In my last post I wanted to try to pin-point some ideas that seemed important to me in reference to the discussion going on at ETMOOC and with Mozilla around digital literacy and web literacy. It has been really engaging with some great discussions
on these topics with people via ETMOOC, and through the Webmaker network, and
via Twitter as well.…
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Loading...iMovie is on my computer, so I thought I would learn how to use it. I’ve committed to using it with the Grade 5/6 class at my school as part of their poetry project.
About a year ago, a friend of mine turned 40. …
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...I can see now that my initial attempt at a definition of digital literacy was too narrow and that my academic librarian bias is all too evident in the narrow focus on “information”. To remind myself to look beyond just one aspect of digital literacy I created this peacock to try to pull together and visualize Doug Belshaw’s elements of digital literacies combined with some of the concepts discussed in Howard Rheingold’s webinar on Literacies of Attention.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading..."Digital Life": an augmented music video parody #edcmooc final artifact.
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Enjoy our presentation (here’s how we started- Adventure Collaboration ).
Who are we? @gallit_z @MsLHall @lindapemik @mrsdkrebs @grammasheri
Imagine your own story as you flip through the slides 1-6. On slide seven (7), click one of the links to hear a story from these same slides, but rearranged for each author.…
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This past weekend I attended the NJ Music Educators convention in East Brunswick, NJ. There were sessions on many different musical topics, more than I remember from past conventions, but I tried to focus my professional development on curriculum, assessment, and technology.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...My SILENT interpretation of some very powerful words…
(goes to corner to wait this one out)
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(No Ratings Yet)Loading...I read a friend’s blog today in which she offered her concerns about MOOCs, and posed some pointed questions about the capacity of a massive course to be responsive to learners. I have only had experience with cMOOCs, and I’m an unabashed supporter and fan, so I want to respond.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...In the last post I discussed how I have come to learn about the different kinds of MOOCs through my participation in etmooc. I also said that through learning about a new kind of MOOC, the cMOOC or “network-based” MOOC, I was reconsidering my earlier concerns with MOOCs.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...I just got back from the 2013 Palliser District Teacher’s Convention in Calgary. I work for Alberta Education in Edmonton, but I am seconded there so I still have to attend my school district’s annual Teacher’s Convention in Calgary.
It was a great visit to Calgary.…
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