EDCI 338 Blog Post #1 – Grace Zhang
Hello Grace,
I enjoyed reading your post and how you told your story of posting art content and how social media can be used in learning. I totally agree with your idea that social media is a “casual classroom”. Furthermore I agree that social media has both its advantages and challenges because I go through the same struggles that you wrote. I like the part where you described how you learn better through images, videos, collages or hands on creativity. Social media can allow all of us to learn in our own ways to get a better understanding of the topics we are learning. It is not a strict and professional way of learning but as you describe it as “casual classroom” space to learn online. Overall the content of your blog was very inspiring.
In terms of the blog layout and how it was desigined, I thought you did a very good job by adding images of what you were talking about, titled the sections, added lists, adding links to other sites you used to learn, and adding a drop down to not add to much content on the page and is only accessible to read if the user wants to.
One problem I had with my blog post was not giving a definition on the topic before giving my opinion and examples. If I had one suggestion for you, it would also be the same one that I got. For exampe in the “Personalized Learning and Digital Literacy” section of your post, you gave a cery great example but for those who might not know the definition of “personalized learning” or “digital literacy” they might not totally understand how your storys and examples are linked to the topic.
You did a great job overall. I wish you the best on the future blog posts!
Hi Amy,
It was fun reading your blog. I thought that you gave very good examples on your opinions about social media and learning from it. I can really connect with you when you described that you use youtube for self studying and that it can be used at your own pace, and your own personalized learning experience. When I need to learn new topics from a course or anything generally, I am sometimes to anxious to ask or practice in person with others. But as you said, we can use social media to learn at our own pace and own style. I found the part of how you connected with others using facebook to study for the IELTS was very inspiring. Social media is a place where we can all connect, learn and share our experiences and ideas. I also agree with the examples you gave about the challenges of social media as now adays it is hard to find creddible sources and also the security and privacy we have online. When I first started using social media I felt the same that “social media paltofmrs may not be inclusive for certain groups or may easily cause anxiety” – First paragraph of your post. However after using social media more and learning how to use it better for my personal health, these issues started going away.
Your blog was well structured and had alot of other examples which I enjoyed reading. Simular to myself, I think it would be a good idea to add some images and other content to your post to make it more engaging for viewers to connect your text with an image. I told this to grace aswell but for my post I did not have many definitions of the topic such as what “personalized learning” or “digital literacies” is so maybe giving a definition before your examples would help the reader connect your example to the topic. Also one last thing would be to highlight the title of each section to make it a bit easier to read.
Overall great job on your post. I really liked reading your opinions and examples because it felt thoughtfull and honest. Good luck on your future posts!
EDCI 338 Blog Post #1 – Chad Kang
Hello Chad,
I was really intreged when reading your blog post as you went in depth about each topic and gave good examples and points to back them up. I agree in the place where you disccusedd that we can use social media beyond the lecture hall to comminucate, learn, collaborate and share. There are so many new digital tools these days to work on assignments either individually or as a group, and to learn new concepts. You can choose your own way to learn and communicate via many different platforms. I also really liked your points about the benifits and challenges. Social media provides alot more flexibility and accecibility. Instead of wiating for in person meetings to ask a question from the proffessor or to read a book from the library, all these answers can be found online form many sources (just make sure you know which ones are reliable). Secondly the privacy and secutiry that social media has is very challenging. Sometimes it feels like your phone is tracking you at all times, even when your asleep.
Overally you gave really well in depth examples and definitions of the topics. I liked the formatting of your blog post. I think you could add some of your examples and experiences of the last topic “navigating and using online platforms ethically”. How do you do that?,
Great post! I look forward to reading your future posts!
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