We had to make a picture that emphasized the color yellow. This is my folder for this class. I just love the way these flowers make me want to be happy.
We were asked to take a self-portrait, with our showing our face, that still identifies us. I picked …
What are the benefits to online collaboration?
Collaborating with people around the world online is something that has never been easier. With all the new technology, people from Germany, Japan, Madrid, or Ghana and just a click away! The great thing about collaborating with people from different corners of the …
From as far back as I can remember, I hated group projects. I hated finding the time to get together with people I barley knew or always having to a significant amount of the work my partners should have been helping with. Thankfully, I didn’t have to do many group …
Still wondering what it takes to be a teacher in the 21st century? In a world where technology continues to advance and learning becomes a collaborative effort, there’s been a definite shift in the teacher’s role. Check out this humorous video that explores the differences between teaching in the 20th …
I have created a Wiki Tutorial, outlining the process of creating a wiki page!
Wiki Pages can be used for many things, and are especially great to use in education. This tutorial is quick and simple, and everyone should check it out. Take advantage of this free and easy …
In our 307 class, we have been recently discussing the benefits of online collaboration in “hybrid classes” (classes that do most work online-like ds106!). We read much about this topic in The Process of Online Collaboration, which gave us great insight into the procedures and different ways to …
The idea of online collaborationg has been in step for some time now. It is making interaction so much easier. The article that I have attatched above is a great source for learning how to structure online collaboartion. Though it may seem as though this is …
For my second tutorial, I chose to explain how to create a Flickr account. I think that it is very important to have a website online where you can upload photos and videos, display your own profile, and it can be shared to twitter, facebook etc. We are living in …
For my second tutorial, I chose to explain how to create a Flickr account. I think that it is very important to have a website online where you can upload photos and videos, display your own profile, and it can be shared to twitter, facebook etc. We are living in …
For my first tutorial I created an explanation of how to use the website Picnik! I chose this certain website, because I used it for many of my Daily creates throughout the semester. It is a great website to emphasize and enhance every one of your pictures. I created it …
For my first tutorial I created an explanation of how to use the website Picnik! I chose this certain website, because I used it for many of my Daily creates throughout the semester. It is a great website to emphasize and enhance every one of your pictures. I created it …
The importance of collaborating with peers and colleagues, especially in the 21st century, is crucial. It is a great tool, but takes both planning and coordination on the teachers behalf. In the article “The Process of Online Collaboration” the author provides phases of instructor involvement in collaboration. These …
Many of today’s schools are hesitant about accepting technology as a helpful resource for learning because although the benefits of having an online life are limitless, unfortunately, many traditional classrooms/teachers are only able to see one side of the web- the dark side. In the blog post “The Bigger …
Information Fluency is all about finding, evaluating, and using digital information in an efficient, effective and ethical way. This is easy to remember because of the three e’s and the acronym DIF! What does fluency mean to me? When I think of fluency, what comes to mind first is reading …
Information Fluency is all about finding, evaluating, and using digital information in an efficient, effective and ethical way. This is easy to remember because of the three e’s and the acronym DIF! What does fluency mean to me? When I think of fluency, what comes to mind first is reading …
One of the daily creates was to “draw love”. In 9th grade I drew this picture with colored pencil. I thought it would be cool to do all the other leaves normally and do two leaves that were in a different color scheme. I chose red and pink and wrapped …
Last night I participated in my first ever Twitter Chat. I had tried to participate in two different chats before, but each chat had either gotten moved forward to another time, or had simply not occurred. While scrolling through the many different chats, #BlackEdu caught my eye. Since I am …
Online collaboration is becoming more and more popular in classrooms around the world. Most classes have also become hybrid classes, where most of the work is done online, and then students meet together in the classroom to discuss what they have been doing online, as well as further their discussions.…
Tonight I participated in #ntchat. Tonights discussion was on poetry use in the classroom. There were so many awesome ideas being discussed , and it was really cool to be able to discuss this with so many people at once, with varying levels of experience.
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Collaboration is key to success. Simple as that. When I was younger, I always hated being in groups, because for the most part I was the follower and never knew what was going on. As I got older, I became more of a leader taking hold of any group collaboration …
Collaboration is key to success. Simple as that. When I was younger, I always hated being in groups, because for the most part I was the follower and never knew what was going on. As I got older, I became more of a leader taking hold of any group collaboration …
So this was a lot more fun to make than I thought it would be. This is my first professional portfolio. This is still in the works, as it always will be since I will forever be evolving, but it is a pretty good start!! So, if you are interested …
I’m just in the blogging-for-no-purpose mood. So, I will blog about myself some more so you readers can get to know me a little bit more than you already do I saw a journal prompt today that said write a list of the top 10 outrageous jobs you would like …
Okay, so just this weekend I decided to try Pinterest and see what all the hype is about. Now, I am addicted! It is so much fun. It is amazing how many new websites I have found so interesting this semester alone; I can’t even imagine what else is out …
“Draw Love”
There aren’t a lot of picture of this daily create on the ds106 website yet, but I’m very curious to see how people are going to interpret this one. My artistic abilities are basically limited to stick figures, but stick figures holding hands shows love none the less.…
t’s so interesting to recognize the power that words can hold over you. They can make you laugh, cry or fill you with emotions too powerful to describe. Words can change your outlook or aid in self-recognition. Recently, I have been deeply moved by John Green’s word in his newest …
I’m trying to figure out how to just get this playing on my blog but i haven’t got there yet. Here’s the link above, hope you enjoy!
I really enjoyed creating this digital story, i used Mixbook Scrapbook, which i would highly recommend. It’s a fantastic creative website …
