Research Blogging

 Research Blogging is a new idea for me. They say it is a serious peer-reviewed platform that has editors board and divided into scientific topics such as Chemistry, Biology, Computer science..etc. I will keep an eye on this site and may be I will publish something there just to test it. Do you think we are ready for this?

Learnist vs. Pinterest

This small table is based on a comparison between the two platforms Learnist and Pinterest by Tracy Terry .

Pinterest	Learnist
A pinboard-style photo-sharing website	A social learning site that categorize the content by boards, and share it with followers
The design encourages users to focus on pictures and people	The design encourages users to focus on boards
Allow to add pins to a board	Allow to add boards to boards
	Better chance to be an educational tool. It helps to track the progress
	Embed PDFs, slides, and flash games in addition to other media

Who is the winner?

For me, Learnist.

What does Twitter mean to me

To me, Twitter is a revolution itself that is stronger and more lasting than Arab Spring. No kidding. Yes, Twitter helped in the Arab Spring, but that in not all. Twitter changed they way we interacted with others in terms of the length of the message, reliability of the resource, urgency, and spread. 

Educational institutes should feel the threat of social media the same way governments feel it. It is not about the tool itslef it is about the philosophy that our education is based on that does not fit the new generations. 

How did this class add to me

Although I have been using Web 2.0 tools such as wikis and Twitter for about three years, this class helped me to learn a lot about this technology and the difference between the tools and its philosophy. I was not really active in creating new content to share with others before specially in blogging. But now, I have a good feeling of how much I can do for others using these fun tools. Readings about community of practice, prousage, and other concepts connected my prior knowledge to theories and practicing the production connoted my theoretical prior knowledge to the real practice.  I enjoyed this class very much!