Video on Technology as a Tool for Learning
Check out my video on technology as a tool for learning! I combined text and images to make a video about my thoughts about 21st century mediums in the classroom.
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My Obsession With Marilyn
Is anyone tired of hearing the phrase “Marilyn Monroe is my hero?” I think I probably hear it about ten to twelve times on the first day of classes when teachers announce the commencement of the dreaded ice-breaker, where each student must awkwardly state their name, hometown, major, and their hero. During these times I’ll ... -
The Daily Create: The Ugly Duckling
Click to see my Dead Rose and its Beauty I was unable to upload the actual picture, but I posted the link above. I was not sure how I could make something ugly into something beautiful, but as I was … Continue reading → -
First “Daily Create”
by Renee Balvin January 31, 2012http://www.flickr.com/photos/reneebalvin/6776667875/in/photostream The first “Daily Create” I did was to take a picture so that the movement creates a cool blur effect. My picture is during a basketball game. My friend Stef is on the floor un-blurred while the rest of … Continue reading → -
Beautiful to Ugly…(tdc16)
by victoria January 31, 2012Coffee grinds are always considered ugly…but I made them beautiful by forming the word beauty with them and creating a fun design on a white plate. -
Daily Create 16
by Nicole Morello January 31, 2012Here is my something ugly to something beautiful. I tool toilet paper, something not very attractive, and turned it into this flower. It is oragami. I have been doing this since about 6th grade -
Let’s practice our JUMP SHOT! (tdc23)
by victoria January 31, 2012For today’s daily create, I had to take a picture of something in motion…so I had my friends jump with me. -
Daily Create – Week 2: Frozen Fire
Isolating the motion of an object. -
Making something painfully beautiful
I am going to start putting up my Daily Creates. What is a Daily Create? These are fun little activities from a class I am taking that get our creative juices flowing. The topic of the Daily Create on 1/24 … Continue reading → -
Belated First Post
by Greg Musselman January 31, 2012So… the process of making this blog… Not that bad, I guess. I bought my domain without a problem but I apparently missed the fact that I also needed to but a host, or whatever. I don’t even know what that is. Those are different things? *** Ok, so I had just typed a post ... -
Cyberinfrastructures and Facelifts
Technology is always changing and with each advancement it is molding the world around us. I think it is never too late to learn technology or begin to utilize it for our own purposes. Yes, learning something new makes us vulnerable or nervous… but it is to what extent we can channel that vulnerability into ... -
Digital Facelifts & Personal Cyber-Infrastructure
by Abby Hanrahan January 31, 2012In 307, we have discussed becoming master learners and the difficulty that entails. I think that corresponds well with what Gardner Campbell says about incorporating technology into the classroom. It’s difficult to take the step toward a technology based classroom … Continue reading → -
Assignment 2: A Personal Cyber-infrastructure
Technology in general boggles my mind. I suppose it is time for me to accept technology and put myself out there into the cyber world. Gardners presentation was just another awakening as to why the internet, web 2.0, cyberinfrastructures etc. … Continue reading → -
I Bleed- A Short Story
This is a story I wrote last semester for a writer’s open mic night. So I take credit for this writing and I just wanted to share a story of mine. Enjoy I Bleed Most people do not understand why … Continue reading → -
Mastering Authority
by Keith Kilmer January 30, 2012IMO the reason that professional teaching candidates seem to struggle at being master learners is because of the Master/Apprentice style of learning that we are immersed in from the beginning of our education. Teachers make it clear that they are … Continue reading → -
Deal With it
Lately, I’ve been feeling the stress of a lot of situations. Some are pretty personal so I’d rather not get into it on the open web, but regardless of my stress I am still having struggles. Maybe I put too … Continue reading → -
My Writer’s Notebook
I have never considered myself a writer. Of course, I wrote academically or completed the occasional creating writing, but never have I sat down and wrote as a way to express myself and flush out what I was feeling. But this semester, I have been keeping up with a Writer’s Notebook, which is a “collection of ... -
The Process
This has been my first experience ever buying a domain name and space! Although WordPress has been very easy to use, I did have a hard time navigating and trying to figure out how I should point my domain space and name. Receiving and responding to the e-mails made me question whether I was following the right ... -
Learning to Learn
In class last week, we had a really interesting conversation about teachers’ roles in the classroom. Should they be the expert and final authority on the subject or fall back and engage in the learning experience? After much reflection on the subject, I think it’s important that the teachers learn to acquire information alongside their ... -
Dream or Reality?…
I want to start off by saying that I have the MOST vivid dreams every, single night. My dreams are so realistic that there are points during the day that I question whether or not I did or said something … Continue reading → -
A Digital Facelift
by victoria January 27, 2012To put it simply, technology gives me a lot of anxiety. Sure I can get on facebook without a problem, do research or upload pictures, but ask me to make a blog or start a discussion forum and I become completely anxious and nervous. Ask me to make a movie using imovie and I’ll stare ... -
Learn for Yourself!
by Nicole Morello January 27, 2012What is learning if you do not explore new avenues on your own? If you don’t try to search exciting ways, new ideas, awesome experiences. “You can lead the horse to the water, but you can’t make him drink.” If … Continue reading → -
Stay True to Yourself
I was browsing through some pictures and I came across this quote: “Don’t gain the world and lose your soul.” Wow. That’s powerful. It made me stop and think. I think that is something to keep in the back of … Continue reading → -
Master Learners
by Nicole Morello January 27, 2012To be a real teacher is to be a Master Learner. In the traditional classroom setting, teachers lecture students for time on end, pushing them for rote memorization, to pass the exams, not to learn for transfer. Don’t we want … Continue reading → -
Pluggins!
I went through and did each pluggin we were supposed to, I have yet to play around with them, but they are activated! However, I am having trouble with the google analytics, this is the only pluggin I am unable … Continue reading → -
What a Process…
by victoria January 26, 2012I have never been tech savvy and therefore the process to creating my blog took quite a while. As I sat in class last Thursday and learned that I would have to create a blog, I had no idea where to start. Of course I put the whole process off until Monday afternoon when I could ... -
In Memory
by Samantha Bert January 26, 2012“Thomas Edison’s last words were ‘It’s very beautiful over there’. I don’t know where there is, but I believe its somewhere, and I hope it’s beautiful” – Looking for Alaska, John Green It is amazing how fast time … Continue reading → -
Last Minute!
by Michael Oliveri January 26, 2012In class as we speak, finally set up this blog with a minute to spare at 8:24 ..with so much needed and appreciated help from Sam B. (Shout out) So I’m actually very surprised because I’m kind of excited about … Continue reading → -
Hello world!
by victoria January 26, 2012Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging! -
How did I do this?
Making this blog was not that hard. I’ll be honest when I say that I don’t truly understand all of the steps that I had to take, but it all seemed to work. A large portion of my classmates were not lazy bums and started the process on the day we were given the assignment. Not ...
