E-PORTFOLIO
CI 6116 MODERN TECHNOLOGY FOR LEARNING
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This webpage is created primarily as an e-portfolio for the topic "Modern Technology For Education" but also as an avenue to encourage more people to become more interested in fish farming. Fish farming is important considering the food and fish shortages currently experienced in the world. It also has great economic value. Nature has provided us with all we need to be self-sufficient with regards to food, all we need is just a bit of creativity, persistence and patience.
There are so many people hungry all over the world and this need not be so. It is hoped that with this webpage discussion could be begun on this topic and hopefully inspire people to venture into this profitable enterprise.
Webquest
Monday July 6, 2009
Part of the class assignment for this topic was to find out as much as we could about various Australian animals using the world wide web. Then we were asked to create a story board featuring the assigned animals. In my case I researched on the Echidna, Wombat and the Cassowarry. The story board for these animals can be found in the attachment section of this blog.
THE CASSOWARY OF AUSTRALIA
THE WOMBAT OF AUSTRALIA ECHIDNA OF AUSTRALIA
Skypes
Monday August 10, 2009
We studied the topic of "Skypes" and other modes of making free calls through the internet. What is Skype?
Skype is a program that uses internet to make calls and videocalls, to chat and to send texts and files. With Skype we can call from our computer any other Skype user in the world connected to internet, landlines and mobile phones. To start you only need to download the free software from Skype's website and to follow the simple instructions to install it. Then create a user name and add to your contacts the user names of those you want to call.
Utown and Secondlife
Monday August 24, 2009
Second Life is a 3D virtual world where users can socialize and exercise creativity and even go shopping. Many use it as a gaming tool while some try to make money through it.
Podcasting
Monday August 31, 2009
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The Songhai Project was started and developed by a Catholic Priest, Fr. Godfrey Nzamujo, op. His project has been a success story and so many countries and peoples are coming to see his farm and experience what he refers to as "the principle of synergy" at work. On his farms nothing is wasted, rather there is a recycling of everything in order to have maximum production outcome. He has been very inspiring to the poor in the villages around his farms and he has been going around teaching and enpowering the people to know how to farm fish and other farm products. We need more of such initiatives in our world today to help meet the challenge of food shortage and ever-increasing human population in our world.
SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICES
Monday June 15, 2009
On Monday June 15, 2009, we studied the topic of Social Network Services".
A Social Network Service focuses on building online community of people who share interests and/or activities, or who are interested in exploring the interests and activities of others. Most social network services are web based and provide a variety of ways for users to interact, such as e-mail and instant messaging services.
Wikis
Monday June 29th 2009
Wiki is a piece of server software that allows users to freely create and edit Web page content using any Web browser. Wiki supports hyperlinks and has a simple text syntax for creating new pages and crosslinks between internal pages on the fly.
Like many simple concepts, "open editing" has some profound and subtle effects on Wiki usage. Allowing everyday users to create and edit any page in a Web site is exciting in that it encourages democratic use of the Web and promotes content composition by nontechnical users. Example of a wiki is the "wikipedia free encyclopedia" found on the following web address:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Google Earth
Monday August 3, 2009
Discovering Google Earth was one of the major highlights of the course for me. I was thrilled as to all the things I could do using Google Earth. What is Google Earth?
Google Earth can be described as a map of the world on steroids. You can zoom and glide over stitched together satellite photos of the world. Use Google Earth to find driving directions, find nearby restaurants, measure the distance between two locations, do serious research, or go on virtual vacations.
Applying Google Earth to learning and Instruction
With Google Earth you can:
Google Earth has the potential to enrich lessons in almost any subject. For instance:
History
Geography
Languages
English
Science / Maths
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ASSUMPTION UNIVERSITY
ABAC
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
   E-PORTFOLIO FOR COURSE
CI6116
Modern Technology For Leraning
George Okoroigwe
ID 5119520
This website also acts as my e-portfolio for the topic "Modern Technology For Learning". In this section I would like to share with you some of the knowledge I gained from the course. The Course began in June. One of the first things we learnt was how to Blog and how blogging can be applied to instruction.
Blogs annd Their Applications to Learning
Monday June 8, 2009
The word blog is short for web log.
Itis strictly a record of the changing content of your website. People who were interested in the content of your site would register to receive your blog, and would be informed whenever a page on your site was updated.
Application To Learning
Many use blogs as a type of article site.
Blogs can also allow comments to be posted by readers, although this is an option that not all bloggers allow. It is a good way to allow interaction on your website, and is something like a low key forum. However, blogs that allow this interaction tend to be more popular than those that do not, unless they are specifically known for their useful content.
Academic staff blogs
Other student blogs
Below is a video from youtube showing what modern technology can bring into the classroom and teaching/learning process.
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