Monday, November 26, 2012
Mind Meister Update 2
Online education has come a long way from its beginning. Many tools have been developed to further enhance online education and Mind Meister is one of them. Brainstorming is a very important aspect of creating something. Not only is brainstorming important, but collaborating is also. Mind Meister allows for both of these things in the online context. There are many advantages to doing these things online. First, collaborating online allows people from all over the world to pitch in. This is great because different cultures can work on things together and organize their work all through Mind Meister. The pro version of Mind Meister allows users to video chat while working on their mind maps. For people who are willing to pay for it, this is a great feature. For businesses that have global locations Mind Meister can be a great tool for them to use. It would allow workers at all locations to brainstorm on certain topics involving the company. Another great aspect of collaborating online is the ability to organize everything more effectively. When you complete a map on Mind Meister it can be arranged to your liking. Instead of having all of your papers scattered everywhere, you can now organize them all through one tool. For example, I have been taking notes while using Mind Mesiter and have noticed that everything is a lot easier to find and read. I don't have to worry about my handwriting being sloppy.
Monday, November 12, 2012
E-Learning
1. How does the tool relate to the topic of the week?
The topic of the week was E-learning and the tool that was introduced was MindMeister. This tool relates to E-learning in many ways. MindMeister allows users to create mind maps via computer or the web. If you purchase the premium subscription you can create mind maps offline, but the version that we were introduced to only allowed online mapping. Once a map is created users can share them with either specific people or everyone online. Once shared the maps can be edited by other people and then you can view the changes that others have made. This creates a great learning experience for people. For instance, if someone didn't know a specific topic very well, then others could edit their map and knowledge would be shared. This allows people to experience a new kind of learning. This learning would be E-learning.
2. What function does the tool serve?
MindMeister serves as a way people can collaborate on certain topics more easily. MindMeister allows for easy sharing of mind maps with others. Once the maps are shared the collaborating can begin. The maps can then be edited by everyone who it is shared with. Mindmesiter makes sharing ideas and reviewing other's ideas a lot easier and convenient. MindMeister also allows people to organize their thoughts more effectively. Instead of writing everything down on a piece of paper, MindMeister keeps everything organized in a paperless way. People can make their mind maps as elaborate as they like. Almost anything can be mapped on MindMeister. Things like school notes, weekly schedules, and daily tasks are among my three favorite.
3. What did you find most interesting about the tool?
What I find most interesting about MindMeister is how it allows the sharing of mind maps. These maps can be shared either publicly or with specific people. I only shared my maps with people I knew and it was really cool. When people would edit my maps it would show up in real time on my computer. So as they were making the changes, I could see exactly what they were doing. Also, something that I found very interesting about the tool is how easy it is to use. There are only a few controls involved in MindMeister, but they sure are effective.
4. What did you find most challenging about the tool?
This was the first tool that we were introduced to that I had no challenges with. MindMeister was a very simple, but extremely effective tool. It was very easy to create the mind maps on MindMeister. To add a new idea all you had to do was double click on the screen and move it to where you wanted. You could then edit the font and style of the map to your liking. MindMeister also allowed users to add photos to their maps. This to was very easy to do. Adding photos on MindMesiter was very similar to adding photos on Face Book.
5. Does the tool improve of complicate communication?
I believe that MindMeister improves communication greatly. MindMeister's ease of use allows users to share their maps easily with others. The users then communicate via map changes and chat to get the best and most detailed maps they can. Even if MindMeister is used offline it still improves communication between the individual using it. It allows the user to communicate with himself more effectively. MindMeister is also great for group mapping. If it is difficult for all members of the group to get together and create a map of something, then MindMeister allows the group to do this more easily. Also, if group members live in different areas, then MindMeister will allow them to collaborate on ideas more effectively.
6. What is your critique of your experience?
Overall I thought that MindMeister is a great tool that serves its purpose magnificently. It doesn't try and complicate things by adding too many features. MindMeister is a very simple tool that allows people from all over the world to collaborate on topics. I will definitely be using MindMeister on a weekly basis from now on. I have used it to create maps of my daily schedule, weekly schedule, and outlines for papers. I am even considering buying a premium subscription to MindMesiter because it is so effective.
