S3 Post#3 Review of Yuko's CircaVie

This tool enables us to share not only photos, but also the time line of those. I think it is very interesting and it has many possibilities. For example, we can upload to CircaVie the photos of Tokyo Bay including old pictures, and can clearly show the process of rapid landfill.

S3Post #2 Review of Yukie's Gradefix

Gradefix enables us to manage many courses we take. Every term I feel hard to settle schedule for each task which offered by many courses. Thanks to this tool, we can divide our free time into each tasks to its due date. I am highly interested in this tool and I would like to use it.

S3post #1 Review of Shintaro's MindMeister

MindMeister is very useful tool of online mind mapping. I have been waited for tools like this for two reason. First, I have used offline mind mapping soft (free) named "FreeMind" for a year, but thesedays I feel frastrated because I can use it on my PC only. It's hard to bring PC or attach file to e-mail, and maps require PC memory much. Second, I think mind mapping is the most efficient way to exchange and share ideas with others. So online brain storming can be facilitated by this tool.

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Agres

1. What is the central problem for citizens in democracies?
How to participate meaningfully in the society is the central problem.

2. What skills do citizens need?
Citizens need the skills to construct social capital, and to participate in the collective production and circulation of political arguments.

3. What term does the author use to describe the process citizens use to promote their concerns about an issue?
The author use "issue entrepreneurship."

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Lesson6:Google Docs & Spreadsheets

Think
What do you currently do when a teacher asks you to collaborate with other students on a project?What do you now if you want to show someone else what you have done?What do you do if you need to work on it at the same time?

First, I usually have a casual meeting with other members at Shin-D. In the meeting, I exchange ideas, and e-mail address of mobile-phone and PC. Second, If the project will be long more than months and group has more than 5 members(almost), maybe I create mailing-list in order to keep in touch and manage schedule. Third, in order to show someone else what I have done, I attach file to e-mail and send members. If I need to work with others at the same time, I meet actually because I feel that it is more difficult to meet on the Internet.

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Social Computing Key Questions:
1. What are the main skills needed to use social software?
While using social software, needed skill is to communicate efficiently not only in face-to-face meeting but also on the Internet .

2. What are the affordances (what the software makes possible, what it impedes)?
Google Document enables us to save our time and difficulty of collaboration. However, I think face-to-face meeting can inspire and motivate us in different way from online collaboration.

3. How can the technology be used to network professionally and connect users to learning resources?
Thanks to Google Document, people must be able to work on same project at the same time wherever they live.

4. What learned skills and understandings may promote your development as an effective learner in the digital age?
I am surprised by how Google Document is convenient for collaboration, since I always feel that group work is heavy and hard to finish than work alone. The skill to share online will promote my work in digital and busy age.