Week 12 Weekly Report and Reflection

Google Results for: "Aaron Biderman"

This week is the final week of ADED 1P32 for this semester, and I must say, it has flown by. We have learned to use so many different online tools this semester like Jing, and Feedly while also learning about digital citizenship and how it is important. We were also taught our digital rights and responsibilities for being an internet user while also learning what to be careful of. When I started this class my digital footprint was basically just my Facebook, Twitter, and Linkedin accounts, and now it is much bigger. Now I have made all sorts of different accounts, and used many applications on the internet to the point where I just have so much more of an impact. The first links that came up when I searched my name on Google, however, were still my main social media profiles for the websites, Facebook, Twitter, an Linkedin, followed by some pictures, of myself, and friends. Then next page, on the other hand, had some of my newer accounts, such as my Feedly and Google accounts, with this blog even coming up as a result!

Well, that's it for me here, and I thank you for taking the time to read this blog. I hope you learned something, because I know I did!

- Aaron Biderman

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Week 11 Weekly Report and Reflection

rioscybercafe.blogspot.ca, 2012

This week we were assigned to learn about, and use, a webcasting tool. There are two basic types of webcasts, being podcasts, and screencasts. A podcast, is an audio file that is used to record a person talking about a topic, in a similar way to radio. The major difference, however, is that podcasts are on demand and very accessible to the person looking for it. The other type of webcast, as I said, is a screencast, and this is the one I chose to use this week. A screencast is essentially allowing for someone to watch your computer screen while you are using it. This is very useful when trying to teach another person, how to use an application or tool. This week, I used Jing to record my screencast, about how to use Animoto. Jing allows you to record, with, and without audio, on top of the video of your screen in order to best explain the application. I believe, that even though, I personally would not need to use it, this is a very useful tool for educators. In order to best teach an online class, you need to accommodate both visual and audio learners, and screencasts allow you to do that. While saying all this, I will not need this application so therefore, I will not put it in my PLE.

cybermonday2013.io, 2013

The article of interest this week from my Feedly reader, talks about all of the massive sales that come on Cyber Monday, the first Monday after American Thanksgiving weekend. The reason this is relevant to ADED 1P32 is because of the digital security topics we have learned about throughout this course. Cyber Monday involves huge discounts, leading to huge amounts of sales on online goods. With that, there is need for people to be careful, and cognizant of people looking to steal their information. The number one rule to avoiding that should be only giving out sensitive information to well-know, protected sites.