This week I took a look at two educational games that I could potentially use in my classroom. The first game I looked at was “The Voter Suppression Trail” from the New York Times. Overall, I thought the game was … Continue reading →
In Douglas and Brown’s book A New Culture of Learning, the idea of “geeking out” is promoted as one of the higher stages of learning. According to Douglas and Brown, “Geeking out provides an experiential, embodied sense of learning within a rich … Continue reading →
For my mediated writing project I took bits and pieces from my Looking Back paper in relation to my mom’s father Leon and his history of coming to the states and becoming a successful painter. Using Adobe Spark was simply and easy because as I filled in the page, all I had to do was […]
Reading through Anya Kamenetz’s book The Art of Screen Time she lays out some rules, tips, and tricks that stuck out to me as easy to follow and reasonable. No safe dose; no lethal dose Screens and sleep don’t mix Calm eating environment and moving time outside Set a screen free occasion for the day […]
Here is a link to the Pecha Kucha work that I have done with a few of my colleagues. We worked together to discuss Worried About the Wrong Things, by Jacqueline Ryan Vickery. It was very insightful and thought provoking. Advertisements
For my weekly play I decided to try another attempt at making a GIF. Unlike my first attempt, I decided to try taking a piece of a video and using it to construct my GIF. First, I decided to find … Continue reading →
Over the past few weeks I have been giving quite a bit of thought into what is the proper way to approach intellectual property on the internet. While copyright rules still exist, there is also a growing culture that seeks … Continue reading →
This week I started reading A New Culture of Learning: Cultivating the Imagination for a World of Constant Change by Douglass Thomas and John Seely Brown. One of the more interesting concepts that they developed was the idea that writing on … Continue reading →
My students have been blogging for several weeks about the GRA Refugee. The first blog was to write about the character that was most interesting to you. Here is a sample response from one of my average ELL students. “The character I am most interested in Isabel because her journey sounds interesting.” They blogged several… Continue reading Blogging
Today marks day one of two for parent-teacher conferences and I can not get enough caffeine. With a quick google of “giant coffee” and using Meme Generator I created a relatable meme for all teachers at this time of year!
According to the Cybersecurity Knowledge Quiz from the Pew Research Center, I am within the 92 percentile on my knowledge around cyber-security. I got 8 of the 10 questions correct, one in which was incorrect because I selected one of the options when the answer was All of the above, so I’m going to count […]
Link to project in Adobe Spark Here is my finished version of my mediated writing project that I have been working on. For this project, I took portions of a paper that I wrote for BEDUC 502 and added various … Continue reading →
I really enjoyed mediating this piece of writing. I feel like this paper was a perfect example of how mediated writing can add so much to the content of the writing. I was able to add links to research and informative pages on LGBTQ issues. The visual aids were also very beneficial by providing info … Continue reading Mediated Writing
I used Adobe Spark to create a mediated writing of a part of my digital portfolio. In all honesty I like the outlay better than what my portfolio looks like with word press. Mediated Writing Advertisements
Chapter 6 passage “If a website requires you to log in before leaving a comment, you probably are more aware that your comment is linked to an online identity or account, and thus you will have different expectations of privacy than you will have if the site allows you to leave an anonymous comment without […]
Since the 1990s, teens have used the Internet as a tool for exploring interests, experimenting with identity, and fostering a sense of community. Early Internet research is often critiqued for constructing a false dichotomy between offline identities as opposed to online identities. There was an inherent assumption that what happened online was somehow less authentic […]
