Well when it comes to educational web-based social groups, i am pretty noob. I have never really know the difference between a blog and wiki space. I feel like information gathered from either of those sites should be taken with a grain of salt; while blogs are a great way to gather information you have to be sure that their source is credible. Also, in a blog you are more likely to get the bloggers opinion rather than gaining any real facts about the subject.
Wiki space was a great next step after the blog. You can share your information with everyone, and if they have any extra facts to add they are free to do so. The only possible problem with that is misinformation; People do dumb things and as some of us know people don't always put true information on these wiki sites. Also, like a blog they are not always created by a credible source, and sometimes their sources are just wrong.
Social bookmarking: This is like the greatest idea ever!!!! Ok, so some people might send you dud-sites but really with so many sites online these days it gives the average person a chance to explore sites that they never would have found on their own. I'm not the best when it comes to finding relevant sites when i looking up things but i know that with all the old-school bookmarks i have on my computer i could help someone. The last thing we talked about were voicethreads; I believe that voicethreads has great possibilities, but has not yet reached a point, in the U.S. at least, that would be accommodating to most of society.
Well I had planned to have a nerdy discussion about Pokemon this week but that is going to have to wait until this weekend. I have a lot to work on and need to get ready to start conducting ensembles :)
I am saddened by your lack of Pokemon this week, but I think it'll be okay. I thought social bookmarking was a good idea, too. But I am lazy and would probably never do it. To be honest, I would probably never do any of these things. I'll just stick with illegal downloads of Tron and sneak-peeks a the new Green Lantern movie.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of which, I should create a Green Lantern wiki. That would be sweet. And much more on topic with this class.
In closing, Pokemon, Tron, and Green Lantern are all things that are awesome.