Hey bloggers,
For twelve weeks now, these blog posts have been my way of sharing my thoughts, ideas, and opinions on various digital tools that I have been discovering and learning about. I have learned to become a better digital citizen and build a digital footprint through these blog posts, and through social media. It's great to look back at my journey and see how much I have learned throughout these past four months. Most importantly, it's great to see how much better I have become as a digital citizen.
You may not know it, but you and I have been building or digital footprints ever since we first started using technology. Your digital footprint is a reflection on what you have contributed to the digital environment, and how you have contributed it. We need to be aware of how we portray ourselves through out digital footprint, mainly with social media. We need to realise that once we post something online, it is there FOREVER. We must open our minds and learn how we properly use the online tools we are privileged with. This will create a huge difference within the digital community, adding a more positive feel and making everyone welcome.
As a digital citizen, it is my responsibility to promote a positive environment. My biggest concern is cyber bullying and how to stop and prevent it. And this isn't something I can or should be doing alone. If we all want to be good digital citizens, this is a stand that we need to take together. We need to stand up for those who are harassed online, and we need to educate those who are harassing. We need to cater to both sides of the bullying, it isn't fair for us to just focus on the victim.
There are many great tools and sites that I have learned about that can be used to educate us all. A great example of this is k12learning20.wikispaces.com. This site provides details for new comers into the digital environment. The onus is on ourselves to embrace the responsibility we have and contribute in a positive manner. It is important that we seek out others. We should do our best to network and interact with those around us. Many people learn better when they see the positive of actions of others, therefore we should always be on the top of our game in case people are looking to us in order to learn.
This experience has allowed me to come across many great tools and many great people. The lessons I learned are things I can take with me in order to better myself as a student, professional, and as an overall person. Thank you for taking this journey with me!
-Zaed
Saturday, 4 April 2015
Week 11: Report and Reflection
Good afternoon bloggers,
This week I was introduced to several pod cast and screen casting tools in order to create my very own web cast. For more details on which tool I used and to listen to my pod cast, check out my page called "Podcast." Living in today's world involves living in a digital environment as well. Because of this, we have an obligation as digital citizens to take care of this environment. We are truly privileged to have access to hundreds of different tools in order to create a diverse and creative digital environment, but at the same time there comes an enormous amount of responsibility on our end as users. In my opinion, everything starts with communication. Communication is an extremely key aspect of digital citizenship because that is what the digital environment is based on. Everything you see online is a communication of some sort, whether it is a thought, idea, process, etc. Following communication, there are many different responsibilities we have on HOW to properly communicate with each other. We need to really have a good idea on what type of communication is right or wrong, and how to seriously avoid situations evolving into cyber bullying. I have had experiences working with others in my class on projects without even meeting my classmates in person. This is a great example where cyber manners really comes into play. Communicating with each other allowed for us to stay on the same page, and work efficiently to complete our goals. SoundCloud has made me realise all of this, and is definitely a tool I am adding to my PLE.
This week, NBA history has been made! I'd like to share with you an article called Kings' Sim Bhullar embracing place in NBA history. This article explains how Sim Bhullar is the first player of Indian decent to ever be signed to an NBA team. Why I personally like this article is because, Sim is actually also Canadian! Sim comes from an Indian family who moved to Canada when he was very young. It's great to see the success of those from our great country, and truly proves that you can do anything as long as you set your mind to it. Give it a read!
-Zaed
Sunday, 29 March 2015
Week 10: Report and Reflection
Good evening bloggers,
This week, I was required to create a slideshow about the topic of Copyright. To see my thoughts on copyright laws, our responsibilities, and the slideshow, check out my other page called "My Slideshow!"
This week, I'm going to be speaking about a couple of the slideshow tools I tried out before creating my final slideshow. First I'm going to talk about a slideshow tool called "Animoto." I found that this created the best slideshow with respects to the layout of their slideshows and the look of the slideshow. I did not use this tool for one main reason. The slideshow did not provide enough characters for me to properly sight the images I was using. It offered a maximum of 50 characters which was not enough, and for that reason I could not use it. I highly recommend Animoto for people who are creating slideshows with very minimal text and commentary.
