I just finished High School
I often reflect on the things I learnt during high school but this will be the first time I’ve ever put them into writing. I guess there are three main take-aways.
Category Archives: Lifelong Learning
Filtering for Bags of Gold
and all that remained were the listeners
having a conversation
and the words shape shifted into
these incredible hybrid beasts
Badges?
In honour of my twitter getting hijacked by badge discussions, I made an animated GIF of the most frequently tweeted youtube link, “We don’t need no stinkin’ Badges!” (which also is listed as one of the most racist film scenes ever)… For a more thoughtful treatment, Audrey Watters Storified the whole #dmlbadges after the livestream… Read More: Badges? »
Hello Worlds. Colliding.
So…I’m going to try and participate in two MOOCs this term. The #Change11 MOOC introduces “participants to the major contributions being made to the field of instructional technology by researchers today. Each week, a new professor or researcher will introduce his or her central contribution to the field.” By contrast, #DS106 is crazy, freeform, tickles… Read More: Hello Worlds. Colliding. »
UnPlug’d: Voices & Choices
I’ve been thinking a lot about my recent “cathartic odyssey” a.k.a UnPlug’d since returning over two weeks ago. Today The UnPlug’d Why ____Matters, Chapter Two: Voices & Choices has been released. I was lucky to be in this group and so I must share a bit of what that experience was like, from my perspective.… Read More: UnPlug’d: Voices & Choices »
Gollum for Prime Minister!
You know it’s telling when I ask an 11 year old what she thinks would be a good mash up and the first thing she can think of is Gollum & Stephen Harper I wanted to mash up Carrie with High School Musical. Or Sherlock Holmes with Blues Clues. Or Dora the Explorer with the… Read More: Gollum for Prime Minister! »
You see? This web, it goes to Eleven!
Otherwise known as “What would Spinal Tap call the Web Today? Week 9: Web Story Assignment where I go Meta. It’s a web story about the web. Excerpt from O’Really web page, above: The concept of “Web 2.0” was a clever take on the fact that the web can be a platform. Just as software… Read More: You see? This web, it goes to Eleven! »
Iconic precipitates
Otherwise known as the Four Icon Movie Poster Challenge. I know I am *so* three weeks ago. All the other 4 icon movie posters were fantastic, fun and done ages ago. Zeitgeist, I am not. Anyway, I’m in a zone of non-sleep creativity, so I have to strike while the iron is hot. Not a… Read More: Iconic precipitates »
Say it like Peanut Butter & Jam Econo
The #ds106 radio stream always starts with “Can you dig it!?” which is from (1979) The Warriors. I know this because coincidentally over the Christmas break I watched it on Netflix. @noiseprofessor even made awesome @jimgroom art about it. I really think you guys should all get matching leather vests. For real. Not Photoshopped. I… Read More: Say it like Peanut Butter & Jam Econo »
Art of Listening
Two weeks ago, if you asked me my opinion about synchronous learning tools I would probably roll my eyes and scrunch my nose as if smelling something very distasteful. Ugh, Elluminate needs Java, it’s a tech support headache. Students like flexibility and it’s a bit narcissitic of the prof to think that all the learning… Read More: Art of Listening »