Weekly Report & Reflection #9

This week we discovered the tool of VoiceThread and how it can help my personal academic learning. VoiceThread is an application that can be used right from your browser, which allows you to use different types of media to create an interactive slideshow. To learn more about what VoiceThread is and how it affects my personal learning, please visit the following LINK on my blogger.

https://voicethread.com

Throughout this course, I have progressed as a digital citizen and have expanded my knowledge surrounding technology. Prior to partaking in this course, I knew the basics of what a digital citizen was and how I can develop into becoming a positive citizen. This development has happened through learning about different types of Personal Learning Experience tools, such as, VoiceThread, wikis, Google Docs, Evernote and Diigo. I have learned different ways to collaborate, create, connect, organize and research through my personal learning experience. Recently, I have also learned that there are three important rights and responsibilities digital citizens need to understand in order to help keep our digital society user-friendly. They include: Right to Privacy, Right to Freedom of Expression and Right to Ownership.  See previous post for more detail.

http://www.yourbus.com/

One article I found interesting this week on my feedly reader is titled “School, Homework and Public Transit OH MY.” This article explains that there is no need for future Brock University students to worry about public transit in St Catharines. The author describes that St. Catharines transit makes life easier for you as a student. The St. Catharines offers two different types of resources in order to help students play their trips around the local region. They offer schedule times online via www.yourbus.com and a mobile app called “SC Transit”. This app can help you search for different routes and follow exactly where the bus is and when it will arrive at your stop. Whether you are heading to campus, travelling downtown or even heading to explore Niagara Falls, St. Catharines transit offers students free service and convenience. Click HERE to read more about the article.

Cheers,

Robert DeMelo