In Chapter 7 of the New Literacies Sampler book Lankshear and Knobel introduce us to the concept of social learning which is a collaborative form of learning.  It also includes a discussion of the “Push” and “Pull” learning environments where the push environment is based on pushing out the learning materials to the students (as … Continue reading Response: Social learning, push/pull, and collaborative learning platforms

Chapter seven on Social learning, ‘push’ and ‘pull’, and building platforms for collaborative learning by Lankshear and Knobel (2011) reminds us that nothing lives in a vacuum, and that certainly...

From the assignment bank this week I have chosen to put together a How to video following the directions below: For this assignment you are to make a tutorial video. It doesn’t have to be anything specific, just any type of “how to” or life hack video. Or, to make things more interesting try making… Continue reading How to make a “Tukussu ngalam” →

I argue that some topics, even those which are seemingly innocuous, are better suited to abstract discussions than large collaborative projects. In these cases, the educator can offer both sides of an argument and then encourage an open discussion of it, and perhaps, a later independent response.  To support my argument, I endeavor to analyze ... [Read more...]

This week’s assignment bank task was to choose a video assignment. I selected What Do You Love? The instructions are: “Choose something that you love and make a video of it! You can take pictures or videos and combine them into one final video. Try to find music that has to do with the thing you… Continue reading DS106 Assignment Bank: What Do You Love?

The digital story I selected to critique this week is called Firestorm. Warning to anyone reading this post, this is quite a long digital story, but well worth the time to navigate through it! Wow! What a powerful story. Essentially, this town in Tasmania suffered from a catastrophic fire, one that was so bad the fire… Continue reading Digital Story Critique 6: Firestorm

This week I chose from the Assignment Bank the following Video Assignment: Exercise and Socialize Neighborhood walks used to be a good form of exercise and a good way to meet your neighbors. Nowadays, exercise is at the gym and socializing is online. Record a video of yourself taking a neighborhood walk and play a […]

My learning this semester has really branched into two areas. On one hand, I have been learning about photography for my own interests to incorporate into my final project. On the other, my headlong dive into this class has taken on a world of its own in my thought process. After reading this week’s article, … Continue reading "Social Learning"

In Chapter 7, various social learning theories and their contexts within our 21st century climate are discussed. They talk about two versions of social learning that came before what they are explaining, observational learning and normative goal learning. Both of these combine into the learning type that they explain as being formed from authentic activity. It … Continue reading Passion Creates Mastery: Chapter 7 Response

For my digital story critique this week I wanted to try something a little different.  The adage that a single picture can tell a thousand words can be expand to multiple pictures can tell ten thousand words.  And so I selected a digital photo story about dogs living on the streets titled Beautiful Photos Capture … Continue reading Beautiful Photos Capture the Unseen Lives of Street Dogs

  Most days I am either glued to a computer, analyzing data, or hanging out in classrooms. But sometimes, I get to go on field trips! Now, as a teacher, field trips were by far the most exhausting day. When I was asked to attend a field trip to the farm today, I was happy … Continue reading "A Day in the Life of a Principal"

The simple title is deceptive—like a Chekhov play—because it is very deep and full of symbolism and meaning. What makes this story unique is the way it’s told as an...

For today’s DS106 Visual Assignment I chose to make a short newscast using a green screen backdrop with the goal to make it appear that I was somewhere else. Wanting...

The presentation I choose to view was a digital story on a global learning solutions website called CommLab India.  The reason I chose this piece was because it seemed to directly relate to preparing effective digital stories and the subject I am studying, eLearning in the workplace environment. Assessment/Evaluation Traits Selected for this piece: 1.Originality, … Continue reading Effective Use of Audio Narration

Critique #5: This School is Not a Pipe

“This School is Not a Pipe” by Adam Bessie and Josh Neufeld is a comic that discusses education reform. In this article they discussing the educational pipeline, which is typically referred to as the cradle to prison pipeline. Bessie’s comic addresses the concerns presented by congress and big business of wanting to change this pipeline to cradle to career path. They believe that the only way to…

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Not too long ago, the world of mathematics teaching was filled with memorization, relentless practicing of skills, and the idea that all math problems have just one answer. While some of these vibes still exist in some of today’s classrooms, for the most part a shift in instructional practices has started to reshape the way […]

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The frog was the actual reason why Kevin was screaming in Home Alone. #tdc1728 #ds106 

Are Video Games a New Form of Digital Storytelling?

A couple of weeks ago I posted an article on how film is a type of digital storytelling. So keeping this idea in mind, I decided to do a bit of research on other types of digital media that could be considered digital storytelling. I am an avid video game player and have been since I was a little kid. My dad bought my brother and I our first Nintendo NES when I was around 5, my brother and I…

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This week I read a piece from the eLearn Magazine.  This was an article that explained how the story creation model or MOD can be used to implement effective digital stories.  Also covered was story creation principals from Hollywood script writer Robert McKee.   I found this article intriguing because of the reference to script … Continue reading Scholarly Review- Week 6-Linking Movement for Stories

The Meaning of My Life I have to admit that at first I was a bit skeptical. I chose to listen to this story simply because of the title. It felt related to my journey and theme for my story. Considering the meaning of my life may allow me to make decisions that are better […]

Samantha Borra shares 8 specific steps in her article to lead to great digital storytelling. I found the cycle image itself to be supportive of my journey to becoming an effective storyteller. I’m a fan of visual supports, but it was also great to see that the components resonate with much of what I’ve already […]

#tdc1726 I really enjoyed the site for today’s challenge! I can think of a lot of possibilities for this type of photo editing. 

Today’s daily create was to take a modern day recent picture and make it look like an old picture by using a website called “Japaaan.”  I took a picture of my child on the playground, and my phone was a little out of focus.  I think that this adds to the old feel of the … Continue reading Daily Create! 9/29/16

I’ve been fascinated with the idea of using the iPad and smartphone as a video creation tool. Not just for shooting, but also editing – a one-stop-shop production tool for...

“Everyone has potential” is the digital story I chose for this week’s critique. It was created by Katherine Krueger and presents her experience in the public school system as a student with an undiagnosed learning disability. It was not until Katherine Krueger enrolled in a Community College that she was diagnosed with Dyslexia. The evaluation […]

The article I chose for this week’s scholarship response is Digital Storytelling: Extending the potential for Struggling Readers by Ruth Sylvester and Wendy-lou Greenidge. According to the authors, the meaning of someone being literate has changed and it is broader than what used to be in the past. Nowadays, for someone to be considered literate […]

My daily create for this week is about “My Commuting Sounds“. 

I have chosen to work this week with a digital story on Social Justice. This topic of Social Justice is of paramount importance specially for an educator like myself who is serving in an very diverse community. The student body at my school is predominantly  composed of Hispanic and African American kids. On the other… Continue reading →