The second slideshow tool I checked out is called "Photopeach." Now this is the tool I did end up using, as it gave me enough room to site each picture on every slide. The downfall of this tool is that, it is not very appealing visually. Also, it does not give you flexibility over where your text will appear in the slideshow. Therefore, I do not really recommend this tool to anyone. In my opinion, if you have a lot of time on your hands, learn how to use Prezi. Prezi is an extremely creative and visually capturing slideshow tool that can be used for any occasion.
This week I'm going to share some very exciting news! For the past few weeks I've steered away from talking about the Toronto Raptors, but this new is too good not to share with all of you! The article is called Raptors Outlast Lakers, Clinch Atlantic. Some of you may not know what "Clinched Atlantic" means, this is the exciting news actually. The Raptors are in the Atlantic Division of the NBA. Clinching means that they have won enough games that they are the best of the divison.! This also results in an automatic playoff berth for the Raptors, for a second straight year! Give it a read!
Regards,
Zaed Yousif
This week, I was required to create a slideshow about the topic of Copyright. To see my thoughts on copyright laws, our responsibilities, and the slideshow, check out my other page called "My Slideshow!"
This week, I'm going to be speaking about a couple of the slideshow tools I tried out before creating my final slideshow. First I'm going to talk about a slideshow tool called "Animoto." I found that this created the best slideshow with respects to the layout of their slideshows and the look of the slideshow. I did not use this tool for one main reason. The slideshow did not provide enough characters for me to properly sight the images I was using. It offered a maximum of 50 characters which was not enough, and for that reason I could not use it. I highly recommend Animoto for people who are creating slideshows with very minimal text and commentary.
The second slideshow tool I checked out is called "Photopeach." Now this is the tool I did end up using, as it gave me enough room to site each picture on every slide. The downfall of this tool is that, it is not very appealing visually. Also, it does not give you flexibility over where your text will appear in the slideshow. Therefore, I do not really recommend this tool to anyone. In my opinion, if you have a lot of time on your hands, learn how to use Prezi. Prezi is an extremely creative and visually capturing slideshow tool that can be used for any occasion.
This week I'm going to share some very exciting news! For the past few weeks I've steered away from talking about the Toronto Raptors, but this new is too good not to share with all of you! The article is called Raptors Outlast Lakers, Clinch Atlantic. Some of you may not know what "Clinched Atlantic" means, this is the exciting news actually. The Raptors are in the Atlantic Division of the NBA. Clinching means that they have won enough games that they are the best of the divison.! This also results in an automatic playoff berth for the Raptors, for a second straight year! Give it a read!
Regards,
Zaed Yousif
Sunday, 22 March 2015
Week 9: Report and Reflection
Good evening bloggers!
This week I was introduced to VOICETHREAD and it was an amazingly fun tool to use. For my insight and thoughts on the tool, check out my page called "VOICETHREAD"! I'm going to speak more about the rights and responsibilities that we have as Digital Citizens. There are many things that we need to be aware of while we are online, as students and as professionals. As students, we need to understand that we must respect the opinions, thoughts, and ideas of others. We must seek these ideas through scholarly sources, basically from people who actually have credibility in what they are speaking about. There is a big difference in the quality and truth to information that is published by a scholarly source, and it is extremely important that we only use these sources when performing our work as students. On the other hand, as professionals, our responsibility is to recognize the relevance in what we are doing online. When we are spending company time searching for things do to with our work, we must ONLY try and be online for work purposes. Going on Facebook, or other social media mediums is not work (well depending what your job entails) and must be limited.
This week, I want to share with all of you an interesting article that I found on my feedly. It is called March Madness Continues To See Record-Setting TV Rating. That's right, let the madness begin! For those of you who don't know, March Madness is the final tournament in NCAA College basketball. It starts off with 64 teams, and in order to be the last team standing, you must win EVERY game in that tournament. Its really fascinating to see how much the interest in college basketball and college sports in general has really taken off. Check it out!
