DIGITAL BLOG POST #B - CHAPTERS 3 & 5

The three things from Chapters three and five that I would like to further explore and reflect on are:

1) How technology opens a window for creativity
2) How technology makes new patterns of communication
3) How to evaluate online 

To start off with this blog, I would like to talk about how technology opens a large window for creativity. It states in the book, "Transforming Learning with New Technology" that computers transform the process of expressing one's ideas using writing. Because of technology, writers have multiple ways of publishing their work. They can publish it through a hardback book, e-book, blog, etc. Technology may not affect everyone, but it does significantly help those studying graphic designers, scientists, and even people in mathematics.

Another way technology helps creativity, is that it opens an easy window to communicate with multiple people at the same time in different areas of the world. They can collaborate their ideas with each other to come up with a bigger and better idea with at a quick pace.

With that being said, technology opens a very large window for communications with students. They can now talk to each other when doing group projects, or even get help, from the comfort of their home. Today, kids are constantly on their phones or the computers. This can help keep students engaged in the work they are doing and make things more interesting for them. Students that are interested in their work tend to do more, and succeed in what they are doing.

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When students get assignments that require online sources, there may be some websites that are not very accurate, or reliable. The book also states the four categories internet content can be put under and they are, misinformation, malinformation, messed-up information, and mostly useless information. Websites like wikipedia.com, is a very good example of one that is not very reliable because anyone can change the content of it. You just have to make sure you pay attention to everything online, and know that you can not always believe everything you read online!

Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.