Educating for Global Competence
This week I am responding to several prompts after reading the Introduction and first Chapter of “Educating for Global Competence: Preparing Our Youth to Engage […]
Learning Theory
This week I have been reading about Behaviorism, Cognitivism, Constructivism, and Connectivism. I was initially drawn toward Connectivism since it is a learning theory for the […]
Distance Learning
I have a new view of distance learning after reading Farhad Saba’s article “Distance Education in the United States: Past, Present, Future” (2011). I had never […]
Random Facts about Me
I am starting a new course on Distance Learning as part of my Instructional Technologies program. We have been asked to write random facts as […]
“Final” Reflection on my Digital Learning Hub
My Digital Learning Hub is fully operational, and it continues to grow every day! When I started my unit on teaching narratives with GoAnimate, I […]
Reflections as Discussion Director for Week Ten
I was the discussion director for Week Ten of EDU 720, facilitating a discussion on fanfiction and gaming. As I prepared for this role I […]
The Edmodo Effect
Below is a post in response to a prompt for my Research in New Literacies Class. I had to discuss the impact of a technology […]
PowToon – What’s missing?
One of my assignments this week read, in part, as follows: As you have explored and worked with content creation tools (or other technology) what […]
School Discourse vs. Student Discourse
James Paul Gee (2012) has provided many examples of how important it is to know the Discourse of the dominant group in order to move […]
Building the Hub
A hub is a central point, a center of a network or an activity. That is what I am attempting to build by creating my […]
Conversation, Discussion, Presentation
This week I am responding to readings from Alone Together by Sherry Turkle. In Chapters 6-8, Turkle gives many examples of how technology can both enhance […]
My Digital Learning Hub
There are several objectives I have in mind when thinking about creating my own digital learning hub. I would like to create a space that […]
Creating and Curating My Digital Identity, Part II
After reviewing my colleagues’ mindmaps about their digital identities, I was not too suprised to see a lot of similarities in our thoughts. Many of my fellow […]
Chai Final Exam
As I sit here sipping my homemade chai, I can reflect on the progress I have made with my networked learning project. Of course, I […]
My Online Identity
Using My Online Identity to Support My Offline Teacher IdentityORMS Module 5 This module of the Online Research and Media Skills course has gotten me […]
Creating and Curating My Digital Identity
Below is my mind map, created using Coggle, that shows my plan for creating and curating my digital identity. Over the past five weeks, I […]