For assignment 5 the class was asked to create an online group for sharing on Wiggio, and I chose couponing. This is one of my favorite past times, and I am always interested in learning about ways to share money saving information. While I do not expect to keep up the site longer than this class; I did learn of some really neat ways I may use Wiggio in the future from my fellow classmates. One fellow student designed a group for their family on planning a vacation, which I thought was a wonderful way to use the site. This was probably one of the most practical ideas I saw used.
Prior to taking IT 648, I had never heard of Wiggio. After taking classes in the past with Dr. Yuen we had always used Mixxt, and at first glance I did not like the change of scenery. However, I could not fault him from trying something new; as any creative teachers will from time to time, so I played along. Honestly, the Wiggio application itself did not impress me much as compared to Mixxt, or other social networks/groups. Posts seem to get lost and be unorganized.
In reading the literature I was very impressed with how Wiggio got its start. It was created by students in the Cornell business school as a project. They wanted to create a simple easy to use site, for sharing group information, and thus Wiggio was born. Wiggio has several applications that users can immediately delve into once an account is established, such as: messaging, calendar, polling, folder, meetings, and links. The collaboration feature the site offers for working on a project is great, but it lends the question of what to do with the site after the task has been completed.
My Wiggio group Coupons101 can be viewed at the following link:
http://wiggio.com/#tpl=posts_814629
Dear Amy, I just learned by reading your blog that Dr. Yuen is retiring. If this is true, this makes me very sad. This has been the only class I've taken with him and in the course of 5 weeks I have learned so much about technology in education! I am enviable that you were lucky to take other courses with him: I wish I could study under him for a few more courses.
ReplyDeleteYes, I agree with you that the WebQuest was the most intimidating and challenging of the assignments. Having said that, I learned a lot about using WebQuests in my classes: I will definitely use them!