Regards,
Zaed Yousif
This week I was introduced to VOICETHREAD and it was an amazingly fun tool to use. For my insight and thoughts on the tool, check out my page called "VOICETHREAD"! I'm going to speak more about the rights and responsibilities that we have as Digital Citizens. There are many things that we need to be aware of while we are online, as students and as professionals. As students, we need to understand that we must respect the opinions, thoughts, and ideas of others. We must seek these ideas through scholarly sources, basically from people who actually have credibility in what they are speaking about. There is a big difference in the quality and truth to information that is published by a scholarly source, and it is extremely important that we only use these sources when performing our work as students. On the other hand, as professionals, our responsibility is to recognize the relevance in what we are doing online. When we are spending company time searching for things do to with our work, we must ONLY try and be online for work purposes. Going on Facebook, or other social media mediums is not work (well depending what your job entails) and must be limited.
This week, I want to share with all of you an interesting article that I found on my feedly. It is called March Madness Continues To See Record-Setting TV Rating. That's right, let the madness begin! For those of you who don't know, March Madness is the final tournament in NCAA College basketball. It starts off with 64 teams, and in order to be the last team standing, you must win EVERY game in that tournament. Its really fascinating to see how much the interest in college basketball and college sports in general has really taken off. Check it out!
Regards,
Zaed Yousif
Technology Use Scenarios
Scenario 12:
Matt enjoys taking pictures with his digital
camera. His pictures are quite unusual and can be easily identified as his
work. He wants to let other people see his pictures so he posts them on his website.
A couple of months later he is surfing the Internet and sees some of his
pictures on someone else’s website. At first he is flattered that someone
enjoyed his pictures, but on closer inspection he sees that he is not credited
anywhere on the site as the person who took the photos. The way the images are
posted makes it seem as if the site owner had taken the pictures.
In this case, both Matt and the owner of the website are misusing technology. Matt is using technology inappropriately because he did not identify the work as his own since he did not create a copyright for his own pictures. The owner of the website is also misusing technology because he did not even try and find out who the owner of these pictures really is so he could credit them. As a digital citizen, it is our responsibility to ensure that we are using technology correctly, and ensure that those around us are also doing the same. A friend of mine is a Photographer and uses different outlets to release his pictures so they can already be identified as his own. For example, one way that Matt could have prevented all of this is by setting up his own page on facebook or even his own website, where he can release all of his pictures and take credit for them. This is a really good example that shows Digital Citizenship must be a two way street, we must respect ourselves so that in return, we can be respected.
Sunday, 15 March 2015
Week 8: Report and Reflection
Happy Sunday bloggers!
This week we were introduced to "Wiki" or Wikipedia as most of you call it. Wiki is a tool that allows for everyone to insert their input on various topics on the web. From most of the classes I've taken at Brock, the professors usually do not allow articles or information from Wikipedia to be used as a scholarly source. This is because anyone can edit the information at anytime, which does not make it reliable. For example, I can go to the Toronto Raptors' Wiki page and edit it to say that they are a soccer team even though they are a basketball team. Once I click save, the information will be saved even though it is incorrect. Therefore Wikipedia in my opinion can't really be trusted. Now Wikipedia also has another function that is VERY similar to Google Docs. It basically allows you to create a shared document for others to contribute to. When comparing the two, I found that I really prefer to use Google Docs. Google Docs provides a better platform and is a lot easier to use in my opinion than Wiki. Also, Google Docs allows for me to choose who I want to be able to edit and share my document, while Wiki leaves it open for the entire world. Although they are used for different reasons (Wiki more for research and Google Docs more for personal use) I would still prefer to use Google Docs when planning projects or ideas with group mates, colleagues, and friends. I do not really recommend Wiki to anyone.
Also In this week learning activities, we were challenged to search through different wiki resources to identify different digital citizen’s right and responsibilities. During the process, I once again realised that Wiki isn't a very reliable source for information, and should not be trust. But nonetheless, I think the three most important rights and responsibilities digital citizens need to understand are:
1) Understanding digital ethics and etiquette
2) Taking the initiative to report and prevent unacceptable behaviour
3) Understanding the great responsibility you possess that comes with the privilege of being a digital citizen
Yousif, Z. (CC) 2015
Until next time,
Zaed Yousif
Sunday, 8 March 2015
Week 7: Report and Reflection
Good evening everyone!
