Collaborative Tools

This week's activities were pretty amazing to me. The whole wiki concept is so great and I had no idea that anything like that was around! As far as the sidewiki, I think that it's a great idea, but I'm afraid that a lot of people are just going to write bogus stuff. There is already so much false information out there and now that any Joe Schmoe can add whatever he wants, many people may take that as fact instead of fable. The concept is great, I just hope that it is taken seriously.

Project #1

For my project, I decided to do the iSAFE certification because I am studying to be a teacher and I thought it would be very applicable. I was very surprised as to how informative the whole thing was. I won't lie, it was pretty long and I wish I would have split it up more rather than just doing it all in one sitting. However, it was great to learn about all the resources, but also the dangers of the internet. I really enjoyed all the personal stories and while they were scary and sad, they were a great learning lesson to me and I will be able to use those for my future students. I was extremely intrigued by the second section about personal safety and all that was incorporated with that. Also, I found it very informative about the cyber predator information and the way they think and act. I know that I will be able to teach others about that and the importance of knowing what to expect. Overall, the whole thing was great and I really enjoyed listening to all the modules.