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Teachers' goals may be variety, however, most of them have the same general targets when they teach their students. For example, giving them directs, taking care of them, teaching them the knowledge, showing them the good manners,etc, and that's why when I think of "a teacher," I think of the whipping top. Teachers' loves, knowledge,experiences are just like the filament surrounds us. Nevertheless, learning is not an easy job and so does teaching. These two activities should interact with each other. "Learning is a process that occurs within nebulous environments of shifting core elements - not entirely under the control of the individual" said by George Siemens' Connectivism: A Learning Theoryfor the Digital Age. If we want to play good whipping tops, we need to practice a lot. We need to combine different styles of throwing, the materials of the floor or the stuff of its own self. It’s just like continuing learning and learning and in this period, students not only learn from the teachers but also students and so do teachers. After that, teachers throw the tops safely on the floor and tops can learn from themselves individually.

According to the video of The Impact of SocialSoftware on Learning, he said that social software is a broad umbrella term, and includes everything from the blog to wiki, to social bookmarking, to tagging......it would able to share and connecting to each other. Thanks to the technology, students now can learn independently through more effective, challenge, cultural way. It is just like the analogy I said above. At the beginning, teachers would teach students how to use the tools, how to get the knowledge you want and once they learn the methods, they can enjoy the benefits the technology bring to them  and have intellectual hunger on what they interests.