Lesson 2: The Browser as Personal Learning Environment (PLE)

ID: 121566

Name: Keita Tanaka


Think
The USB Flash memory is one of the easiest answer to this question.
By bringing the word and power point versions of works that one have edited last time, one can start next editing anywhere at any computers one could find.

Also, Google document might be a future answer to this question. We can upload all document in any format such as Word, Excel, Powerpoint, PDF online and group members(I use this function with my fellow members of free paper club) can edit those document from any computers if they have right account for that group. The histories of editing are recorded and members can check all of version from first draft to final edited version.

Explore

1.Speed Dial
With Speed Dial, we can check the our most used sites easily.
Only by clicking right buttun and choosing "Add to Speed Dial", you can see that sites when you open FF as images. There is vacancy for maybe 9 site on one page.


2.Image Zoom
Image Zoom enables us to see small letters in the pictures which are showed on FF. With right click and scroll wheel, we can change the size of pictures easily.


Explain

1. Skills in English is necessary because Most of Adds-on for FF is not translated into Japanese and "How to" parts are written in English. Skills to categorize what Add-ons you are searching for is also needed in order to find new add-ons which fit you easily.

2.With "Speed Dial", You are now able to check most used 9 sites on one page as images. You can scroll down to bottom part that images in the each window and one click on the each images take you to the real sites each. "Firegestures" reduces our window spaces for buttons like Forward and Back because we can do almost every basic action with the movenment of mouse and clicking it. "abcTajpu" is an add-on for multi-language learners. It enables us to type other language alphabets than English such as French accents, Russian Alphabets, and even Arabic letters in easier way than change the computer settings. Actually, I am now lerrning French and Arabic in the same time, so this add-on really helps me a lot.

3. We can check the definitions of the words we do not know when we find them on the sources for the essays. Also, Pronunciation can be checked in order to practice for presentation in English. Moreover, "Google notebook" will let us take notes on the same window, which we use internet for researching and we can share that notes online in the format of google document with your group presentation members.

4. There are further more so called "Add-on" for FF than we can imagine and each of them has their special and powerfull functions. I've learned that these programming worlds are built in the language of English and we can not make the most of those add-ons without the skills in English because these instructions for the add-ons are written in English and options and all words on the buttons are also English words. In addition, we clearly should know what functions each add-ons have and what add-ons we have installed because sometimes our windows for FF are filled with the buttons we are not sure of how to use it. Also, that kind of understandings help us when we try to find some other add-ons on the internet site as "Mozzila" .