Slices of Life 044 – Walking and Groggy

Slices of Life 044 – Walking and Groggy

by Scott Lockman

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January 12, 2012

The clock tells me it’s quarter past five in the morning. It seems like just yesterday that I began recording this episode I’m only now writing up as a blog post. It was only 23 hours ago that I was … Continue reading →
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Slices of Life 043 – Defining Moment

by Scott Lockman

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January 11, 2012

Today was the first day of the new semester at one of the places where I teach. It’s a busy time as it is also the end of the semester at the other two schools. I’m still not sure about … Continue reading →
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Slices of Life 042 – A Load of Invitations

by Scott Lockman

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January 10, 2012

It all begins tomorrow. I’m both nervous and excited about my third semester teaching Cyberspace and Society - mostly excited. The image above links to the class blog which I intend to use heavily over the next three months.. I … Continue reading →
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Beautiful Sky

by Scott Lockman

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January 8, 2012

Beginning in third grade, elementary school students in Japan are assigned a calligraphy homework assignment to complete over the winter holiday. Kakizome is the name for this first writing of the year. Today I shot a video of one of … Continue reading →
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Slices of Life 41 – Just Being a Blip

by Scott Lockman

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January 6, 2012

This is a post that doesn’t know whether to be a podcast episode or a ds106 assignment. Those who take the time to listen might get a sense of just how perfect it is to do it as both. As … Continue reading →
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The Spuds Have Eyes

by Scott Lockman

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January 4, 2012

Instead of doing some much needed work, I’ve been caught up in the ds106 yam yarn hysteria. I know this is a russet potato and not a yam – sosume. It came from the morgue files as did the canyon background behind it. … Continue reading →
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First Post

by Scott Lockman

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January 3, 2012

This will be the course blog for CIS 0835 Cyberspace and Society for Spring 2012.
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The Yam Who Would Be King

by Scott Lockman

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January 3, 2012

Not to be confused with A Spud for All Seasons.
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Candy Loves ds106 – animate GIF

by Scott Lockman

| Syndicated
January 2, 2012

The image above started as an experiment to see if use my camera’s sequence shutter mode to snap a handful of pictures of ds106 being drawn by my daughter. Our timing was off and I missed the shot I hoped … Continue reading →
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Year End Triple Troll Attack

by Scott Lockman

| Syndicated
December 31, 2011

The Assignment: ds106 visual assignment #138 is the Triple Troll Attack. It was one of the more popular assignments with my class last semester. Perhaps that was because it has a simple premise and can be easily completed. Here’s the … Continue reading →
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MAT4ESL iDeaCast 04 – Let’s Simulcast in 2012

by Scott Lockman

| Syndicated
December 31, 2011

This iDeaCast is my final audio recording of 2011. I made it while walking home last night and forgot to embed the iPadio player. It is a continuation on a recent blog post and earlier recording about EDUtalk. It feels … Continue reading →
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Translate This: Toscka

by Scott Lockman

| Syndicated
December 30, 2011

Here is my take on a new ds106 assignment called Photo Word Translation. It was submitted to the assignment bank by Alan earlier today. At present, it still hasn’t been given an assignment category designation or number. Ideally, I’d want … Continue reading →
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From Scottlo to Scotland

by Scott Lockman

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December 29, 2011

The embedded iPadio player above features a message of greeting to a group of educators and audio enthusiasts based in the UK. EDUtalk is a project put together by a couple of gentlemen in Scotland in 2009: John Johnston and David Noble … Continue reading →
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MAT4ESL iDeaCast 03 – Feedback Prompts Research

by Scott Lockman

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December 27, 2011

Last week I posted the first MAT4ESL iDeaCast as an embedded iPadio player. Since then I recorded a second installment and forgot to post it here. I’m still not sure whether or not to post such embeds here on a … Continue reading →
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Scottlo’s ds106radio Skype Set-up

by Scott Lockman

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December 26, 2011

I first heard about the Educreations Interactive Whiteboard application for the iPad last week. I downloaded it and wasn’t able to see any way to use it. It struck me as just another drawing program. And as seems to be … Continue reading →
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Moment of Calm

by Scott Lockman

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December 24, 2011

When I reembarked on the daily update project several weeks ago, I had no idea that I would become as drawn into as I seem to have. The encouraging feedback and response videos from Rowan and Ted, in addition to … Continue reading →
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Slices of Life 040 – I’m a teacher finally

by Scott Lockman

| Syndicated
December 22, 2011

As I headed out to Chiba for the last day of teaching in 2011, it seemed like a good idea to record another slice. I wanted to share my recent experience of learning how to use YouTube’s automatic transcription and … Continue reading →
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MAT4ESL iDeaCast 01 – Transmitting Lesson Plans

by Scott Lockman

| Syndicated
December 20, 2011

This iPadio recording kicks off what will be a series of discussions about practical activities designed to introduce Mobile Audio Transmission to the ESL/EFL field. Under the working title of MAT4ESL, these tools, tricks and techniques will help to frame … Continue reading →
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Human Sized Megaphone

by Scott Lockman

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December 18, 2011

This recording, as mentioned repeatedly, is an unintended departure from the Slices of Life project. To me it feels and sounds more like the sort of stuff I occasionally came up with in an earlier podcasting project called Tokyo Calling. … Continue reading →
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Audio Bookends to a Pretty Good Day

by Scott Lockman

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December 13, 2011

A fun and meaningful day of teaching took place between these two recordings. Time constraints prevent me from transcribing these iPadio segments. I had hoped to make use of an automated text to speech facility, as mentioned herein, but it … Continue reading →
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LaQua Illumination

by Scott Lockman
December 13, 2011

I took the youngest daughter to LaQua near Tokyo Dome to do some shopping and enjoy the seasonal illumination. This overhead light sculpture was impressive.
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IdeaCast 01: Mobile Audio for ESL

by Scott Lockman

| Syndicated
December 11, 2011

I’m thinking that using an embeddable service such as iPadio might be a useful way to explore and experiment with mobile audio recording. As mentioned previously, there are several different online tools available for this. Comparing the various features among … Continue reading →
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Slices of Life 039 – Reflectomatic

by Scott Lockman

| Syndicated
December 9, 2011

Back when I was a boy, and Shep was a pup, there was nothing I wanted more than the Popeil Pocket Fisherman. Whenever the commercial for the PPF came on the TV, I would sit with Shep at my side … Continue reading →
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Transcription of Mobile Audio for ESL Classes

by Scott Lockman

| Syndicated
December 8, 2011

I’m pretty sure the idea of asking ESL students to transcribe short audio recordings has merit. I hope to confer with those more knowledgable on the matter as I explore this are further. This short recording wound up being a … Continue reading →
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Nachas Spubble

by Scott Lockman

| Syndicated
December 6, 2011

Though this blog isn’t piped into the ds106 system, I couldn’t resist the chance to do a spubble with the recently whiskerless Cogdog. I think he looks even more debonair than usual, but for some reason I also get the … Continue reading →
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Experiment and Demo: Wreally Transcribe App

by Scott Lockman

| Syndicated
December 6, 2011

This recording is coming to you as part of a blog post. I want to demonstrate and introduce a quite useful application that I’ve discovered for Google Chrome. It’s made by the company W-Really or Wreally and it’s called Transcribe. … Continue reading →
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