Benefits of Social Software

Social software has many great benefits I am learning about in this course. For my particular situation, I live in the north, and it allows me to have contact and communicate with other students and the professor. Learning is personalized as I am able to learn at my own pace and my own convenient time. I now have access to digital lectures, tutorials, and bulletin boards or blogs that allow me to communicate with other students. There are really many benefits to social software and as I progress throughout the course I will continue to learn ways to assist my teaching and learning. I have been able to create an online learning community.
Web Based Tools VS. Computer Based Tools

It is funny; I am not one to utilize the available web-based tools. I used to stick with Microsoft Office and Windows components. Web based tools were always not very effective or efficient at completing the tasks that I had to perform. I am happy to say that this has now all changed. This course is allowing me to test out new waters and see that online tools that are FREE as just as powerful, if not more powerful than computer based tools.

Tools such as OpenOffcie and Google Documents have shown me the advantages of using these word-processing utilities. Access to documents anywhere and at anytime is convenient and important to have. In many ways it can save a lot of time. Rather than installing software on different computers or files, simply log-in and wham, you are set to go. I have since dabbled my legs in the other applications. Spreadsheets, presentations, and other programs are now becoming just as easy to use as the word-processors.