MOOCs. I’ve lost count. There was CCK08, then PLENK10 and Change11, then it starts getting fuzzy. DS106 stands out, and there is a mobimooc coming up next month and Learning 2.o Virtual Conference (similar to a MOOC), on August 20-24, just after this one ends.…
Re-post: #ELTchat: the loss of eltchat.com – Plan B
I have been planning a sort of big comeback (again!) with posts and new pages and topics, when on Thursday night I read the post I am re-posting below on Marisa’s blog.
I have been a great admirer or everything #ELTCHat: the dedication of the founders; the ever-growing number of participants; the fantastic summaries; the podcast; the amazing variety of topics, and the kind of conversations you wished you ‘d had with your colleagues at school.…
Open source motherships
I’ve half given up on open source, mostly because, as a vague left winger the balance between what is collective action and volunteering has become much more of a form of explicitly unpaid labour. The balance, moral, economical leads to issues of both maintaining the positivity of sharing skills to make code better, but in taking potentially paid labour from others affects wages, and job opportunities.…
Agency, Rhetoric, and Connectivism
In an earlier post, I discussed intentionality in the rhizome in response to some comments and questions from Frances Bell. Her questions revealed some significant gaps in my thinking which I’m still trying to fill, but the article Rhetorical Agency as Emergent and Enacted (CCC 62:3, Feb 2011) by Marilyn M.…
Welcome to Cinis et Favilla!
I created this blog with a twofold purpose in mind: to get my students thinking about Classical culture outside of a classroom and to give them an opportunity to improve their digital literacy in the expression of their ideas. To that end, I will encourage them to keep their own blogs in a similar fashion, with posts on anything related to the Latin language, Classical literature and myth, art, history, architecture, etc.…
Helen at the Villa in September
The Getty Villa will be staging Euripides’ Helen this fall Thursdays-Saturdays in the month of September. Tickets are $42 ($38 for students), and $25 preview shows will be held 8/30-9/1. Don’t miss it!
…Beautiful Evil: The Challenge of Helen of Troy
Open Post To My Team
Thank you team. It has been an honour and a privilege to learn and lead alongside with you for the past two years. This post is one that celebrates and reflects on the past two years in my role as the … Continue reading …
Why I’m using Remind 101 this year
Introduction to PBL Power Point
Below is a Introduction to Project-Based Learning Power Point. It’s nothing fancy – I chose not to do a Prezi because of the amount of info I included. It’s full of information on the Why, The What, and The How and there are links to a tremendous amount of resources. …