Week 9 Post

As mentioned in my VoiceThread post below if I were to add Voicethreads to my PLE I believe it would be under collaboration tools.  There are tools I like better than Voicethreads however I do see the benefits of it.  As mentioned before I believe that this tool is best used for a teaching method and not so much the creation of group presentations for class.  Google Docs has a better platform when creating a PowerPoint for a class as it is easily transferred from the cloud to a personal computer with no formatting errors. 

As for PollDaddy this is a great tool to facilitate discussion among a group.  Presenting a situation just like in this session to a group of people and having them select an answer without being influenced by the other answers provides an opportunity to answer truthfully.  Having the comment section once an answer is submitted offers the chance to explain your reasoning and how you came to your answer.  Although I do not think this tool would apply to my education at Brock, I do think it would be useful in the right circumstances like creating discussion.

Aside from this week’s tools, I came across an article that discusses another company being targeted by hackers to gain information.  A site called Electronic Arts was hacked and turned into a phishing site where users would login with their Apple ID.  Following a successful login, they would be asked for more personal information.  This is another example of how we all have to be careful and make ourselves aware of the potential threats out in the online world.