This week we were introduced to Google Docs. Basically, Google Docs allows you to create a document, just like a Word document, and share it with the world! Once you share the document with the people you want to share it with, it allows them to edit the document as they please. When they sign into the document, their edits will show up in different colors to identify who have made the
changes. This is not only an awesome tool for group projects, but also for working professionals! It allows for team/group members to work together without physically being together. It saves time, effort, and allows for a new dynamic to be created within groups and teams. Since Google Doc can share to the others and let others edit, students can conveniently work on the document at anytime they choose, no need for the hassle of planning a group meeting or anything. Overall,I think Google Docs is an extremely important tool for working professionals and students. It increases productivity like no other tool, and it really should be implemented by group members in order to better their work. If you haven't given it a try then I strongly suggest you do so.
I found a really interesting topic from my feedly this week that is really relative to me as a co-op student. It's called How to Answer the Question 'What is your Greatest Accomplishment?'. In many of the interviews I've been in, this question as come up. As much as I practice and prepare for my interviews, this question always becomes a challenging questions for me to answer. At this age, I personally haven't accomplished many things that will necessarily "wow" the interviewers infront of me. This article does a great job of explaining how to approach the questions and provides very useful tips on what types of accomplishments you should use. If you'd like to better your interview skills and answers, give it a read!
Regards,
Zaed Yousif
Sunday, 1 March 2015
Week 6: Report and Reflection
Hey everyone!
For week 6, I was introduced to a new tool called "Evernote." When I had first read the activity for week 6, I chuckled a little bit when I saw the Evernote logo. As a Blackberry user, Evernote comes pre-installed into my phone. Ever since I've had my phone, I've always wondered what this application does, so I was really excited to finally actually be given the chance to learn bout it. Evernote is basically an application and a webpage for users to take notes, insert and save pictures and various websites. In addition, it also has this feature called web clipper, which allows us to clip articles and actual web pages to your notes. What is so awesome about it is that it is not only for Blackberry! I can use it on my computer and you guys can also download the app on your smart phones! Finally, it is also allows you to actually share your notes with your colleagues and class mates, which is a HUGE plus. To me, Evernote can be used in every setting. Whether your're a student, or a working professional.
In my personal PLE, I would classify Evernote as a tool under the "Organizing" category since I have "note taking" under that category. Evernote basically is a digital advanced way to take notes. I found the app very useful to search for topics related to my research project. I had the opportunity to sort all my notes in the way that I wanted them to be sorted. Furthermore, I had the ability to share my notes with my groupmates and my instructor, which only makes group work that much easier. I really recommend this application to everyone! It is very user-friendly, and you can tell that the developer really had kept students in mind when creating it. Give it a try, it will only help you in your work!
I want to share with you all a very interesting article from my feedly this week. If you've been keeping up with my posts, you'll be very used to me posting articles about the Toronto Raptors. I've decided to change it up a little bit this week. As a co-op student, I constantly find myself facing challenges and problems in the work place. Often times, I'm scared to bring these issues up to my boss because I don't want to be looked down upon. This article "How to Approach the Boss When Conflict Arises" gives about 10 tips on how to deal with that fear or stress. It put so many thoughts into perspective for me, and I really could take away something from every idea that Forbes provided. Give it a read guys!
Regards,
-ZY
For week 6, I was introduced to a new tool called "Evernote." When I had first read the activity for week 6, I chuckled a little bit when I saw the Evernote logo. As a Blackberry user, Evernote comes pre-installed into my phone. Ever since I've had my phone, I've always wondered what this application does, so I was really excited to finally actually be given the chance to learn bout it. Evernote is basically an application and a webpage for users to take notes, insert and save pictures and various websites. In addition, it also has this feature called web clipper, which allows us to clip articles and actual web pages to your notes. What is so awesome about it is that it is not only for Blackberry! I can use it on my computer and you guys can also download the app on your smart phones! Finally, it is also allows you to actually share your notes with your colleagues and class mates, which is a HUGE plus. To me, Evernote can be used in every setting. Whether your're a student, or a working professional.
In my personal PLE, I would classify Evernote as a tool under the "Organizing" category since I have "note taking" under that category. Evernote basically is a digital advanced way to take notes. I found the app very useful to search for topics related to my research project. I had the opportunity to sort all my notes in the way that I wanted them to be sorted. Furthermore, I had the ability to share my notes with my groupmates and my instructor, which only makes group work that much easier. I really recommend this application to everyone! It is very user-friendly, and you can tell that the developer really had kept students in mind when creating it. Give it a try, it will only help you in your work!
