We have now began on Assignment 2!!!
In our tutorials this week we were introduced into Assignment 2.. " The Researcher"after talking about the task in our tutorials we found out that we needed to get into groups for this particular assignment. I was sitting with a group of 5 girls so we all decided that we would be in a group together. The girls that are in my group are Candice, Megan,Elise, Ashlee and myself. Next we thought we should break down the assignment so we have a better understanding about what we actually have to do. After talking about the task with the other girls i think i have finally figured out what we have to do for this task as at the start i was quite confused.
The breakdown for this assignment is:
- Form a group of four or five, choose a common teaching topic area (e.g. Maths, English, Art, Science etc.
- Select one of four resource types (book or ebook, journal article,
website blog or wiki, video or audio podcast) and use a library
database or search engine to find a resource that relates to your chosen
content area and how technology can assist or be used in the classroom.
- When we have found the resource we need to write a short summary of the resource in Word or Pages.
- A major component of this assignment is how to use a
referencing technology to assist with referencing. Individually we need
to research some referencing technologies, select the one we want to use
and download it.
- I need to create a screencast of how to use the technology to add references using APA 6th style (Murdoch's preferenced refencing style), and then how to insert citations and references into my Word document.
- I need to upload the screencast to my website and add some information about my selected resource.
Finally I need to get back together with my group and peer review all four of the other group members assignments.
I am so happy that i have been able to breakdown the assignment because now i can finally get cracking on it as i only have 3 weeks to complete it before the peer review begins!!!
Yay!!!!
I have finally made up my mind and chosen what social event i am going to do!!! Host a cocktail party.
At first i thought i would take photos of the night and then share the photos through a photo sharing site. I explored through 3 different technologies, Photobucket, Pinterest and Webstagram. I found Pinterest and Webstagram very confusing and Photobucket was the only one that i could potentially use, i thought that because i had only found one resource that would be effective i would look into sharing cocktail recipes through hosting the party.
Now i have started looking at technologies that would be useful for menu planning. I found 3 more technologies appealing: Taste.com, Real Simple and Punchbowl, AT LAST i know what technology i am using for my social event.. Taste.com i found this to be the most effective and best way to share cocktail recipes with my family and friends.
Deciding on what technology i was going to use was stressful and time consuming i spent so much of my time deciding what one to choose as i wanted it to be the best!!!
I have now signed up to Taste.com and i am exploring the many options it has to offer it is also so simple to use which i am thrilled about.
Now i am off to write my step by step instructions on how to contribute to my social space.... Wish me luck!!!
This week has been stressful!!! All i have been thinking about is my idea for my Social Event.
An idea i came up with was hosting a cocktail party. I was thinking that i would use a Party Planning website or a website that was effective in Menu Planning. I wanted to be able to share cocktail recipes between my friends and family and then they could contribute their recipes and i do the same and when it comes to the night of the party we would have a delicious range of cocktails that everyone can choose from!!
I had a quick look on Punchbowl and found that it would be too hard for it to be open for everyone to contribute. I then looked on Taste.com and that seemed like a great website to use as it had a Menu Planning section which is what i needed. I registered on the website and started working through it to see if i would definitely use it for my social event.
Over the next few days i think i will do a little more research into the the websites and hopefully i will make my final decision as time is ticking away super fast.
Meanwhile i thought i should take a look into "how to create a PDF file" i googled those exact words and it came up with a whole lot of different things that i could try. I clicked on a range of different links and found these all very confusing as i find that for me alot of instructions have to be simplified for me to understand them, so i decided to leave it and then when i have my tutorial i would ask my fellow peers and see if they have figured this one out!!!
AND.... YAY they were all a great help! I realised that as i had a macbook that all i would have to do is create my instructions in a Word document and then just save them as a PDF file and it would automatically be changed!
It was as simple as that!!
