Wednesday, 8 August 2012

Voki experience



I have really enjoyed The Voki experience! It will be very handy to use in the English and German classes because of the speaking element in it. It is possible to use and save some characters and speeches for free but certain characters are only available for Voki classrooms and yearly costs apply. The character seems to be quite realistic when the speech is added and I can use my own voice for the speeches. This would be great for classrooms where I could add teaching material in my own voice. This could save me time ans students could access that and listen to it again if needed.

Wikis and Wiki reflection.

             I have created a wiki which can be found here. 

Henrika's Wiki



 I have added a wiki called Blogsforeveryone.
One of the types of wikis i really enjoy is Wiki How, one of the interesting Wiki How's that i found is How to be responsible digital citizen. This relates to E-learning course and the idea that digital immigrants and digital citizens have different technological capabilities.




SWOT analysis for  a Wiki:




Strenghts:                                                                                 
  • Collaborative                                                                                                               
  • Fun
  • Social
  • History function for retrieving information
  • Can see the continous string of added information

 Weaknesses:
  • Easily removable information
  • Only one person can edit and contribute at the time.
Opportunities:
  • Creating new networks
  • Showing and contributing to ideas
  • Learning
  • Teaching
Threats:
  • Privacy
  • Intrusion
  • Trust
This E-learning course is teaching me alot. I have never created  a blog or a wiki before and now I have and it is not as difficult as i thought but I must admit it is time consuming.