Lesson2

Think (SCICU e-Portfolio)
Before you began this course,
what arrangements did you make (or still do) to try and ensure that
you could do any work you wanted to do during the day?
I downloaded some tool bars to make it easy to　get some extensions.
And i ask some people what kind of extensions they are using and why.
Many boys said they do not link too much tool bars are set around the
Browsers and girls love to get as much as extensions.
I found the difference is interesting.

Explore (SCICU e-Portfolio)
View a couple of these screenshot tours 1 2 3 4 showing
how different users have developed a personal work environment in Firebox (FF).
Take notes on some of the features that look interesting.
It is interesting but frightening that Fire Fox re-present the site which I saw it
last time I used FF. I suppose as not always one person use the PC, it is
dangerous to show the page which is last time shown from the point of view of security of information.

Do (ROW)
1. Install Portable Firefox on your USB drive
(If you regularly work on a Mac you might be interested
in Portable Firefox for Mac). Please see this video.
It is interesting that there is portable version　of FF.
At first I could not understand why there is portable version but I understood that
some computer do not allow people to install FF
if it does not need much time , but for the security reason.

2. Some basic requirements: Make the SCICU homepage
and Web box and the DIY Textbook your FF Home Pages. Open each of the three preceding pages
in a new tab in FF (Ctrl +click). Go to Tools≫Options≫Main. Click 'Use Current Pages'.
I did. It is easy and nice to use digital text because I do not have to bring
a amount of package from my house!

3. Install the extensions below. Extensions are small add-ons that add new functionality
to Firefox, from a simple toolbar button to a completely new feature. They allow you to
customize Firefox according to your needs and preferences.
I thought it is annoying that I could not see even usual movies without ad-ons.
Plus some ad-ons are not very fit with my Vista Windows.　That is terrible!!

4. Add 2 or 3 more extensions (you can also add more later) to begin developing Firefox
into your own PLE. (Tools≫Add-ons≫See All Recommended Add-ons). I encourage you
to browse the categories (on the left hand side of the add-ons page) and look especially
for add-ons that may be useful for researching, studying, and completing your university work. Michael Calore recommends Research Word, which "gives Firefox a handy contextual menu item to look up words and phrases in a variety of sources. Select the word you want to lookup, then right-click it to access definitions from Wikipedia, Google Definitions, IMDb, and more. For the science majors there’s Biotech, which offers some links and tools for people wanting to research in the field of Biotechnology." Inline Google Definitions is much simpler than Research Word, and shows Google definitions for the selected word.
I putted "Kabodle" ad-on. It is item-based bookmarking button.It is popularin america.It is cool and interesting ! As I did not know that google had it ad-ons, I suprised a lot!


Explain (SCICU e-Portfolio)
1. What are the main skills needed to use your PLE?
I have to get the knowledge which ad-on is most suitable for my purpose
as there are a lot of ad-ons are prepared.

2. What are the affordances of your PLE (what does it make possible,
what does it impede)?
It is very useful especially I have to use the PC I can not install FF to
bring my FF in my memory, However it is a bit heavy to bring FF( It cost more than 6M!)
Plus I use 10 or more memories, is sometimes difficult to bring FF always.

3. How can your PLE be used to network professionally
and connect you (& other students) to learning resources?
PLE allows me to reach the information I want as rapid as possible.
It is true that I can find the same information whatever kind of PC or Browsers i use,
but it is most easy to use same FF that I customize.

4. What skills and understandings have you learned from creating a
PLE that may promote your development as an effective learner in the digital age?
It is important to decide what is necessarily for my FF or not,
I realize that what is important is very different people by people. i have to customize
and organize my office environment inside of PC by myself,.