GEN 2243 - Exploring Your Digital Portfolio

The web tool that I choose for my app smackdown is Google Drive. Google Drive is widely used among all students and faculty members from schools all over the world. Google drive is a file storage and synchronization service developed by Google. It is a cloud storage service available for all users with a google Gmail account. If you don’t have an google account, it is completely free to create and can benefit you tremendously. It allows you to store any kind of files from photos, videos, word documents, to pdf files, etc. Throughout the years of using Google Drive I can admit it came in very handy when doing coursework and group projects. I have used it to store class work from different classes and put them in a folder to store them if I needed to refer to them in the future. One of the best features it offers is the ability to share your files to other recipients of your choice via there email. This allows other users to edit your files or documents at the comfort of there choice....

In chapter 6 of the book titled “Developing a Connected Learning Model”, it discusses how to begin your very own learning system and the diverse part of things that you must think about when making an individual learning system. Understanding how different types of platforms work and what they are intended for is one of the main elements you should embrace before knowing who your audience is when trying to connect with others. A platform such as LinkedIn can be a very helpful in trying to build your career or look for your future job. LinkedIn is the place to be, when it comes to connecting with the right people and looking for the right job in your field. When following a specific people on any platform it is important to look through their bio and experience to see if they will be a good match for you. The book suggests condoning a background check before you follow a person to make sure they are really who they say they are. I plan to apply for cyber security or computer networki...

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In Chapter 2 of the book titled "Developing a Connected Learning Model", it talks about developing your own connected learning model. The chapter starts off talking about the typical teacher network. The typical teacher network starts off with curriculum documents, colleagues, popular media, print and digital resources, and family and local community. In connected learning communities, educators have multiple ways to connect and expand through personal learning communities and networks.  Colleagues develop shared ideas, goals, and beliefs around principled change. They brainstorm and discuss about clever ways to meet the needs of the 21st century learner and strategies to motivate schools to transform learning environments. The connected learning community model uses a three-pronged approach which are local community, global network, and bounded community. Local community is usually face-to-face interactions among group members and they are purposeful. Global network is onl...