The topic of the week was E-learning and the tool that was introduced was MindMeister. This tool relates to E-learning in many ways. MindMeister allows users to create mind maps via computer or the web. If you purchase the premium subscription you can create mind maps offline, but the version that we were introduced to only allowed online mapping. Once a map is created users can share them with either specific people or everyone online. Once shared the maps can be edited by other people and then you can view the changes that others have made. This creates a great learning experience for people. For instance, if someone didn't know a specific topic very well, then others could edit their map and knowledge would be shared. This allows people to experience a new kind of learning. This learning would be E-learning.
2. What function does the tool serve?
MindMeister serves as a way people can collaborate on certain topics more easily. MindMeister allows for easy sharing of mind maps with others. Once the maps are shared the collaborating can begin. The maps can then be edited by everyone who it is shared with. Mindmesiter makes sharing ideas and reviewing other's ideas a lot easier and convenient. MindMeister also allows people to organize their thoughts more effectively. Instead of writing everything down on a piece of paper, MindMeister keeps everything organized in a paperless way. People can make their mind maps as elaborate as they like. Almost anything can be mapped on MindMeister. Things like school notes, weekly schedules, and daily tasks are among my three favorite.
3. What did you find most interesting about the tool?
What I find most interesting about MindMeister is how it allows the sharing of mind maps. These maps can be shared either publicly or with specific people. I only shared my maps with people I knew and it was really cool. When people would edit my maps it would show up in real time on my computer. So as they were making the changes, I could see exactly what they were doing. Also, something that I found very interesting about the tool is how easy it is to use. There are only a few controls involved in MindMeister, but they sure are effective.
4. What did you find most challenging about the tool?
This was the first tool that we were introduced to that I had no challenges with. MindMeister was a very simple, but extremely effective tool. It was very easy to create the mind maps on MindMeister. To add a new idea all you had to do was double click on the screen and move it to where you wanted. You could then edit the font and style of the map to your liking. MindMeister also allowed users to add photos to their maps. This to was very easy to do. Adding photos on MindMesiter was very similar to adding photos on Face Book.
5. Does the tool improve of complicate communication?
I believe that MindMeister improves communication greatly. MindMeister's ease of use allows users to share their maps easily with others. The users then communicate via map changes and chat to get the best and most detailed maps they can. Even if MindMeister is used offline it still improves communication between the individual using it. It allows the user to communicate with himself more effectively. MindMeister is also great for group mapping. If it is difficult for all members of the group to get together and create a map of something, then MindMeister allows the group to do this more easily. Also, if group members live in different areas, then MindMeister will allow them to collaborate on ideas more effectively.
6. What is your critique of your experience?
Overall I thought that MindMeister is a great tool that serves its purpose magnificently. It doesn't try and complicate things by adding too many features. MindMeister is a very simple tool that allows people from all over the world to collaborate on topics. I will definitely be using MindMeister on a weekly basis from now on. I have used it to create maps of my daily schedule, weekly schedule, and outlines for papers. I am even considering buying a premium subscription to MindMesiter because it is so effective.
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Mindmeister Update 1
Mindmeister is a social media tool that allows people to manage their thoughts and organize their belongings on a mind map. It has various features that allow the users to interact with others and customize their maps to their liking. Mindmeister can be incorporated in learning very easily. Students who take messy or unorganized notes will be able to organize them in a neat way using Mindmeister. I believe that this social media tool is great. I have used it for many different things. This would include creating a class schedule, organizing my weekly assignments, organizing my school notes, and more. I love how Mindmeister allows its users to share their maps with either everyone or specific people.
