Reflections

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As I near the end of this graduate class on Web 2.0 Based Learning and Performance, I am struck at the quantity and diversity of social media tools we learned about during the class.  And I learned how to use social media tools I currently use personally for varied, new purposes.

In the new Instagram account I created (I already have a personal one), I started following specific new PLN groups on meditation, live in-home exercise programs, and educational discussions on racial injustice like those by Emmanuel Acho.

I created a new professional Twitter account and began following several groups on instructional design and learning games to get different perspectives and quick references to emerging projects and influencers.

And I've used Reddit to drill down to several sub-Reddit on ID and social issues.

But among firsts, I used Flickr for a knowledge-sharing project and loved it, built a Health class in Edmodo and incorporated Flipgrid student videos in the week-long class, experimented with Diigo, explored the collaborative organizational functionalities of Pearltrees,  the visual collaborative learning opportunities through Pinterest, and much more.

The bottom line is there is a social media tool to do almost anything that is desired.  The trick is to learn the capabilities of the ones most important to you, take each for spin to see what you like about them, and then fully design new ID learning projects, or use for personal or professional development the most appropriate tools to maximize the connections, collaboration, participation and education as much as possible.