I attended Intro to Connected Learning by Alec Couros. His session made a lot of sense to me and is……
This is How I Start a Blogging Project
I work with many different teachers in my district that in turn work with many different grade levels of students. While most of the teachers call for my technical skills for a project to take care of the nuts and bolts of getting the students up and running with a technology-rich project, I usually bring my former teacher self as well to the classroom.…
Film Is Truth 24 Times A Second
I suppose I need to stop stealing my titles from famous people, but maybe Jean-Luc Godard’s quote got your attention. Maybe you live in Bellingham, and you love Film Is Truth as much as I do. Yes, a real video store!…
The Purpose of Learning
As part of the ongoing content of the #etmooc, I participated in an interactive presentation led by Dave Cormier, a progressive instructor and overall presence in the open education movement. Dave is also a prime evangelist of the Rhizomatic Learning Model, which was the primary topic of discussion yesterday afternoon.…
Discover Diigo: A Tool for Annotating Webpage Content as You Read
Despite online journals and web articles replacing tangible textbooks, students still apply the same learning and research methods to text, or web content. Students read, collect information, take notes, and mark information sources on online content—and a company called Diigo has made the ideal tool (also called Diigo) to support students’ online research methods.…
Thank you Natasa for your post that gave me just t…
Thank you Natasa for your post that gave me just the feedback I need at this juncture on my conduct of the M/literacies course in the manner of what I myself have learned from MOOCs. I sometimes feel guilty that my sessions appear scattered and incohesive to newcomers compared to the normal method of a moderator laying things out for you.…
Rhizomatic Learning, MOOCs, Libraries and Open Access
Of the many interesting points that were made today in Dave Cormier’s Rhizomatic Learning webinar, one particularly resonated with me. With MOOCs we need to be very much aware of content ownership. As MOOC participants come from all around the globe, all resources used within the MOOC need to be freely available. …
No Rhizomatic learning for me
Just now I listened to a talk by Dave Cormier about Rhizomatic Learning as part of participating in ETMOOC. The most important statements about what it is to me are “that participating in the community is the curriculum” and “the Rhizome is a model for learning for uncertainty”.…