The Last Hurrah

 Final Vanity Search

FireFox Search

In addition to the original information I found in our first vanity search, I found this information while doing  this final vanity search. It was some research work that I had done in 2013 at UNT in Denton. This did not show up in my first vanity search. I had actually forgotten about doing this!

https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc226884/ Presentation

https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc181659/ Poster

I did not find any new images of myself. Lots of images for other people named Georgette, but not me. Only found the one that NAF had posted several years ago. And then I found my YouTube channel which is linked to my E-Portfolio for the ETEC596 Capstone class. The picture from my e-portfolio showed up there. So now I have found a total of 2 pictures of myself floating around on the internet. Since I hate taking pictures that makes me very happy!

I found 2 Linked In profiles with my name on them. One was mine & the other belonged to someone else. Here is the link to my profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgette-jordan-6985996

I found 2 Pinterest accounts with my name attached, but neither of them is mine.

I found an Obituary with my name in Rochester, NH (1927-2014). Obviously, that is not me because I am typing this post! LOL

I did find some correct information for me on the IDCrawl web site: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwi66a7ju7b9AhU8lWoFHcq9DEU4ChAWegQIDRAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.idcrawl.com%2Fgeorgette-jordan&usg=AOvVaw10QJvGWh4yki0imiEBOG6V  It had the wrong Instagram, Twitter, & Facebook information listed. But it did have some correct information listed for me in their Background Check area and in the Public Records area.

Google Search

I was a little stunned that my foster mom’s obituary popped up on the search this time. It was not there when I did the first search at the beginning of the class. I also found my “head shot” picture that I used in my portfolio, which I didn’t see last search. I also found my YouTube channel referenced. I found the original Picture & article that NAF had posted & additionally found a new reference to one of my former robotics’ teams in the Dallas Hub that had not appeared in previous searches. This search did contain the new Twitter & Instagram information that I found on Fire Fox.  The funniest thing I found was my name listed as a Cocktail Waitress at a place named Lakes Roadhouse in Pennsylvania.  That is one state I have never been to!

Peer Reviews

One of this week’s assignments was to critique specific classmates final projects. If you are interested in what I told them you can see it here.

Final Project Critiques: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1llHQkU4RbF1eIMW97RKQTbgfwfpRkMbO/edit?usp=share_link&ouid=100128857170943344091&rtpof=true&sd=true

 

My Final Presentation

I won’t bore you with all the extra documents that I had to have for my final project. But I will post the link to my final Grad School presentation. Hope you don’t think it is too horrible!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jTKSTE_mDWylyKbzvQvrxawfCPZpJuhh/view?usp=share_link

 

Reflection

I have learned so much about Technology as a whole and Web 2.0 technologies specifically.  Actually, I think I learned more about what I did not know! These technologies can provide our students and ourselves with a plethora of resources for teaching & learning. There is technology for everyone, regardless of their capabilities, and most can be adapted to suit any need. As for what affordances I would look for in the future, since I deal with SPED students I would look for items that are easy to learn & easily adapted. The pitfalls are that some of these technologies are not adaptable to education & are primarily developed for industry. If there were anything I would want to avoid in Web 2.0 tools in the future it would be the lack of security to protect our students.

This has been a very difficult journey……Especially this 7-week semester! Taking 2 classes concurrently has almost driven me crazy. God watched over me & I made it to the end!

This is proof that you can teach an old dog new tricks!

Final Countdown

 I do not know where to begin about how difficult this last week has been.  I had to take ETEC596 Capstone concurrently with this ETEC527 Web 2.0 Technologies class. There have been times when I really wanted to throw in the towel & drop both of these classes. I have done my best to keep up with everything going on this semester, but I am still fearful that I blew my GPA by taking both classes.  Maybe I should have waited to graduate????  

I have not had the time to post anything on Twitter this week. I have barely gotten the critical assignments completed for both classes.  To my classmates who are in the same situation....KUDDOS for making it to the end of this journey!! For those of you who are still striving to get to the end, you will make it!

Here are the links for the Final Project for ETEC527. I did it on Student E-Portfolios. After completing the Capstone class I though it was only fitting that I subject my students to the same experience. LOL  

I will still be stressing until April 7th before I know if the committee will approve my E-Portfolio as the final exam. PRAYING that they do approve it! 

Here is the link to my E-Portfolio if you are interested: E-Portfolio

As for my final project for ETEC527 Web 2.0 Technologies.... I will list the links below.  I really hope you enjoy the presentation (which stressed the hell out of me).  The links that I provided include the the entire folder of work completed for this project.

Link to the whole project folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1KVIHP9ER5Kx3df1hLWeYoGI1WDHfxg0b?usp=share_link

Link to the presentation: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jTKSTE_mDWylyKbzvQvrxawfCPZpJuhh/view?usp=share_link

Link to Google Classroom:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bjpHo-ICQKZkpSM9QTgzy72ITbvKWpU3gKCXkfayxIJ5oMbNS7_XDEt5hSp14wK29MVWD75I?usp=sharing

 I hope you all enjoy what I put together for my students!  Logging off for now. It is after 11PM.

Social Bookmarking & So Much More

 This week we were to explore social bookmarking. I never knew that was a thing before now. Diigo was the site that Dr. B wanted us to use. But before I used it I wanted to do some research, and here is what I figured out.

Social bookmarking is a method of storing, organizing, and sharing web pages and online resources that you find useful or interesting. Users can save bookmarks to public websites and tag them with keywords to make them easier to find and share with others.

Here are some advantages and disadvantages of social bookmarking.

Advantages:

-Easy information access: Social bookmarking allows users to access their saved bookmarks from anywhere with an internet connection. Users can also search for bookmarks by tags or keywords, making it easy to find the information they need.

