30 Days of Work Stats in 90 Seconds
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Blue October
Now blue October, smoky in the sun...
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Shark Syllabus!
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Source Imagery
"What IS source imagery?"
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I Will Be Presenting at the Reform Symposium
Click to go to my RSCON4 pageThis is just to let you know that I will be presenting at the 2013 Reform Symposium. Here's the information from their website:Teachers now have access to free quality professional development via current online technologi... -
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Fredericksburg
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Google Maps – Venice
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How I Became a Teacher
Photo Credit: violscraper via Compfight ccI have a confession to make:I didn't plan for this to happen. When I was a child, I didn't dream about becoming a teacher one day. My mother was a teacher, my two uncles were teachers and I was going to be some... -
More Thoughts on Digital Storytelling
Yesterday I tweeted that I wanted to get back in the ds106 playground. Last week in the Fall 2013 Headless Course for ds106 the current participants explored what digital storytelling actually is. You would think that participants in a course called Digital Storytelling 106 would know! Having dropped in on the course a few times …
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More Thoughts on Digital Storytelling
Yesterday I tweeted that I wanted to get back in the ds106 playground. Last week in the Fall 2013 Headless Course for ds106 the current participants explored what digital storytelling actually is. You would think that participants in a course called Digital Storytelling 106 would know! Having dropped in on the course a few times …
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Dragonfly
I saw a big bronze bi-winged dragonfly in the water, struggling to break the water tension that held her wings captive.
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Welcome Back!
It’s been a difficult summer for Mind on Fire blog as Lane Community College decided to move it to a new server. This did not set well with my beautiful blog theme, so it lay like a broken butterfly for weeks while one Matthew Danskine intermittently tried to resuscitate her. I downloaded the latest version ... -
A Teacher’s Reach: Mary Ellen and NCRA
“I touch the future.” — Christa McAuliffe Web philosopher Clay Shirky’s advice for membership associations? People want to be engaged — they want to be part of a group that does something. Newsletters and conferences don’t cut it any more … Continue reading → -
#teachtheweb: The Fake Band Wiki Experience
From time to time, I inadvertently grasp the differences between and uses of absolute, fixed, and relative positioning on a web page. However, more often than not, I try to put stuff where I think it should go using fixed position, which makes my work kind of inflexible and not so hot for mobile. In […] -
#CIC Creativity and knowledge frameworks
Had some more time this week to return to online courses, one work related on Child Protection (engaging, scenario based format, relating to key themes, with links and statistics) and 2 on coursera: Creativity, Innovation and Change, and Accountable talk. I want to try and link the ideas around types of creativity to knowledge framework […] -
“Weird Creativity” and All: Reflections on Old Globe MOOC
“Yawn … weird creativity and very banal” — Peer Reviewer of my Week 4 assignment, Old Globe MOOC I’m a veteran of many MOOCs — from the clearly philosophically open PLENK2010 (one of the Siemens, Downes, and Cormier original “cMOOCs”) … Continue reading → -
If Nothing Ever Changed, There’d Be No Butterflies
I was privileged to teach digital storytellng at the Oregon Writing Project Summer Institute...
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You can make my Sonic Summer Camp dreams come true
Sometimes the coolest and most exciting work I get to do comes along in unexpected ways. Case in point, a few weeks back I was chatting live with Scottlo on the mighty DS106 Radio, and he mentioned that he would be making a rare visit... -
The August Animated GIF Challenge: Challenge 2 – Dancing Jim All Over the World
The August Animated GIF Challenge: Challenge 2 – Dancing Jim All Over the World, a photo by Rowan Peter on Flickr. Dancing Jim All Over The World for Challenge 2 of The August Animated GIF Challenge. -
All over the world and beyond
For the “dancing all over the world” challenge, I thought of the time Jim got invited to the Planet of the Vampires. He was very happy. -
Fitness Video!
A little 60 second video for all those clamoring fans who want to know how the Jensens keep so fit!
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Flying Angels
Peter Jensen, Michael Levick and I were kayaking where […] -
Vision Quest 2040
It is your 100th Birthday. Tell us a story of a crazy thing you did when you turned 90. -
A Road to Call Your Own
Tell me a story, a new story, an old story, any story, a story in which I am young again and as brave as I am beautiful. -
Chasing Butterflies
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Tea Bag Prez!
"A woman is like a tea bag; you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water."
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Creativity Bootcamp
July 2, 2013 I dunno…one school term has ended, a […] -
My 60 Second Saturday – A Video Narrative
It’s no secret that I’m openly in love with […]