Monday, November 5, 2012
Organizations and E-Commerce
1. The topic of the week was organization and e-commerce. E-commerce is defined as the buying and selling of products over electronic systems such as the internet and other computer networks. This week the social media tool that we were introduced to was Flickr. Flickr allows people and organizations to manage photos and videos online. Flickr relates to the topic of the week because it is a social media tool that allows people to share and advertise their photos with others. Flickr can be used as an advertisement tool. In fact, many organizations and businesses have taken advantage of this and posted many advertisements to Flickr. In the description of the photos is usually a link to where the consumer can buy the product.
2. Flickr serves the function of allowing people, organizations, and businesses to share photos with each other. people can share their favorite photos with their friends, organizations can share photos that represent what they are doing, and businesses can share photos that show off their products. Currently, Flickr costs $6.95 a year for a premium subscription that allows unlimited photo and video posts. Flickr also serves as a very cost effective way for companies to advertise their products. Millions of people are subscribed to Flickr and the opportunity for advertisement is great.
3. What I found most interesting about Flickr was its ease of use. Everything seemed very simple to use and, in fact, was. Searching for photo topics was awesome. You could find pictures about almost anything. uploading pictures was extremely simple. All that needed to be done was dragging the desired picture into the website. It is extremely simple for businesses to advertise their products and services on Flickr. If I was just starting a new business, then Flickr would be the place where I would start advertising. It is very cheap and can be very effective.
4. Flickr was mostly very easy to use except for finding groups. I found it rather difficult to find groups that actually seemed legitimate. During our in-class Flickr tutorial I could not find a good group that was related to hair salons. I tried searching for groups relating to other topics and came up with the same results. All of the groups that came up in the results had only a few members. Joining groups that only have a few members isn't a very good way to advertise your business effectively.
5. I believe that photos are one of the greatest ways to communicate. With that being said, I think that Flickr is a great tool that improves communication. Photos can be extremely symbolic and carry a lot of emotions. Flickr allows people to share their favorite photos with others. This can help people understand others better. Some people may not know how to express their emotions so they let their pictures do that for them.
6. I think that Flickr is a great social media tool. After using Flickr I found that other social media tools like Facebook are easier to use and do just about the same things. Facebook allows the sharing of photos and videos just like Flickr. I think that Facebook is just a better tool for sharing these things because so many more people use Facebook than Flickr. I don't think that I will be using Flickr to share my photos. I will just stick with Facebook for that.
2. Flickr serves the function of allowing people, organizations, and businesses to share photos with each other. people can share their favorite photos with their friends, organizations can share photos that represent what they are doing, and businesses can share photos that show off their products. Currently, Flickr costs $6.95 a year for a premium subscription that allows unlimited photo and video posts. Flickr also serves as a very cost effective way for companies to advertise their products. Millions of people are subscribed to Flickr and the opportunity for advertisement is great.
3. What I found most interesting about Flickr was its ease of use. Everything seemed very simple to use and, in fact, was. Searching for photo topics was awesome. You could find pictures about almost anything. uploading pictures was extremely simple. All that needed to be done was dragging the desired picture into the website. It is extremely simple for businesses to advertise their products and services on Flickr. If I was just starting a new business, then Flickr would be the place where I would start advertising. It is very cheap and can be very effective.
4. Flickr was mostly very easy to use except for finding groups. I found it rather difficult to find groups that actually seemed legitimate. During our in-class Flickr tutorial I could not find a good group that was related to hair salons. I tried searching for groups relating to other topics and came up with the same results. All of the groups that came up in the results had only a few members. Joining groups that only have a few members isn't a very good way to advertise your business effectively.
5. I believe that photos are one of the greatest ways to communicate. With that being said, I think that Flickr is a great tool that improves communication. Photos can be extremely symbolic and carry a lot of emotions. Flickr allows people to share their favorite photos with others. This can help people understand others better. Some people may not know how to express their emotions so they let their pictures do that for them.
6. I think that Flickr is a great social media tool. After using Flickr I found that other social media tools like Facebook are easier to use and do just about the same things. Facebook allows the sharing of photos and videos just like Flickr. I think that Facebook is just a better tool for sharing these things because so many more people use Facebook than Flickr. I don't think that I will be using Flickr to share my photos. I will just stick with Facebook for that.
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