-Sharing information: Social bookmarking allows users to share bookmarks with others, helping to create a sense of community and collaboration. It can also help users discover new resources they may not have found on their own.

-Saves Time: Social bookmarking saves time by allowing users to quickly find/access the information they need without having to search for it again.

Disadvantages:

-Spamming: Social bookmarking can be abused by spammers who create fake accounts to use automated software to submit links to their own websites.

-Lack of privacy: Social bookmarking sites are public, so anything that is bookmarked can be seen by anyone.

-Over-reliance: Depending on social bookmarking can lead to a lack of critical thinking & original research.

So after I researched & gathered the information above I signed up for the FREE version of Diigo & started "bookmarking" sites that I felt were important to me. I never received an invitation to the ETEC527 location.  I looked at Dr. B's Diigo page.  

This is the link to my page: https://www.diigo.com/user/georgette55

Here are some popular social bookmarking sites:

Reddit     Pinterest     Pocket     Digg     Stumble Upon     Mix     Flipboard     

Diigo     Slashdot     Folkd

It's worth mentioning that social bookmarking sites have lost some popularity in recent years due to the rise of social media, but they can still be useful for discovering and sharing content in specific areas.

I never knew that Pinterest was a social bookmarking site till this class, and I have used that site for several years. I do think I will continue to use Diigo in the future. But I am still determined to delete my Twitter account just as soon as this class ends. I am just not that big a fan of social media.

12 Days left & the semester & my Grad School Journey ENDS!!!

ETEC527 Hyperdocs Adventures

 So this week has been especially difficult for me. My vision has become increasingly blurry due to cataracts, which makes working on the computer daunting. But the show must go on!

This weeks assignments were to investigate Hyperdocs. Part of the assignment was to Tweet about what we thought Hyperdocs were & were not. If you are interested in seeing my original Tweets you can find them @GJordanfor class. 

This is what I Tweeted about what Hyperdocs are:

This is my Hyperdocs "are not" Tweets:

The best part about this weeks work was getting to look at all the Hyperdocs that my classmates & I found. I can't include them all, but I will include some for your viewing pleasure.

The Cult of Pedagogy Is a good resource of information on how Hyperdocs can transform your teaching.

How to Build a Google Slides Hyperdoc from Scratch This is a good YouTube instructional video to help you learn how to turn Google Slides into a Hyperdoc.

6 Step Hyperdoc This web site shows you how to build a Hyperdoc in 6 easy steps.

Hyperdoc Learning This site teaches you how to Hyperdoc.

Google Hyperdoc Templates This site has free Hyperdoc templates from Google.

I hope you get a feel of what we have covered this week in our educational journey. My eyes are tired & everything is getting harder to see, so I am stopping at this point for today's post.

ETEC527 YouTube Adventures

     This weeks journey has been a difficult one. Not only was I stranded at home like millions of others in the North Texas area, the ice brought with it even more internet connectivity issues. (It also screwed up the signal from our DirecTV dish!)  It is really difficult to conduct work in an on-line class when you can't get connectivity. 

    I watched so many YouTube videos (once I could get connected to the internet) that I lost track of how many there were.  I ended up putting 29 videos into my Watch Later folder on my YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=WL ( @jordan-etec527)  Out of the videos on this list...I had only viewed the ones about Geometry prior to doing this assignment.  The Geometry videos are actually some of the ones that I use for tutoring the Geometry students at Conrad.

     I already had a YouTube channel from a previous semester where I had to upload videos of our Tech Play assignments in ETEC524. I decided against using the same channel for this assignment. So the YouTube channel I set up for use in ETEC527 for this week is @jordan-etec527. I found so many helpful videos while doing this assignment.  One of the most useful was How to Use Twitter in 2022! (Complete Beginners Guide) It is almost  10 minutes long (9 min 48 sec) but it was packed full of information that I wish I had found prior to getting a Twitter account.  My Twitter experience has not been a pleasure, and my lack of knowledge and lack of desire to use it has been a factor. I also found a 5 minute and 7 second video titled How Do Professors and Students Use Twitter?. I was not as impressed with that video.

    While looking into videos for using Web 2.0 tools for learning, I came across Web 2.0 Tools and the Classroom by Michael Welden. Although it sounded more like a class lecture, it did contain some very interesting information.  This video is 10 minutes & 21 seconds long, but it is well worth listening to. 

    There were several videos that stood out to me when researching videos on Teaching and Learning with Technology.  The first was Technology for Teaching and Learning 1 . This video was a bit difficult to listen to because it was done with a computer generated voice and was 13 minutes and 39 seconds long. It did contain good information. The next video I want to highlight in this category is Redefining Learning & Teaching Using Technology. This video was a 9 minute and 52 second Ted Talk that I found very enjoyable, especially after listening to the computer generated voice in the other video. If you have never taken time to listen to a Ted Talk on a subject that you are interested in, you are missing out on an enjoyable experience.

    After all this research for class, I decided to add something I enjoy to my list.  It is a video on sewing, which is one of my hobbies. I also have several pairs of jeans that need to be shortened, so this video was a given. How to Hem Jeans Using the Original/Existing Hem showed me how to keep my jeans from looking like they have been altered. If you like sewing, it is worth the watch!

    If you are interested in checking out my Twitter Tweets for this week, you can find them at @GJordan4class.  

    This has been also been a emotional week for me. As a teacher you can't help but become attached to students, especially if you teach more than one prep & the student takes all those classes. Some of my former students had me for multiple years. Yesterday I had to attend a funeral for a 24 year old whose only fault was being at the Barber Shop when other individuals got into an altercation. It has been difficult working on assignments and dealing with a loss at the same time!