Soccer 5s
This was a video project to promote Nike in a Technology (Media) Unit by year 7 students.
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Places that look like there from other planets
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My first post ever
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Burgerz
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My first daily create
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Setting Our Hearts on Things Above
Paul begins the third chapter of Colossians with, “Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things”. For many people, believers and non-believers alike, this may be confusing. What […]
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PLN’s & PBL in Primary Education
I had never heard of a PLN or Personal Learning Network until this assignment. I will be the first to admit that I was more than hesitant and quite intimidated by the idea of having to learn how to use technology to accomplish the task of building my own PLN. However, I was […]
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E-Lit: The Beginning
I have not encountered much of this kind of writing, but it strikes as a fascinating way to use the senses to communicate a story beyond text on the page. Upon first looking at it, it struck me a bit like ee cummings who tried to defy conventional writing styles to give the aesthetic quality … Continue reading E-Lit: The Beginning
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Did the chicken cross the road yesterday to get to the other side?
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Postcard from another planet
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50 Activities for the First Day of School – A Review
The first day of school is always stressful for me. I believe this is true for most teachers. During the school year, we try to adapt to our students' needs and expectations and to fine-tune our teaching to help each individual student make progress. W... -
Interviewed for “Home Games: The Strange Overlapping Borders of Sports Fandom”
Rick Paulas is a fantastic journalist who is as enthralled with environmental psychology as I am. We recently spoke about the way notions of geography and identity are co-produced by and evident in “Home Games: The Strange Overlapping Borders of Sports Fandom.” I rarely get a chance to discuss athletics so that — coming from a NESCAC school where *surely* we will *finally* beat Amherst for the football title this year, i.e. go, Trin! — it was a special pleasure to contribute to thinking on this topic.
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This is #DS106
One of the best things about DS106 is the riffing and playing with other participants. I dipped my toe in the daily create stream yesterday and pulled out a great example: #ds106 reply to me w/ tag #tdc1713 Get Your Mozart On: Compose an Imaginary Musical… https://t.co/n3URHLTgmm pic.twitter.com/THooCVsQK7 — ds106 Daily Create (@ds106dc) September 16, … Continue reading "This is #DS106" -
Advice from former students
As part of their semester wrap-up, University of Mary Washington students in ds106 (the open digital storytelling course) were asked to “pay it forward” by giving advice to future students. -
What is Art
In addition to basic training, we would like you to start thinking what this course is about. It is about an explosion of creative expression in media, on the web– from you. It is about making art, or “Art”. We’ve collected a few things to get you thinking about art … -
What’s the Daily Create?
During this first unit, we want you to get acquainted fellow ds106 bootcampers. We also want to start using The Daily Create (TDC) Web site where we offer daily small creative challenges. To that end, you should attempt to complete at least three Daily Creates this unit to get yourself … -
When 3 months seem like 90 days
Because you feel like you’ve been in a place for so long that you don’t remember the time before, but when you actually count it’s just been a few months. That’s how I feel now. I’ve been in this city for 3 short months, but I feel like I’ve always been part of it. With the … More When 3 months seem like 90 days
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Curious Musings 2016-09-16 03:13:00
Overnight success
I was elevated, excited and enthralled for the glory that Sakshi and Sindhu brought by winning their medals at Rio olympics. Like millions of Indian fans, i watched women’s badminton finals. Even though PV Sindhu lost the match to world no. 1, i liked the way she fought till the end. Her fighting spirit apart from the medal is appreciated by everyone.I was proud that in a country where sports infrastructure is less and kids are encouraged to become engineers and doctors, these athletes are bringing medals for India. I got curious about Sindhu. I wanted to know How she got there? what training she got? what sacrifices she made? As i dug deeper, following is what i believe are the reasons for her success.Purpose, Practice, Perseverance, and ProgressPurpose: Sindhu’s father was a national level basket ball player. Yet he allowed her to play badminton as she showed interest in badminton only. She started playing from the age of 8. Played her first tournament at the age of 10 and ever since, she has been playing the game. Sindhu identified her interest very early in her life and luckily she got support from her parents and focused all her time and energy on the game and it helped her significantly.Practice: Malcum Gladwell, in his book OUTLIERS said, to master any skill, one needs to practice at least 10,000 hours. Sindhu trained in Pullela Gopi chand Badminton Academy. At some point, She used to travel 50 km to the academy and starts training at 4:30 am everyday. By the age of 21, Sindhu already played badminton for 13 years. Assuming she played about 3–4 hours a day, 300 days a year, she would have crossed 10,000 hours of practice. It gave her massive advantage in terms of acquiring the skill.Perseverance: There was a time she exited early in national under 13 badminton games. Next day morning, she was at the academy practicing the game. Even in Rio finals , she was trailing in all 3 sets. But she constantly fought back and won first set, and nearly made it in the 3rd set. She had her share of failures. But it didn’t stop her from moving forward.Progress: Many people spend time practicing the skill. But not all succeed. what makes the difference is the feedback one gets on their game. Having a coach who understands your strengths, identifies weakness and helps you grow, makes a lot of difference. Sindhu got a great coach in Pullela Gopi chand who had a track record of producing winners such as Saina Nehwal. Gopi Chand has played a major role in her winning Olympic silver medal at Rio.I would like to mention my favourite quote of will smith on talent and skill. “Talent is what you have naturally. Skill is only developed by hours and hours of beating on your craft.” It takes having clear purpose, then keep practicing to improve one’s skill, persevere through tough times and progress till you reach your goal.India may not have fared well at Rio olympics. However, we need winners such as PV Sindhu and Sakshi to inspire next generation of sporting talent so that India can get better results at future sporting events. -
Do You Love School Science? Science Alcove Needs to Know
School Science - Do you love science or perhaps have less than warm and fuzzy feelings about the subject. Take the survey and let Science Alcove know.
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Welcome to the bootcamp!
Year 7 and 7 students at the International Football and Tennis School, Central Coast, NSW, Australia will be undertaking the DS106 Open Course. They will be using it to study Visual Art in Term 4, 2016. -
Students Make me Smile
Picking noses Blowing spit bubbles Screaming YEAH when they guess the mystery word Splayed out on the floor working on math problems Inventing games with glue sticks, pencils and toy cars Sharing books and laughing out loud over books Yelling out YES when they see we’re reading Captain Underpants together Walking in, reading the schedule,...Continue reading »
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Paul on Knowledge: Colossians 2
Knowledge is good, right? We all need to learn in order to grow and as I stated in my last post, we all should thirst for knowledge. But, what if some of that knowledge were dangerous to us? How could this be so? In Colossians chapter 2, Paul addresses this conundrum. If you […]
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Fostering a Thirst for Knowledge: Passion-Based Learning
I recently went to a demolition derby in Maxwell, Nebraska and watched as my 8 year old daughter ran around with a bunch of boys hitting the football pads at the back of the pasture. I wondered why my child who had never had a particular interest in football would suddenly decide to take tips […]
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#DS106 GoodSpell Final Season
This evening Marianna & I started the final season of the DS106 Good Spell on DS106 Radio. The DS106 Good Spell is a podcast about the open online course on digital storytelling, DS106. Some background to this series on The DS106 Good Spell Episode 0 As usual I’ll post the audio to edutalk.cc One of my favourite … Continue reading "#DS106 GoodSpell Final Season"
