Hey Ladies and Gentledudes,

This week in EME5050 our topic is about the World Wide Web and Networking. I must admit that when I saw this weeks topic I was thinking "PIECE OF CAKE". I know all about the internet. I use it all the time both in my work and my personal life however I was wrong. After some research and reading of articles I realized that there is a great deal that I do not know when it comes to the internet.


As I worked through this module I started with researching on Web 2.0. I soon find out that Web 2.0 was simply the internet, just geared more towards today's internet. It was this simple thing that made me realize that I probably know close to the bare minimum on the topic of the internet, so as a life long learner I dug into my research, Now, this research went into me looking into Classroom 2.0 because I am an educator and I must admit I was really impressed. This website has over 84,000 members and they are all educators just looking to make connections, collaborations and just learn from one another. I browsed through a couple of the discussion post and next thing you know it was 1 a,m, in the morning. I just love reading the opinions of others especially when its about education. They were all so well mannered with each other which was a plus. People were providing links and references in their post to prove the validity of their argument. It was just amazing to see!


 I am fairly young so when I think about social media I think about sites such as Facebook, twitter, and Instagram to name a few. I never knew that social media could be this great resource that it is, so when I was reading the requirements of this coarse I was confused as to why he wanted us to create a twitter account.  I've never been good at networking so I would have never come across some of the educational social media sites if it was not for this class. Now, that I know that they are out there I will be using them a lot more. With all of these resources I can now start building my professional learning network. Before this week I didn't even know what PLN stood for and now I am looking into expanding mine.


I must admit I am really starting to like the journey that this class is taking me on....!


Cotter

Hello all,

This is my first educational blog and I must admit. I am not good at these type of things at all. To begin my name is Christiana Cotter. I am originally from Tennessee but I now live in Orlando where I teach 6th grade mathematics and attend grad school at UCF. I am required to keep an educational blog for my class which brings me here. Thanks you for going on this journey with me. All tips and advice about blogging are greatly welcomed and I would love to hear from you all. Well here we go...