CVE: WEEK 3

This week class was a bit different than previous class or any other class I had. We were having a lecture online, which is a presentation that can be view online. So if anyone that can’t make it to class then they can still attain the lecture online. That is a very useful tool for distance and overseas learners. You can also chat online during the presentation by typing it and it will appear on the screen to the right side of the screen.
I don’t really like it even thought it is a very useful tool. That is because there will be less interaction with another people and I find it difficult to communicate with other.

This week group task is to use Google word doc to list some useful information of web-based collaborative. Our team leader Callum will host the Google word doc.

http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dcxrxvpq_4dwqrdnf2&invite=czc3h44

SL Location visit

Our first group assignment is to have each group member to visit at least three different education sites in Second Life. Then choose one out of the site our group have visited then discuss and report on the location. Only a single submission is required.

First of all we decided that our group leader is Callum Hay. That is because he knows a lot of thing about second life and about game software stuff. That is because he is a computer game student so he must be very good and he doesn’t mind to be our group leader. I was glad that I wasn’t chosen to be a group leader, because I don’t like to be a leader. Begin a leader is too difficult for me; I just like to follow order.

We each visit an education sites and I choose to go to the Spaceport Alpha (incorporating International Spaceflight Museum and Second Life Planetarium by Chaac Amarula).
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Spaceport%20Alpha/23/51/22/

It was a very large place and attractive. There is a lot of information about Space and they even show you what kind of equipment they use when they are on the moon. There are many rockets on display which you can actually sit on one and blast off to space!!!! That was very interesting and then you arrive in “Outer Space”. A very good site if there is anyone who wants to learn more about Space.

However we didn’t choose this one for the report. We decide to go for the one that Callum was visiting and that is the Solar Eclipse Planetarium
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Midnight%20City/94/76/27/

Assignment - Blogs as Collaborative Tools

One of the assignments which are given to use is to write a short report about the advantage and disadvantage of blogging for supporting collaborative working.

I don’t really know much about blog because i just started using it, though I have read a lot of blog previously. So I can still tell a bit of the advantage and disadvantage while I was using it.

I will talk about the advantages of blogging then disadvantage later.
First of all blog is free, which means anyone can use it and making an account it easy too. For almost all the blog can be view publicly which anyone can see and make comment, there will be only a little which will use it privately.
There are no limits of what you can post. There are no rulers of which content that you can’t post, so the content could be anything that you want it to be.
You can upload picture, audio and video for other to view and they could comment on them.
Blogging is a good way to communicate with other people on the net and they can comment on the topics that you post. It is most useful if you were using it for journal which you can post your daily tasks.
You can also use blog to gather information, if there were any blog that may give you information about something that you were interested at.

The disadvantage for blogging is that you can post absolutely anything and anyone one can view it, no matter what age group you are in. This means if there were content which involve adult, violent etc. Then anyone also includes young children that can view it.
Some comment could be cruel and abusive because there are no limitations of what the view can comment. Some of them may argue on the topic they are discussing and leaving comment that may hurt other people feeling.
The topics of the blog that they post don’t always sound interesting for every viewer. You may need to update your blog from time to time for viewer to view your blog.

CVE: WEEK 2

I was off on week two because I was feeling very ill. I was still planning to come to class, however I couldn’t get off my bed.

My class mate told me that we were spilt into three group of A, B and C. I was assigned to group A and the group members are:

Cheuk-Hoi Kong (Me)
Boiky Chow
Liam Friel
Callum Hay
Thomas Grant

I already know Boiky and Liam, however I don’t know Callum and Thomas but I will introduce myself to them.

I heard that they were creating model in second life using simple object tool. I also heard that we were given two assignments. One which needs to write about 300 words the advantage and disadvantage of Blogs as collaborative tools. The other one is for each group member to visit one educational place in second life which the lecturer has given to us. Then choose one of it and discuss it with the team and write about the place that we visited.

CVE: WEEK 1

I’m so sorry about having not updated the blog because I never used it before and I only have read it before. I didn’t know that I have to update it every week and no one told me about it. Anyway I will try to update from now on because I may forget about it since I still not quite get uses to updating the blog.

Anyway, first day at class there were a lots of things were new to me. Like the module itself which I have never heard of it before. I was asked to log on to Moodle which is an Open Source Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), which pretty much like Blackboard. I also need to create a Blog which I have never created one before and I’m still trying to figure out what it really uses for. I will be using Moodle and Blog through out the module because it is part on the assessment for this course.

I use software called “Second Life” which is like an online MMORPG; however we use it for learning purposes and when inside Second Life there are many learning materials. I have heard of Second Life when I was studying “Learning Technology” in semester one, but I have never used before. I have just been looking about in Second Life and creating my character, I just need to get uses to it.

Personalities Result

Your answers suggest you are an Idealist

The four aspects that make up this personality type are:

Summary of Idealists

• Make sense of the world using inner values
• Focus on personal growth and the growth of others
• Think of themselves as bright, forgiving and curious
• May sometimes appear stubborn

Moogle Kanto

This is my second life image.

Hello

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