Debbie's e-Portfolio

I chose to use Xtranormal to tell a story I could use with my introductory accounting class about the Father of Accounting, Friar Luca Pacioli. I wanted to use a tool that enable me to tell a story in narrative form as I had a significant amount of information to covey and simply drawing or […]

I had an opportunity to participate in the course discussion last week using a wiki, and I also co-authored a wiki entry for another ETEC course I’m taking this term. While I am familiar with Wikipedia as a user, I have never edited a section and have not used HTML prior to this term. Summary […]

I had an opportunity to review the terms of service (TOS) for four social software sites, namely Delicious, Flickr, LinkedIn and Facebook. Discoveries I chose to summarize the information I discovered in a table (see below). What Surprised Me In reading the individual TOS, I was shocked by the number of adjectives used to describe […]

I had an opportunity to participate in the week’s discussions using a wiki space instead of the usual format in WebCT Vista.  One observation I noted was that there was much less interaction on the wiki than there usually is in a given week. Advantages of Using a Wiki The ability to edit in the […]

I had an opportunity to play in the sandbox on the Moodle.org site.  I have never used Moodle before but have heard really good things about it.  I found the process to be fun and manageable. Observations I found navigating to be quite intuitive and getting from page to page was pretty painless.  I also […]

I had an opportunity to create a DVD that included a short video clip as well as some pictures.  While I found the process interesting, it wasn’t without its struggles.  Time Commitment Creating the DVD wasn’t too bad, but the process of finding the video clip and the pictures took much longer than I anticipated.  […]

I’m looking forward to learning new technologies this term!