Well I’ve hacked Chad’s Thimble page. Unfortunately, I am not thimbley enough to be able to alter the map so I’ve added in what I thought originally was superfluous information (my children, my siblings, etc.) However, on reflection, my place in the family as the eldest of five, and the impact that my children have had on my growth and learning over the years had to be included.…
Author Archives: Karen Young
Infinite Monkeys: Part III
Well here it is: My first app.
Feedback welcome!
I ended up making a document with links to my YouTube playlist and a number of blogs so that I could add some more information to the app. Publishing the app is very easy.…
Infinite Monkeys: Part II
So yesterday I was writing about creating an app (short for software application) for teachers using MS Paint for Grade 1. I’m still working on it and since Kevin asked for a debrief on the software I thought I’d write another post on the process of building this app.…
Microsoft Paint and my first app
So as part of the clmooc, I’ve decided to build my first app (I’m using Infinite Monkeys) and I chose Microsoft Paint as my subject. Why? Because in the ICT curriculum in Canada and the US, Grade 1 is where you start using Paint.…
Maps
Maps! I have a lot of maps in my car, stuck into the pockets of the door. Maps of states and provinces, maps of attractions, museums, historic sites, maps of army bases. Some of the maps are in map books, some on the large sheets of paper that you try to fold back into the proper shape after using but never quite succeed.…
Connected Learning Mooc (clmooc)
So I’ve joined clmooc and I’m a little late to the party. But that’s ok because this is a “participate when you want, where you can, do what you want to do” mooc. A “choose your own adventure” mooc. Similar to Teachtheweb, which I didn’t do as much in as I should have….code…
Failure and failing
So this week’s topic in our Openspokes fellowship is failure, something we are all intimately acquainted with, for who has not failed at a task, at a crucial moment, sometimes with serious consequences? Who ends up a goat and goes to hell?…
Hybrid Pedagogy: Leaders in Innovation
Being Open and the Open Web
Well, currently I am enrolled in Inspiring Leadership through Emotional Intelligence (Coursera) and Teachtheweb through Mozilla, plus being a member of several communities so I am feeling a little s t r e t c h e d. Both physically and mentally, so the power outage last night that shut the computer off and sent me to bed early was probably a good thing.…
Teach the web, Postetmooc and other activities
So I am about to embark on another mooc type endeavour, with Mozilla’s Teach the Web. I’ll see how it turns out. I am already feeling a little anxious because of course I’ve forgotten how to connect my blog to an aggregator (and the assumption that it is easy is to figure out ticks me off!…