Task #13 and Task #14 - MySpace and Facebook

Oh Social Networking - definitely a topic that most of us are now accustomed, I think it would be more difficult to find someone these days that do NOT have a FB account.

Just out of high school - 9 or so years ago - MySpace was all the rage and you were not somebody if you did not have a MySpace Page. I remember spending hour after hour making the page pretty and attractive using Myspace HTML codes found on the internet - pimp my space if I remember rightly. Was a great place to share photos and let people know how your life was going. It seemed to keep everyone from high school keep in touch, even if you didn;t really want to know what was happening in most of their lives.

FB then quickly took over from MySpace with more user friendly gadgets. With the invention of Iphones with a FB application, made it even easier to connect FB with everyone anywhere you are. Not only is Facebook a place to keep in contact, share thought and photos instantly but also a place where you can be kept in the loop with different things, for example my surf club uses it to inform members of training sessions, events coming up etc. I also know of friends who have used it to start up an online business. A very versatile web tool.

Task # 12 - Flickr

Oh Flickr is something that I have used before to share much loved memorie - photographs. I feel now that with the Iphone age and Facebook era it is much easier to share the photos with the people that I wish as easy as uploading straight to FB where all my mich loved friends and family have accounts. I can easily tag people and they can be notified by FB as this occurs. I do however think the concept behind Flickr was well thought out.

Flickr does however have other options that FB does not including different project ideas, for me though in my life at this moment I find it easier to use one tool - FB being the easiest to connect my photo with the people that I need to.

Task # 11 - Library Thing

Library Thing is a tool I have never heard of or have been exposed to before. So I took this task in my stride and had a look around the site.


I am not sure how this would connect with the classroom, however it is a great tool for the individual who has a true passion for reading and books and can see how it would benefit these indivduals.

If time permitted perhaps students could begin to keep their own library?

Task #10 - Online Image Generators

Now a topic that I have implemented and know a little about. I have created different text and graphics for my classroom wiki and have also used the comic creator for creative writing in a Year 2 educational setting. I love playing around creating headings, images and other exciting parts to put into the wiki etc. Here is one I played around with for this task.



Image by Cool Text: Free Graphics Generator - Edit Image

I think this alos has a great outcome for students to do design in ICT Studies.

Task #9 - Virtual Worlds

Vitrtual worlds have often been a part of the web that I have questioned, in particular the validity of them and the purpose as to why someone would spend hours and hours in a secret life/world that didn't exist instead of interacting in the world that they are apart of - being the 'real' world.

My other intrigue is how this can actually  be transferred into an educational setting in a spoitive manner, continued research may answer this question.