I want to share with you all a very interesting article from my feedly this week. If you've been keeping up with my posts, you'll be very used to me posting articles about the Toronto Raptors. I've decided to change it up a little bit this week. As a co-op student, I constantly find myself facing challenges and problems in the work place. Often times, I'm scared to bring these issues up to my boss because I don't want to be looked down upon. This article "How to Approach the Boss When Conflict Arises" gives about 10 tips on how to deal with that fear or stress. It put so many thoughts into perspective for me, and I really could take away something from every idea that Forbes provided. Give it a read guys!
Regards,
-ZY
Monday, 16 February 2015
Week 5: Report and Reflection
Happy Family Day bloggers!
This week, I was "introduced" to twitter in my ADED 1P32. I have been using twitter for about 6 years now, so nothing that I learned was new to me. For millions of people around the world, Twitter is a great social tool to connect with friends and family, and also keep up with what is going on in today's society and pop culture. Uses get to share their thoughts, opinions, and even other links with a limit of 140 characters. I personally never associated Twitter with learning, but through the learning activities, I saw that it could be easily connected to learning and is a great tool to use.
Users connect through "following" other users. Once you follow another user, their tweets, retweets, and favorites will appear on your news feed. There is also the use of hashtags in twitter to create trending topics. When a user tweets about a certain topic, they use a hashtag follow by a key word to include in that certain trending topic. It's a great way to see a variety of people's opinions and thoughts about certain topics that are going around in today's society. Following educational accounts and searching for trending topics are great ways to use twitter to learn new things. Being a digital citizen really requires you to use different tools to enhance your learning, and Twitter is a great tool to do so. Have a look at my news feed and follow me!
This week, I was "introduced" to twitter in my ADED 1P32. I have been using twitter for about 6 years now, so nothing that I learned was new to me. For millions of people around the world, Twitter is a great social tool to connect with friends and family, and also keep up with what is going on in today's society and pop culture. Uses get to share their thoughts, opinions, and even other links with a limit of 140 characters. I personally never associated Twitter with learning, but through the learning activities, I saw that it could be easily connected to learning and is a great tool to use.
Users connect through "following" other users. Once you follow another user, their tweets, retweets, and favorites will appear on your news feed. There is also the use of hashtags in twitter to create trending topics. When a user tweets about a certain topic, they use a hashtag follow by a key word to include in that certain trending topic. It's a great way to see a variety of people's opinions and thoughts about certain topics that are going around in today's society. Following educational accounts and searching for trending topics are great ways to use twitter to learn new things. Being a digital citizen really requires you to use different tools to enhance your learning, and Twitter is a great tool to do so. Have a look at my news feed and follow me!
Yousif, Z. (CC) 2015.
In other news, I'd like to share something awesome that happened this past weekend. If you've been reading my blogs, then you'll probably guess it is about the Raptors. Well you guessed right! Kyle Lowry was voted to the all-star game for the first time in his career. The article talks about how he's just soaking it all in and enjoying the moment. It's a great read if you're a Raptors fan, and an even better read if you're not a fan just yet. check it out!
http://www.nba.com/raptors/holly-blog/lowryallstar-021515
Regards,
-ZY
Saturday, 7 February 2015
Week 4: Report and Relection
Hey fellow bloggers!
This week we were asked to check out a couple of tools and curations and really try our best to learn to use them. Diigo is the only bookmarking tool that I enjoyed using. For starters, I found it incredibly easy to learn and use. I never found myself stumped not knowing what to do next, everything on the website is straight forward and easy to learn. Diigo really organizes your bookmarks in a way where it is easy for the user to refer back to what they were reading. This is done through the layout of the website, as well as the ability to create tags and descriptions for every website you bookmark. Also, the ability to highlight texts really pushed the tool over the top for me. There are many times when I search for websites for school assignments and that tool can come in handy. In my own opinion, if Diigo really wanted to sell itself to our generation, it should emphasize on the fact that you can access your cloud from our PC, MAC, iPad, and your iPhone or Android. Our generation wants every piece of information that we need at our fingertips, this is exactly what Diigo does. From an overall stand point, Diigo really saves you time and effort. Having all your bookmarks in one location, categorized, and explained really makes referring back to those bookmarks easier. I really believe that every student in particular should give this tool a try. It can only benefit and make your school work much better.
