world and this is something that we have to be careful about. Through the use of these webcasting tools I learned that they can be used for multiple different reasons, whether it's more personal or business I think that this is an interesting tool. To be completely honest, I don't know when I would use this tool for an educational purpose unless it was for an assignment in a communications class. But I could see how it would be useful to those who would be using them because it allows them to create a recording and share with many different people. Since I chose to work with Soundcloud I feel as though it has helped my build my knowledge because I had not used any type of webcasting tool before this class (seems to be a trend for me, trying new tools) and I guess that was just because I don't think I even felt like I had something to share with others to that big of an audience. But now if I ever feel the need, I know multiple different tools that would be able to help me out. 

These tools are different from some of the other ones that we have explored and looked at because these tools do not really allow you to collaborate with others, unless that person is with you as you are recording which in most cases is not the easiest thing to do. But you do have the ability to share your comments on the podcast and let the person know what you think, if you liked or disliked it, and maybe even make some suggestions to them as well for their next post. 

I do think that I would add this to my PLE just because it is another tool that allows us to create and share information through the digital technology and it may be useful in my future. This contributes to my knowledge about being a digital citizen because after looking through the Soundcloud webpage there are podcasts on almost everything you could think of and I think that we as user of digital technology should be utilizing all of the different tools that we have learned about through out this course and have helped us become better digital citizens. 

One item I would like to share from my Feedly is another post from the Brock Student Blog, because it talks about Wellness week and I think that this week at Brock is a great thing. They offer many different activities such as free massages, free breakfast and many more! I think that this is a great idea because as we are all gearing up for our last set of exams before the summer these are some great ways to relax and help you prepare! 

Until next time,
Amanda :)