Sunday, February 7, 2010

Podcasting Is One of the Better Elearning Tools


Podcasting is an interesting little innovation that people on the Internet use and enjoy nowadays. Blogging, although still quite popular, is becoming a thing of the past. My first experience of podcasting was a few months back with my friends, who invited me to join their podcast as a guest. We basically talked about video games—Final Fantasy—its ups and downs, and the best storylines amongst the video game line.

You’re probably wondering what it is I’m talking about when I say podcasting. You see, a podcast is a video or audio blog post that is made accessible via different podcasting services, as well as through subscriptions to the podcast feed itself. If you think about it, it’s pretty similar to RSS feeds, minus the text and images. It’s gaining a steady following because visual and auditory stimulation is very hard to ignore.

Using podcasts is not limited for personal use as digital diaries, but they can actually be used for more serious matters like education as one of the more interesting elearning tools. If developers were to create content for their online courses, they can use podcasts to feature the instructor’s voice or video to supplement the materials presented in text, images and so on. Or an elearning website can be created which solely revolves around podcasting which features instructional video and audio for their learners.

Every time I go online, I encounter different social media applications online and later find out that they’re being used for online learning as elearning tools. This is very interesting for me because I think that it is something that can really benefit a lot of people, particularly the evolving student whose needs may be linked with that with the technological evolution of society itself.
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Such technology is developed according to the preferences of and trends in society. We are currently living in the age of digital and social media, and people of different industries are trying their best to harness these advancements to better cater to the needs of their consumers and clients.

Check out this interesting article: E-readers take CES by storm

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Stress in Looking for CA Auto Insurance Quotes Free

It is such a hassle to get CA auto insurance quotes free nowadays. I have been surfing for hours on end and I still could not find an insurance company that I could really trust. So I gave up the frantic search and took a short break.

I looked outside and saw that it was such a nice day. The sun was out but it was not scorching hot. I quickly decided that this day should not be wasted surfing the internet and basically doing household choirs. I thought to my self “My car isn’t going to get wrecked or into an accident anytime soon anyway.” Just to make sure, I decided not to take the car and just use my bike to go down the park and hang out. I wanted to soak in that nice warm sunshine and sort of just stop and smell the flowers. Other than such chores as needing to find CA auto insurance quotes free online, I was also feeling a little tired from all work related stressors. It has been a hectic two weeks. There was a new project that needed close attention. And aside from that, my boss was really riding me hard.

When I got out, I finally felt relaxed and refreshed. There was a dog in the park and the owner was really friendly as well so I petted and played a bit the dog, which was a golden retriever, and chatted with the owner. The sun and fresh air really did the trick. I went back, searched again for CA auto insurance quotes free online, got on a great site which basically solved all my dilemmas. If there is one thing I learned from all this it is: never underestimate the power of a little fresh air and sunshine in California.