4ever Learning Mom

My favorite social media platform is still Facebook, despite all of the recent concerns about their practices. I have reconnected with so many old friends and family. It’s easy. We all enjoy sharing favorite photos and life events. My dance mom friends and I like to share some videos. I only have a few friends who share 20 times a day or tend to pose a bit. I like the flexibility. I don’t appreciate Facebook’s algorithm for its app. I don’t see all that’s posted like on the website. If I click “Recent” that means I want all that’s recent. Not their selection. They should save that for NewsFeed or whatever the little house means. Of the different ways of communicating we’ve explored as a class, I think I’ve preferred podcasts slightly over blogging, although the technical challenges of audio recording and editing have been hard for me to deal with. I read blogs and I do look forward to writing more of them. There’s a connection I get from the podcasts--the human connection). A re...

Collective Intelligence I chose collective intelligence as a concept that illustrates the best of what all of us can contribute and gain from universal access and interactive contributions. (O’Reilly, 2006) When there’s an opportunity for many people to interact and contribute to a problem or to respond to an issue, there’s the potential for more than just quick, snappy comments or eye-catching photos. For example, when an issue and perhaps a person representing an issue becomes more than just that issue. Collective knowledge, concern, and future action over that issue can be influenced. Unfair and abusive behavior can be checked by the larger entity of concerned citizens. An example of the power of collective intelligence in action is Greta Thunberg, the young Swedish climate activist. A young girl in Sweden who is different than a lot of her classmates realizes the importance of climate awareness. She has an idea to strike each Friday from school. Instagram photos and tweet...

           In reviewing OpenOffice as it compares to Microsoft Office, the first main point I need to make is that I was confused as to what OpenOffice was! I thought it was the free, available to students Microsoft Office accessed online. I now know that OpenOffice is an entirely different software modeled on Microsoft Office. I will focus on Writer vs. Word and Presentation vs. Powerpoint, as those are the applications I am most familiar with in Microsoft Office. In Writer, the user has all the basic functions of Word immediately available. It seemed a little bit like stepping back in time to much earlier versions of Word. All the necessary functions of the program are there, but in a less advanced presentation. The latest versions of Word include options that do not exist in Writer.   There are features to share and engage through social media that I was unable to locate in Writer.   There is an option to dictate under the Home toolbar. Also,...