Weekly Report & Reflection blog post #11

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Week 11 focused on using webcasting tools and how they influence our knowledge of digital citizenship. We also learned how webcasting tools develop our knowledge of creative expression and the importance of adding Creative Commons licenses to our work. Exploring tools such as Soundcloud, Record MP3, Jing, etc. and using them to create podcasts, I noticed that it is not a file to stream only audio, but are also documents, video files, and audio files. I chose to use Soundcloud; Soundcloud is a good webcasting tool to use because you have the option to upload an already recorded audio file or record one on the spot. It’s really fast and does not take up to much of your time, like I explained in my reflection for my podcast, with SoundCloud it only took me 2 minutes to finish everything and when I would mess up I simply clicked the reset button and was able to finish just like that!

Although Soundcloud is quick and easy to use, I do not see it as an advantage or better yet an asset to my academics. This is only because I do not see how a tool that is mainly used for music or even podcasts would help me build my academic learning. However, in terms of discussing topics such as daily news and insights, podcasts are definitely beneficial as listeners can hear the similar or contrasting views from professionals. Other than that, there is no other benefit in the use of podcasts towards my learning.

To continue, whether podcasts are beneficial or not, this class has exposed me to many online tools to use to make my digital learning not only easier but fun as well. Too much knowledge is never a bad thing, being able to take this course has allowed me to learn the many different tools that all work to serve their own specific purpose is what I find that to be extremely beneficial! Whether I am working collaboratively on the internet or sharing any type of enlightenment or just trying to be more organized, these tools are most definitely advantageous for me.

This week’s activities, as a whole, strengthen my digital literacy and provided me with new digitally available tools for broadcasting and sharing. However, the difference between these tools and other communication tools is the ability to be creative with each of them in a different way. For example, with podcasts you choose how the production goes, with Animoto you can have different themes, background music, colors, etc such tools are all so versatile and is not the normal basic academic

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structure most students are used to doing.

My Feedly recommendation for this week is titled Comparing College Students to Toddlers from none other than my favorite blog site, College Blender. I chose this article because as the term is nearing its end, a lot of us have our last papers or assignments to write and submit. Therefore, I thought this blog post from College Blender would help ease off the somewhat stress and enjoy this article. Although some points they list I disagree with, it is still pretty funny to see what people think of college students. Enjoy!

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