Weekly Report & Reflection #11

Stark, S. (CC) 2016

After never having heard or created a podcast before, I had my work cut out for me this week! Luckily, I was able to learn a lot more about podcasting through online exploration! A video from CNN (click HERE to view it) helped me build background knowledge and so did the podcasting section of the SoundCloud website (click HERE to build your knowledge of podcasting). I had no idea how easy creating a podcast could be until this week! Click the "Podcast" page at the top of my blog to hear my podcast on digital communication!

I think using podcasting tools like SoundCloud will enhance my personal learning environment and my personal learning network immensely! Not only did I learn a new tool which I can now utilize for future academic projects or presentations, but I also found another way to create my own content which I thoroughly enjoy doing! I can also connect with other content creators, learn from their content and share this knowledge with others which allows me to continue to expand my personal learning environment. One thing I especially enjoyed was the ability to create content with audio. So much of my exploration has involved text reading and using chat functions which I enjoy. However, it is nice to have a way to be able to express ideas and information verbally. I also liked how easily it is to share the links of audio content with others!

I also created my own Creative Commons license for my blog. After discovering I couldn't add a header or footer, I added the code for my CC licence to my HTML code and I still don't see the icon! I decided to screenshot part of my license from when I created it to show that I am serious about Digital Responsibilities. We as digital citizens and content creators can protect our content! Adding a Creative Commons license to original content is an easy way to protect oneself and gain credit from others use of our personal creative content!

Stark, S. (CC) 2016

I found an interesting video on my Feedly this week on critical thinking via TedEd. Critical thinking helped me create my podcast this week by looking at both the positives and negatives of digital communication by critically thinking about the topic! To watch this TedEd video, click HERE.

Thanks for reading!