The Newspaper Blackout Assignment suggests that you should “grab a marker and today’s morning edition and start blacking out sections to create a new story. It could be a poem, a picture, or a novella, all drawn from the words of the latest news”. …
6 Months
Google Annouces Update
For all you techies… Google is updating. To think I was just getting “accustomed”.
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Brainstorming Learning Frameworks
This is the Version 1 mind map of a Flexible Learning Pathway for Formal and Non-formal Learning
Flexible Learning Pathways MindMap
The focus of this mindmap was to see what evidence of learning is currently being offered by systems and what systems are looking for.…
Photoblitz!
Now for some reason, the idea of a photoblitz triggers the song “Ballroom Blitz” in my mind. Don’t ask me why, it may be just the word blitz is common to both.
So I did my photo blitz at home over the lunch hour.…
I Wear My #ooe13 Badge with Pride
That’s a Strange-Looking Fish
I heard of this visual assignment, Fat Cats Make Art Better today in the Google Hangout. It sounded fun, so I looked for two CC images in Flickr and pulled them both into Photoshop. I resized the cat image to get it closer in size to the Ophelia image. …
Tough Training
This post is part of a series reflecting on my international study tour to Copenhagen, Berlin and London.
Today’s visit, our last in Berlin, took us to a gymnasium in Kreuzberg, Leibniz Schule. 840 students attend this all day (which includes after school extra subjects and care for those who want it) school which has a 30% intake of German as a second language. …
A Lack of Female Authors, Heterogeneous Authors, & Pedagogy
Canadian author David Gilmour found himself in an Internet brouhaha this week in regards to an interview he provided for Hazlitt, an online magazine promoted by Random House of Canada. …
Feedback is Bi-directional
Grading the Teacher
According to the ACSD, feedback is not necessarily what you think it is. Confused? Try this: There are Seven Keys to Effective Feedback:
- Goal Oriented
- Tangible and transparent
- Actionable
- User-friendly
- Timely
- Ongoing
- Consistent
Based on the aforementioned article, “Technology is one powerful tool—part of the power of computer-assisted learning is unlimited, timely feedback and opportunities to use it.”…