The second tool that I really enjoyed using was Paper.li. Paper.li is a curation tool that allows you to create a newspaper based on topics and stories that you are interested in After you create an account, you basically search key words that reflect the topics you are interested in, and the website creates a newspaper for you including all those topics. It even updates all on its own!. It includes articles, tweets, videos, and photos, which allows you to obtain so much pieces of information. This is a great way to keep up with my PLE, since it keeps me connected to so many different things. This tool is another great tool that I recommend for all of you!
Take a look at my newspaper!
This week we were asked to check out a couple of tools and curations and really try our best to learn to use them. Diigo is the only bookmarking tool that I enjoyed using. For starters, I found it incredibly easy to learn and use. I never found myself stumped not knowing what to do next, everything on the website is straight forward and easy to learn. Diigo really organizes your bookmarks in a way where it is easy for the user to refer back to what they were reading. This is done through the layout of the website, as well as the ability to create tags and descriptions for every website you bookmark. Also, the ability to highlight texts really pushed the tool over the top for me. There are many times when I search for websites for school assignments and that tool can come in handy. In my own opinion, if Diigo really wanted to sell itself to our generation, it should emphasize on the fact that you can access your cloud from our PC, MAC, iPad, and your iPhone or Android. Our generation wants every piece of information that we need at our fingertips, this is exactly what Diigo does. From an overall stand point, Diigo really saves you time and effort. Having all your bookmarks in one location, categorized, and explained really makes referring back to those bookmarks easier. I really believe that every student in particular should give this tool a try. It can only benefit and make your school work much better.
The second tool that I really enjoyed using was Paper.li. Paper.li is a curation tool that allows you to create a newspaper based on topics and stories that you are interested in After you create an account, you basically search key words that reflect the topics you are interested in, and the website creates a newspaper for you including all those topics. It even updates all on its own!. It includes articles, tweets, videos, and photos, which allows you to obtain so much pieces of information. This is a great way to keep up with my PLE, since it keeps me connected to so many different things. This tool is another great tool that I recommend for all of you!
Take a look at my newspaper!
Yousif, Z. (CC) 2015.
Finally, I'd like to share with you guys something really exciting that happened this week!
http://www.nba.com/raptors/raptors-rally-cut-down-clippers
This article is from my Feedly, and it's a great article on the great win by the Toronto Raptors on Friday night! It really shows how great the Raptors are clicking and how awesome their team chemistry is. With regards to my PLE, "collaborating" really takes great team work and team chemistry. The Raptors possess the tools to be a great team because of how they collaborate, I can really learn a lot from how they operate together. Thanks for reading!
Regards,
-ZY
Sunday, 1 February 2015
Week 3: Report and Reflection
Hey bloggers,
In my opinion, learning is not only acquired through school and academics, We live our lives and learn new things every single day, through new experiences and events that we put ourselves through. The digital world is great because it provides us with so much information that we can learn from, such as learning from other people's personal experiences that may help us or even motivate us in our own lives. I personally like to learn from other people's experiences, thoughts, and opinions. Seeing what people have to say about their experiences really helps me put my own thoughts into perspective, and helps me as I embark on my life's journey.
HypeBeast is the page that I'm most interested and thought to share with all of you this week. There are so many blog posts and web pages from different fashion designers and especially shoe designers. The posts often explain the reasoning behind the certain releases of certain shoes, and explain the inspiration and technology behind the shoes. I'm learning through the creators of the shoe and those who have actually worn the shoe, and they're experiences gives me a chance to decide for myself if I'd like to purchase the shoe or not. Having my feed allows me to broaden my horizons with not only fashion, but also the other things that I am interested in.
The RSS tool would be a great fit in my connecting category with regards to my PLE that I created in week one. This is because a blog post connects people from all around the worlds, and allows us to comment and feed off of each other's opinions and thoughts around the certain topics.
All in all, I have found that the RSS Feed tool is a great way to simplify how we all surf the web. It allows for me to personalize my searches and filter out everything that I'm not really interested in. I had a great time using the tool, you guys should try it too! Thanks for reading!
