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Digital Storytelling and Popcorn

Digital Storytelling

I have really enjoyed seeing some of the digital storytelling examples and the sessions, like the awesome one on GIF’s as well. I think that taking stock of the ways that storytelling can fit into different spaces is a perfect idea for learning about connections and new tools.…

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Connected learning

Connected Learning

This is going to be a longish – but first of all I just wanted to thanks everyone for helping me get going and getting stuck in. I have been really enjoying looking at other people’s work and have been really inspired by reading around.…

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Learning Like a Kindergarten Student

This post combines two Mooc’s. At #etmooc we are discussing digital storytelling, and the other Mooc I am participating in is the  MITMedialab course on creative learning, which began with the concept of kindergarten learning. So over the last week I have been using the kindergarten approach to learning, in order to come up with the best way to tell a story about my son and his experiences at kindergarten.…

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The blurring of the lines of where middle school ends, high school ends, college ends…etc.

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Building on the success of the Stanford Online High School (OHS), OHSx will allow middle- and high-school students everywhere to engage in real-time, seminar-based online courses without being formally enrolled in the OHS.

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Bringing Stories to Life – Digitally!

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Last week, I spent the majority of my #etmooc time trying new digital storytelling tools (GIFs, Flip Books, Visual Poetry5 Card Flickr) and posting about my explorations and learnings. This week, I wanted to hold off testing more tools (PopcornMaker, Inklewriter & Stop Motion are high on my list!)…

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Reflections on “Apple University hires another high-profile academic” [Elmer-DeWitt]

Apple University hires another high-profile academic – from by Philip Elmer-DeWitt
Berkeley’s Morten Hansen, co-author of Jim Collins’ latest bestseller, joined in January

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FORTUNE — Apple University has always been something of a stealth operation. It was created as a kind of in-house MBA program by Steve Jobs, a self-taught business leader who made no secret of his distaste for conventional MBAs.…

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In Defence of Books. Or, Why My Bibles are Like my Underwear

Our recent #ETMOOC topic of Digital Storytelling has me thinking not only about telling digital stories, but also reading them. My husband bought me my first iphone for Mother’s Day two years ago. The think I loved most about it, was my ability to read books on it.  

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Man o’ man — if IBM’s Watson gets integrated into what MOOCs morph into!

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Below are some reflections after seeing these items:

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Growing everyday!

It’s getting very exciting around here! I have a GREAT teacher who is jumping on board with me and incorporating technology into her classroom. She has already begun to use Voki.com. Her students have created avatars who tell stories that they have written.…

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syndicating 5358 posts from 517 #etmooc blogs