Pexels-cc Eight steps to Great Digital Storytelling by Samantha Morra is a very good article if you are a novice working your way to proficient digital storytelling.  She gives 8 suggestions to think about in your story. Are personal Begin with the story/script Are concise Use readily-available source materials Include universal story elements … Continue reading Welcome to the Jungle →

Forming new habits or changing a mindset can be very complicated and uncomfortable tasks. The life of a teacher, many times, revolves around our ability to change, create, synthesize, and adapt to accomplish our teaching goals. We also have to incorporate planning, strategies, and organization to complete the process.  All of these considerations are supported … Continue reading Learning to be an Innovator →

Life as a student…log one July 17, 2017 4:18-4:50 pm Sitting at my kitchen table after making cookies I sit in my kitchen because it is sunny and I like the atmosphere Using my laptop computer I am listening to the TED talk by Paul Miller-in one tab Opened all of the other tabs for the … Continue reading Attention Log-Stardate… →

I chose the Piktograph creation tool to complete my tech assignment. I added some of my favorite technology sites, programs, and generators that I have been researching and the ones I have used the most in this class.  The Piktograph Editor is a very user-friendly site. The most challenging thing about it was to become familiar with the features … Continue reading Piktochart-Online Creation →

Thinking back 20 years, do you ever wonder how we functioned without the convenience of the internet? There are hundreds of thousands of entertaining, interesting and educational sites that can be visited by just clicking a button.  The hours can be wiled away checking social media, playing games and adding to our personal useless/useful information, … Continue reading Digital Mindfulness →

This week for my personal learning project I decided to explore a few of the generators and bots that are out there on the internet. There are some nifty ones that I think students (and teachers) may enjoy exploring. Thanks to the exposure of the Daily Create exercises I have been able to learn about the mini programs … Continue reading Independent learning →

 DAILY CREATE-Christied The Beach DC-2013 DAILY CREATE-Do nothing. It’s required DC1929 Flickr-cc DAILY CREATE-Singing in the car DC1932 (my cat) Singing in the Car DC-1932 #diglitclass pic.twitter.com/EdLGNpNipN — Leslie Essman (@essmanll) July 11, 2017 DAILY CREATE-Chase a phrase DC2010 @phasechase #diglitclass play slay stay stray tray pray pay lay jay may ray say way war … Continue reading Daily Create-week 3 →

The Six Activist Functions of Digital Tech describes the ways that people are able to use technology to achieve results in the situations that they lack the control to achieve results in traditional ways. Digital technology provides an outlet for certain groups of people or populations who, at times, feel aggrieved about topics in their lives and see … Continue reading Digital Activism →

 I Love Pink-DC 1969 My best decision ever-DC 1956 One word poem-DC 1959 It’s Muddy!-DC 1954 A New Perspective-DC 2006 Create a data set-DC 2007 Off Beat Inspirational Poster-DC 2008

There are times in the classroom that teachers or students need to be able to create their own videos from either pictures or video. Editing software can help to create those fantastic video productions.  One of my favorites is iMovie. It is an Apple program that takes some time to learn, but after that, it is … Continue reading Tech-Take 3/Let’s make a movie! →

Googling yourself is an enlightening experience, you can learn where you live, how old you are, if you’re married and who to, where you work, whether or not you participate in social media, and any newsworthy articles that may include your name. There are sites that offer to tell you about your public record, for a fee … Continue reading Google Google on my desk →

Digital citizenship, a term that covers the guidelines for appropriate and responsible behavior when using technology. More specifically it can refer to cyberbullying, online safety, privacy online, observing copyrights and digital law. DIGITAL… Access-allows all persons the same opportunity to have digital access. Commerce-buying and selling of goods Communication-exchange of information Literacy-teaching and learning about technology … Continue reading Digital Citizenship →

Thinking about (fun)Technology Word Art  A site where you can create graphics using words. The words can be theme oriented or whatever you choose.  It produces an interesting and colorful graphic for presentations, t-shirts, almost anything you can imagine. Students could implement this type of visual in numerous projects, using their logic as well as … Continue reading TECH-TECH-TECH →

Cartoon Yourself-DC 1994 My Band’s name and album cover-DC 1990 Be a Creatorist-DC 1991 My Dream Band-DC 1998 My Dream Band-DC 1998 ASCII CAMERA-DC1971   My random creations

Everyone loves to hear a story. A story of adventure, or tragedy, or romance or even sorrow. These stories allow us to relate to the storyteller, and to connect by sharing some sort of common life experience or emotion. Using podcasts or digital stories in the classroom can fill this human need while also teaching classroom content. … Continue reading Digital Stories and Podcasts →

The course ds 106 is, for lack of better terms, an adventure in creating. It was originally started as a class in digital storytelling that has evolved to include a learning community where people are invited to create their own individual projects.  It is a process driven class where you are, quite possibly, pushed to the … Continue reading Digital Storytelling 106 →

My Quest for Independent Learning Putting it all together POLL EVERYWHERE One of the applications that I looked at is called, Poll Everywhere. This is a program where you can create questions regarding specific material and get an instant response from students. It provides an opportunity for immediate feedback to evaluate learning. It could be used … Continue reading Technology for Classroom Teaching →

  In the article How to cultivate a personal learning Network: Tips from Howard Rheingold, he gives a short list of concise points to maintain and glean your Personal Learning Network. Explore– be open to new ideas and knowledge that you may find while randomly perusing online sources. You never know what is out there … Continue reading Personal Learning Cultivation →

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A lot of buzz around this issue today … Barrett got us blogging when he sent this tweet:   Per Wiki, the serial comma (also known as the Oxford comma and the Harvard comma) is the comma used immediately before a grammatical conjunction (usually and, or, and sometimes nor) preceding…

Pexels-cc PERSONAL This system is comprised of teachers, administrators, professors and experts to help answer questions and offer professional support. These people make up a physical and online network of available resources at your fingertips. LEARNING This network of people is your own personal professional development group. Anytime you are at a loss for ideas … Continue reading A Personal Learning Network →

In 1966, I know, a long time ago, I began the journey of learning. We are born learners, from the moment that we come into this world we learn. This learning process is littered with experiences that expose many of us to the good the bad and ugly of life. During our life of learning … Continue reading Learn Something New, but WHAT? →

THINK cc-Pexels As teachers we understand the value of thinking but do we really encourage it? Most of us have looked out across our classroom at one time or another, and seen that student with the vacant, disinterested stare. Or, the student who is completely immersed in a topic other than the one you are … Continue reading Passion Based Learning →

As a teacher in the 21st century, we are called on to teach a varied and unique group of people who will be leading us into the future. Teaching to the strengths of students. All of us are unique and talented. We are born with characteristics and predispositions that should be sought out and cultivated. … Continue reading Why am I different? →

cc-Pexels Hacking your education or exploring, tweaking or in some way improving your understanding is an approach that allows students to “fiddle with it” to gain a better understanding. The idea of hacking indicates to me that a person must invest the time and thought into a project in order to actually gain an understanding … Continue reading Hacking your Education →

Photo cc-Sjoerd Los Learning, my daily quest. Today I am working on Digital Literacy. A quest to bridge the gap between the world I grew up in and the world I live in today.  When I was little, we had 3 channels on the television and it was my job to get up and turn … Continue reading Becoming Digitally Literate →

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