After completing all of the 23Things on my blog, I was awarded my very own 23Things Digital Badge. Which now sits all shiny on my blog!

Reflection “Panorama” by jplenio is​ licensed under CC0 1.0 What were the Things you particularly enjoyed? I enjoyed Thing 21 about the online games, especially the Hour of Code. I thought this was a great site. I had heard about it but had not spent much time in it before doing this. I think this is a… Continue reading Thing 23

Fun and Play “Pet” by Winsker is​ licensed under CC0 1.0 I have to admit at the start of this section of the blog that I am a bit camera shy, which is why I have not signed up to the tools for Thing 22. However despite my lack of presence on these sites, I am aware… Continue reading Thing 22

Online Games/Learning “Video Game” by MasterTux is​ licensed under CC0 1.0 Gamemfication has created a bit of a buzz around education in recent years. Adapting game-like learning into parts of the curriculum is becoming more evident especially with online courses as a way of engaging learners with the content. Looking at the list of games from the… Continue reading Thing 21

LinkedIn In terms of social media sites, this is one I would be most likely to sign up for (other than twitter). As I have mentioned in previous blog posts on 23 things, I have not found any reason to sign up on the social media platforms out there. Purely from a professional aspect, I… Continue reading Thing 20

Altmetrics Measuring the impact of scholarly works is something academics will look towards to see what sort of impact their work is making in their field. In many ways this is becoming more of a feature due to the advance of social media technology and the ease in which publications can be distributed. With this… Continue reading Thing 19

Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality “VR” by Nikin is​ licensed under CC0 1.0 The development of the tools to allow you to view games, educational resources etc in virtual reality has really come on in recent years. The fact that you can have your own mini experience of this using your mobile phone and Google cardboard really reaches out… Continue reading Thing 18

Geolocation/Geocaching Geolocation is a term that I am familiar with as this can be useful for mapping and using with certain apps for public transport on a mobile device. Although saying that there is a concern for privacy in that sentence in that your whereabouts can be tracked at all times, which may seem a… Continue reading Thing 17

OneNote Although I have seen this tool in use and have seen other use this for note taking, it is not something I have looked into in any detail. So what better excuse than to dive into this now I thought! I have to admit I was pleasantly surprised at how much I liked using… Continue reading Thing 16

Tumblr This is not the first site that springs to mind when looking for content and I have to admit not a site I go to often or have an account for. On first impressions, Tumblr seems fairly easy to navigate and is simplistic in its layout, which makes it attractive to use as you… Continue reading Thing 15

Accessibility Reading the article on Stories of Web Users is an eye opener when thinking about all the possible restrictions that end users of a website may face. When designing a site, it can be easy to get carried away with the look and feel and capturing the attention of new users to the site.… Continue reading Thing 6

Diversity Having read the articles on Apple’s Multicultural Emoji’s and Yeah, Facebook Messenger’s New Diverse Emoji Actually Matters the technology that we use shows that diversity is important to the users of these systems that are in place. The standard emoji’s that are in place were something I considered mini static cartoon characters, of which… Continue reading Thing 5