When it came to blogs, before this class I had read many - usually political ones, but I had never written one myself before. It is a bit addictive, and I think its best educational value is the ease with which the writer can direct the reader to more information - its a step above citations.
I had never heard of Wikis prior to this class. And I am now maybe also getting hooked on them, and it has become rather easy to think of many projects that could be done with them. I think the most exciting thing about this course has simply been become aware of more tools, or become aware of just how useful tools I already knew about could be. Another thing this class introduced me too is Open Software - and the potentially wide range of possibilities it has.
What things are challenging for the use of multimedia ahead? Well I think one thing is always going to be loosing sight of the purpose of the activity - you should be looking for multimedia that will help your learn objectives and use it if you can find one - as opposed to looking for some subject to try a new piece of multimedia with. This was demonstrated to me quite recently, as I was constructing my final project. It is an oceanography project, and the NOAA website has many links and other features, including among other things animations. I eneded up spending a absurd amount of time unsuccessfully attempting to get incorporate it into my project. It was nice - but it didn't really help understanding the material in any fundamental way. I was desperate to include because it looked neat and would impress people, not because it would useful.
Another problem may simply be keeping up with the technological capablities of my students. I may have been born into a world with computers, but I am often reminded of how slow I can be compared to other people.
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