Regards,
ZY
In my opinion, learning is not only acquired through school and academics, We live our lives and learn new things every single day, through new experiences and events that we put ourselves through. The digital world is great because it provides us with so much information that we can learn from, such as learning from other people's personal experiences that may help us or even motivate us in our own lives. I personally like to learn from other people's experiences, thoughts, and opinions. Seeing what people have to say about their experiences really helps me put my own thoughts into perspective, and helps me as I embark on my life's journey.
HypeBeast is the page that I'm most interested and thought to share with all of you this week. There are so many blog posts and web pages from different fashion designers and especially shoe designers. The posts often explain the reasoning behind the certain releases of certain shoes, and explain the inspiration and technology behind the shoes. I'm learning through the creators of the shoe and those who have actually worn the shoe, and they're experiences gives me a chance to decide for myself if I'd like to purchase the shoe or not. Having my feed allows me to broaden my horizons with not only fashion, but also the other things that I am interested in.
From Blogger: Nike Introduces the Kobe X: HypeBeast
The RSS tool would be a great fit in my connecting category with regards to my PLE that I created in week one. This is because a blog post connects people from all around the worlds, and allows us to comment and feed off of each other's opinions and thoughts around the certain topics.
All in all, I have found that the RSS Feed tool is a great way to simplify how we all surf the web. It allows for me to personalize my searches and filter out everything that I'm not really interested in. I had a great time using the tool, you guys should try it too! Thanks for reading!
Regards,
ZY
My Experience with RSS Feeds
Happy Superbowl Sunday bloggers!,
Throughout the week I learned how to use a tool called "RSS Feeds." This tool is basically like a webpage in which you subscribe to any pages or blogs which interest you. Being a huge Raptors fan, I subscribed to the "Toronto Raptors" page. This is an awesome site for me and all my fellow Raptors fans because, it provides all the scores, stats, and news regarding the Raptors. Today I came across a fantastic article on the Raptors' win last night against the Washington Wizards. Although I watched the entire game on TV, its nice to hear an "expert's" opinion on the Raptors' performance. So here's the article on the Raptors' OT win last night, even if you're not a fan, who knows what can happen once you read it! Check it out!
http://www.nba.com/raptors/raptors-eclipse-wizards-6th-straight-win
Regards,
ZY
Throughout the week I learned how to use a tool called "RSS Feeds." This tool is basically like a webpage in which you subscribe to any pages or blogs which interest you. Being a huge Raptors fan, I subscribed to the "Toronto Raptors" page. This is an awesome site for me and all my fellow Raptors fans because, it provides all the scores, stats, and news regarding the Raptors. Today I came across a fantastic article on the Raptors' win last night against the Washington Wizards. Although I watched the entire game on TV, its nice to hear an "expert's" opinion on the Raptors' performance. So here's the article on the Raptors' OT win last night, even if you're not a fan, who knows what can happen once you read it! Check it out!
http://www.nba.com/raptors/raptors-eclipse-wizards-6th-straight-win
Regards,
ZY
Saturday, 24 January 2015
Week 2: Report and Reflection
In 5-10 years, I hope to be well established withing my career. Considering I am an accounting student, I hope to obtain me CPA certification as well as practice accounting by running my own firm. I envision myself as being a confident leader, and applying all the skills and concepts that I have learned throughout the years to my own company. I will use the various forms of learning through work experience and academic learning through my studies to not only better myself as a professional, but also as a person. The environment I currently learn in is the perfect environment for me. While I am at school, I am surrounded with many friends who provide a great support system. Also, there are many facilities and professors who making learning extremely easy. While on co-op, the learning environment allows for me to try new things and explore different concepts within accounting that they don't teach in school. Living in today's society, many students develop bad habits. A habit that I hope to get rid of is procrastination. My generation specifically has become lazy. We like to leave things to the last minute. In order to improve my learning environment, I must stay on top of my work, and become more proactive when being faced with new challenges.
