End of Insite Project.

The Insite Project has came to an end and it is now time to reflect on how it aided my development and knowledge.

I feel that the experience I had with the Insite Project wasn't good or bad, just average. The application that myself and Jennifer had was 99chats. My opinion sadly has not changed since my first post about this project. I still do not believe that this application is safe to use within a classroom. I understand that it can be embedded e.g. on a blog, and set us as your own chat room, however you are still introducing the pupils to this application and there is no stopping them going home and trying to use it at home. If they do try to use it at home, it will not be safe to do the content that some people post within chatrooms. Therefore, I do not believe that this should be used within a classroom.

The Web 2.0 respository is a good resource to have, but I think it is important to remember that these may be slightly biased. My reasons for saying this, is because students at Purdue University are creating a page for an application as part of their module which they have to pass and gain credits for. I therefore believe that this overshadows the actual educationally value of the application, and instead it is important for them to pass the module, knowing that the content is all positive about the application. I have severe problems with how the group made 99Chats out to be a fantastic resource, where I could not overshadow the idea that this is not safe or secure to use within a classroom. Here is the page for 99chats.

I believe Insite is a good project and it is a great resource to have access to, to explore different types of applications. However if I was to use it in the future, I would be looking at it very critically and testing out the application before I used it within a classroom to ensure it is ok to use.