Digital Literacies Peacock (Photo credit: *s@lly*)
What does it mean to be digitally literate? And who can actually answer that question today – teachers, administrators, researchers, students? I’m not sure I can do it justice. I think that’s one of my big takeaways from participating in the #etmooc Digital Literacy topic.…
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Loading...This week @karenatsharon wrote a post about learning to use Mozilla tools. She’s been frustrated with the lack of good instruction, and she’s taking matters into her own hands, joining an SMOOC (a “small meaningful open online community,” play on the term MOOC=massively open online course).…
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Modern Education is at the forefront of a lot of discussion’s as backed up by Will Richardson’s webcast for #etmooc.
He posted a board for collaboration where participants shared ideas on traditional versus modern education. Today we are a tech driven society.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Taking day-long hikes into an exquisite national park like Desolation Wilderness, west of Lake Tahoe, provides a wonderful metaphor for learning: just when we think we’ve reached a destination we have established for ourselves—a summit, a pristine lake, or a meadow—we realize there are even more to pursue.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Connecting with educational leaders around the world is so incredibly easy via Twitter. I love how many opportunities there are to have conversations about literally any topic, at any time of day or night. Whether I’ve “lurked” in chat sessions … Continue reading 
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(No Ratings Yet)Loading...For anyone fascinated by the concept of wicked problems—those complex, ambiguous challenges that are not subject to easy or perfect solutions and that were a topic of discussion at the recent New Media Consortium (NMC) Future of Education summit in Austin, Texas—a book called Dancing with the Devil would seem to keep us in the right company.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...So, over the past few weeks the entire world seems to have become obsessed with the smart phone app – “4 Pics, 1 Word”. Not a day goes by where someone doesn’t ask for my help on one they’re stuck on, whether it be in person or online.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...I wrote recently on how I use blogging to connect the introvert in my classroom and have found it is making it much easier for my quiet students to connect to the lessons and participate with their classmates. Something interesting is happening with one student in particular that I thought I’d share.…
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| Reflective Practice Vlogging Community: | https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/116395158372553895482 |
| Ben Wilkoff’s Youtube Channel: | http://www.youtube.com/user/bhwilkoff |
| Luke Cowdell’s Reflection: | http://youtu.be/Y3GAxbucmwU?t=1m45s |
| Sheri Edwards’ Reflection: | http://youtu.be/fQWgmWipSSk |
| Fellowship of the Ning: | http://youtu.be/9k1wsEhn0xI |
| #iPDX13 Notes: | http://bit.ly/ipdx13notes |
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(No Ratings Yet)Loading...We posted a video yesterday about how to set up guided access on iOS devices. I figured some viewers would immediately figure it out and no other explanation would be needed. If you have worked in educational technology you probably immediately see the potential for this feature.…
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