Currently, I am a third year accounting co-op student at Brock University. I am now on my third co-op term, working for an accounting firm in downtown Toronto called Monte-Lisi & Smith Chartered Accountants. I know what I would like to do after graduation, and I won't let anything stop me from my aspirations. The basic skills needed in order to be successful in the accounting professions are organization, analytics, and time management. My skills are constantly being improved everyday through my work experiences, and through the theory that is taught in school. I look forward to the new challenges that my path to my career goals present to me.
-ZY
Currently, I am a third year accounting co-op student at Brock University. I am now on my third co-op term, working for an accounting firm in downtown Toronto called Monte-Lisi & Smith Chartered Accountants. I know what I would like to do after graduation, and I won't let anything stop me from my aspirations. The basic skills needed in order to be successful in the accounting professions are organization, analytics, and time management. My skills are constantly being improved everyday through my work experiences, and through the theory that is taught in school. I look forward to the new challenges that my path to my career goals present to me.
Yousif, Z. (CC) 2015.
In my PLE, I chose four categories: Organizing, Collaborating, Connecting, and Creating. These four categories are personally important to me as I think they will really improve my career aspirations. In order to be organized, characteristics such as time management, note taking, and prioritizing are extremely important. In order to be a successful accountant and business owner, these are basic skills needed in order to stay on top of your work, and keep clients happy. Collaborating is something I'd like to do within my personal life. Team work is important to me because, I love to play team sports. I love the comradery of the game of basketball, and I always consider my teammates like my brothers. Communication is the basis of collaborating. Without it, there is no way we can collaborate successfully. Team chemistry also relates to team work. In order to be successful withing a team, chemistry is needed to help the balance of the team. Connecting with people is another category important to me. I have made so many friends over the years through different jobs and schools. Using the various different medias in order to keep in touch and connect is something that I cherish. Finally, one thing we should all strive for is to create. Creating allows for the brain to work, for us to grow and improve our everyday lives. Things that help is create is reflection, innovation, and invention.
Yousif, Z. (CC) 2015.
Thanks for reading,
-ZY
Sunday, 18 January 2015
Week 1: Report and Reflection
I have really learned a lot from the week 1 reading, which was about the advantages and disadvantages of a digital footprint. Through my readings, it doesnt seem as easy as it looks to generate a great digital footprint. Although it may not seem like a big deal, digital footprints follow you for the rest of your life, and they can really open and close many doors for you as we begin to pursue or careers. The generaliztions about the internet can really hurt individuals in their everyday lives. People seem to believe that once something is deleted off of the internet, it is gone forever. However, this is not the case (Ribble 2011). Ribble sets out many “Nettiquette” standards for us to use as protocols when we are olnline. In order to have a good Netiquette, we must know how to use our technology appropriately and not take advantage or abuse it. Poor Netiquette inevitably leads you to have a negative digital footprint, which is what will be the cause of all the “closed doors” that I have mentioned earlier. There have been many cases where great candidates have been rejected when applying to jobs, this has been because the employers have found and/or seen their negative digital footprints.
One other thing that stood out to me was the teacher student blogs (Shareski 2008). I feel as though this is an extremely useful tool since it becomes that much easier to build relationships with not only your classmates, but also your instructor. You begin to build a relationship more than just the academics or the contents of a course. You become open to sharing personal ideas and thoughts, which is what creates great friendships. I really appreciate the opportunity I have with this course to be able to read and learn about my classmates’ thoughts, feelings, and opinions on our course content.
I took the Digital Driver’s License exam from the textbook, I scored 16/20. After reflecting on what I had read and been “tested” on, I’ve realized that I really need to work on the “Digital Access” sector of digital citizenship. From here on out, I’ll do my best to participate full within the electronic world and connect and interact with not only my classmates, but even other people online. By doing so, I will be able to learn the real value behind digital access. I look forward to pursuing this challenge, and I’ll make sure to keep you all updated!
Thanks for reading!
-ZY
ADED 1P32 Introduction
Hello everyone, my name is Zaed Yousif, and I'm currently a third year student at Brock University. I am currently taking an online course here at Brock, called ADED 1P32. This course teaches us how to be proper digital citizens, whether we're just browsing the web or using applications such as Pinterest, Twitter, and Facebook
As an accounting student, this course is definitely different from the usual courses that I am required to take as part of my program, but I look forward to a different learning experience and also to communicate my thoughts and ideas through different media!
Thanks for reading!
-ZY
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