Reflective Blog #2

MApping Activity: 

After completing the MAPing activity, I realized that I do not know as much about information literacy as I thought I did. This also makes me realize that many other people, and students, are not necessarily collecting valid information when doing thier research. When I am searching for information on the Internet, I will keep this activity in mind and use some of the things that I learned. For example, I will use quotation marks when I am searching for an exact phrase. I will look at the extensions at the end of the web site to make sure that it is a credible source instead of just assuming that the information is correct. I will also browse through the web sites that pop up instead of automatically picking the first one due to convenience. I am not as confident about previous information that I have used for research. I feel like I was just like my students at school that automatically assume that the information put on the Internet is 100% accurate and not made up. These skills need to be passed onto the students so that they know how to locate accurate information. The information that was shared during this activity is great knowledge that I did not know, and I feel like is very important for students to be aware of before researching on the Internet. The students could take this information onto college with them and use it outside of the class. 

Organizing Information:

Delicious and Google Reader serve a great purpose for organizing web sites. Delicious allows you to place tags to help you remember what the web site entails. You can also share your bookmarks with other people that may benefit from your findings. This is simply a convenient web site that not only helps you organize your hundred of web sites, but it also allows you to share them with people as well. When I become a librarian, I could use Delicious to bookmark certain "How To" videos to show students how to find information in the library or help them find legitimate information on the Internet. 

Wikis & Web 2.0:

I had to create a wiki page in my Practicum course for Library Science. Wikis are a fantastic way to showcase your work for other people to view. For example, I have had to upload various papers and projects that I have completed over the course of my library certification courses. I could share these documents with my principal or even librarian so that maybe they could get some useful information to apply in their librarian or school. In the business world, this is a great way to showcase presentations and various data that has been worked on over the years. These documents can very easily be pulled up and presented to your co-workers as well. As a teacher, I could use my Wiki to communicate to the parents and students about what is going on in my class. They could view the upcoming schedule of events. I could also use my Wiki to post my basketball player's statistics on as well. This would make it fun for them to see their name along with how much they are improving throughout the season. Wikis could be used for a number of communicating between people, co-workers, and your boss.

After exploring the eLearning tools, I would like to find a way to implement some of these tools in my Physical Education class. I do not have access to computers in the gym, but I think it would be fun to pass information on to the students and see what they can accomplish on their own at home or in the school library.