The most impression remarks from the guest speaker last week is that "Whatever we do now is a project". That's so true！We design training project in corporation environment, we develop an instructional project for school class teaching, and we do assignments in the unit of project in whatever form: PowerPoint, Flash, Website, etc. Everything is project.
Now, it's the time to figure out the idea of my final project for ITEC 830.
I designed several multimedia projects that aim to offer advice to Chinese international students who will come to or just arrive in San Francisco how to adjust themselves to and enjoy the life in San Francisco. This semester in Flash class, I've been working on a project to give instructions on how to do house renting in San Francisco. Why not combine all the stuff onto a website? I'm a ITECian, but I haven't developed my personal website so far. I always feel shameful about that...It's the time. I will develop a portfolio style website to offer advice on how to kick off life in San Francisco and how to enjoy the wonderful life. Readers will read text and images, listen to audios, watch videos and play flash game. Students can also interact with me by emails to give feed back about the projects and ask questions. All the projects are based on my personal experiences.
This website is what I always want to do. It will be a lot of work~
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Thursday, April 9, 2009
The power of less
It was my first time joining a Web 2.0 Expo. Different from the software expo I joined a couple of years ago, I can understand and get inspired more in this Expo.
I like the theme of this year's Expo:"Power of less". I walked around in the expo hall and only spot several booths like those from Microsoft, Adobe, eBay, SocialText...Majority of them I have never heard about and they're marketing theriWith the booming of soft wares and applications, sometimes, I'm just overwhelmed and tired of keeping up pace with the current emergence and change. They grow faster than I can know them.
I heard great minds speaking in the keynotes talk. I was impressed by the question of "Gulf between Twitterers and Emailers"-"Those who just learned how to use the email to send and receive messages will probably find it hard to communicate with the younger generation who have adopted Twitter as the primary messaging method". This is just one of the dozens of examples that show the gap between web users.
I ask my friend to take a picture of me and the Web 2.0 Expo. Maybe next time, I'll see myself on an Web 3.0 Expo. Who knows?
The Double Blade Sword of Video Game
When video game is mentioned, the first image that shows up in my mind is the 3-D leisure web game where either kids or young adults play a role in a virtual world to attack, survive, construct, explore, etc. I am never a game person. In my whole life, I've only played video games for a couple of times, be seduced and challenged by friends. It was not until I saw those simulation flash games aiming to facilitate school teaching and learning that I realized games can also be serious rather than leisure. I was astonished by virtual games like Second Life when an instructor showed it in class prior to Pi-Day (March 14) last year. Then I was convinced that gaming can integrate instruction and fun in a good manner. Though, it's not necessarily means virtual games and simulation can take the place of real world practice such as community service. No matter how well the virtual games simulate the real-world scenario, it can not simulate the variability and adversity of the real world. I see good points in the serious video games that simulate the scenario unavailable to regular persons like the outer space or the microcosm, however I don't think it's should be encouraged to simulate a garden or a community where game players learn to cultivate or socialize.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Is Net-Generation Net Savvy?-Critical query from "Growing up with Google"
Net-Generation are those:
Born after 1982;
Computer is the core of their workspace;
Whenever information is needed, they go online-google it;
IM and email are the primary methods of communication;
Usually multi-task...
(Yeah me, I belong to the net-generation~)
The net-generation highly values the convenience of technology, always turn to technology for information, use technology to keep instantly connected and can seamlessly switch between real and digital worlds. However, does that equate to being net savvy?
No doubt that the net-generation is influent in using technology to learn, entertain and networking, though it doesn't mean that this generation is net-savvy. They has no fear of using technology, though they're not that fluent in integrating technology and academic study. They know how to embed a YouTube video into blog but may don't know how to insert a chart into Excel worksheet or how to edit a Wiki page. In the copy-paste and mashup-friendly environment of Internet, they google, open the first couple of links in the searching results, copy and paste but seldom pause and think. They have little idea about respect for intellectual property, privacy or security.
It posts a challenge to education to cultivate the students critical thinking skills while taking advantage of the myriad source of information, to develop required technology skills for academic study and to strengthen their respect for intellectual property. It's a life-long process rather than a one-time affair.
I want to be more net savvy :)
Born after 1982;
Computer is the core of their workspace;
Whenever information is needed, they go online-google it;
IM and email are the primary methods of communication;
Usually multi-task...
(Yeah me, I belong to the net-generation~)
The net-generation highly values the convenience of technology, always turn to technology for information, use technology to keep instantly connected and can seamlessly switch between real and digital worlds. However, does that equate to being net savvy?
No doubt that the net-generation is influent in using technology to learn, entertain and networking, though it doesn't mean that this generation is net-savvy. They has no fear of using technology, though they're not that fluent in integrating technology and academic study. They know how to embed a YouTube video into blog but may don't know how to insert a chart into Excel worksheet or how to edit a Wiki page. In the copy-paste and mashup-friendly environment of Internet, they google, open the first couple of links in the searching results, copy and paste but seldom pause and think. They have little idea about respect for intellectual property, privacy or security.
It posts a challenge to education to cultivate the students critical thinking skills while taking advantage of the myriad source of information, to develop required technology skills for academic study and to strengthen their respect for intellectual property. It's a life-long process rather than a one-time affair.
I want to be more net savvy :)
Group 1 Podcast on Dr. Wagner's Presentation
We missed two wise men's thoughts on Wagner's Presentation-Marc and Ty-it's my fault...Sorry guys...
I added one of my fav piano piece-Cannon in D to the podcast and adjusted the volume of the music as well as our records.
I can not upload audio file to Blogger, so I made a short video with iMovie. Enjoy~
I added one of my fav piano piece-Cannon in D to the podcast and adjusted the volume of the music as well as our records.
I can not upload audio file to Blogger, so I made a short video with iMovie. Enjoy~
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Thoughts on Dr. Ellen Wagner's Presentation
The open source soft wares and web applications can also trouble us when we benefit from them. They're "free poppy" rather than "free beer". Some soft wares offer 30-day trial and keep on sending commercial emails about the product to you; Even the soft ware is totally free, you're requested to upgrade that and even install 3rd party plug-ins about once a month; To get access to web applications, you're always required to sign-up by filling in a list of personal information, and ohoo, more commercial emails... Therefore, when we are connected with each other like no generation before us are, we are also exposed unprecedentedly to the world.
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