Web 2.0 Assignment

There are so many sites to explore and join these days, but the real test is what is the effectiveness or purpose of them! These were three I quite enjoyed :)

43 Things
http://www.43things.com/person/nikita26

It was interesting coming up with 43 things, so I don't have 43 things. I may have around 23. It's a fun site to see what else people want to do and to possibly connect with other people. I could see this as adding creativity to one's life, as they may be introduced to new things they had never thought of doing before. I'm not sure about the entire purpose, other than wasting time to create a list. It was all pretty tame, the list of those who had my same items on their list, until I entered 'have sex' and a few scary images came up. I should have expected as much, due to the content of my entry, but I was surprised about the lack of monitoring of the visuals (photos). Overall, I think it could be fun for my students to use, however this site isn't accessible within my district, so it's not currently an option.

Writeboard site: views and ideas are written on my entry on the site.



Real Travel Website: This was my favorite by far, for my own personal use. What a great idea to have a place to keep track of your travels and to share those travels with others. I'm also excited to see what other people think of places they have visited as that will help determine where I go whenever I can afford to travel again.
As I was filling out my first entry, I started thinking of the possibilities for the classroom. The students could create a fantasy trip they had to write about, full of hotel stays and budgeting, and task lists. It could fulfill part of the core requirements of students being able to list things in sequential order. They'd have to have a starting point and then make sure their travel from place to place was economical and geographically related. I'm still trying to figure out the kinks, but really want to somehow use this fourth term.