-
Before you publish your posting, please make sure that you assign a category (e.g., Text, Technology, Commentary 1, etc.) and relevant tags (keywords). Authors
Monthly Archives: November 2010
Literacy: Exploring Communities of Practice and Identity
Please click on the link below to view my major project: Literacy: Exploring Communities of Practice and Identity Thank you! Melanie
Rip.Mix.Feed (Digital Story Telling)
Hi! I was curious about all the movie making options online so I did a bit of a search. I tried using the first website I found via Google (Movie Maker Online) and I did not have much luck. In … Continue reading
Audiovisual Development and Education
Audiovisual Development and Education If a picture is worth a thousand words, what about a video? In his book Writing Space, Bolter explains that “remediation” happens when our writing space changes with the development of technology. He suggests that when … Continue reading
Posted in Research Paper
Leave a comment
The Evolution of Ekphrasis
“Oukyo’s Ghost,” painted by Hounen Tsukioka in 1882, depicts another painter, Maruyama Oukyo, and his reaction to a painting. Tsukioka was expressing the power of image on the human psyche and the ability for text and image to “come alive” … Continue reading
Tagged Major Project
Leave a comment
Rip, Mix, Feed – My spare time
Hi everyone, For my rip, mix, feed, I decided to combine video, text and pictures. I used a video of a show that I did a while ago and some pictures that I already had. I modified the pictures with … Continue reading
Posted in Rip.Mix.Feed
2 Comments
Rip.Mix.Feed with diigo
I tried to sneak the rip.mix.feed activity in amongst a few others, thinking that this time, I could just whip something together, have a little fun, and voila, Presto! A beautiful little project thrown together with professional effect. But no. … Continue reading
Commentary #3: A Response to Bryan Alexander’s “Web 2.0: A new wave of innovation for teaching and learning?”
What exactly is ‘web 2.0’? Bryan Alexander’s discussion on the emergence of social media begins with a discussion around the attempt to define this term that has been pervasively used when discussing recent online developments. The author acknowledges rightly that … Continue reading
Tagged Commentary 3
Leave a comment
Commentary #2 Digital Literacies
There has been much debate of late with regards to digital literacy and how it is, or is not, going to ‘replace’ more traditional forms of literacy and print, i.e. traditional books. The obvious two camps are there, those traditionalists … Continue reading
Commentary #3: Print in Cyberspace
As I surf the Internet and search for different things, such as recipes, fashion advice, and so forth, I have noticed that the Internet has a plethora of websites with very similar layouts and web addresses. The posts are in … Continue reading →