Final Paper Reflection - post submission

As I finished up my submission for my final paper for the summer workshop, I felt it appropriate to reflect on my latest thoughts. I was thinking during the class that perhaps I could use the same Web 2.0 tools that Sandie did for my class this coming year. I think instead I will use some of them but I am still not sure how to use all of them.

The tools Sandie used that may prove useful are: Gmail and chat, Google Documents. I can't see where we would use MySpace, Skype or MSMessenger. I would ask each of the students to use or create a Gmail account. I can see where I might use the chat feature to ask a student to get stay on task or ask for an update. I don't see where a group chat feature adds much to a class that is local (I know this is a DE class, please forgive). I may use the calendar feature also. Google documents will be an easy place to post information that will roll off the calendar shortly.

The other tools we talked about that we did not use include the following:

I have used DreamWeaver to manage one previous web site but did so under the close direction of an associate. In this research a found a great article that is a great primer to DreamWeaver and I learned a bunch.

Captivate is going to be a great tool. I need to get up to speed with it before classes start.