Category Archives: Making Connections

Some thoughts

The journey is getting to its end! It was an amazing exploration from Orality culture to digital Literacy! I enjoyed most of the readings. We covered a lot in the course. There were so many interesting posts, but “The Natives are … Continue reading

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Making Connections to Web 2.0

A lot of what we covered in the course was familiar, but what Etec 540 provided me with was an increased awareness. This course opened my eyes to the issues and concerns regarding the digitization of text and gave me … Continue reading

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Connecting

Making Connections Laura Bonnor Throughout this course, my concept of literacy has been challenged and has certainly evolved. (Bolter, 2001) (Ong, 1982) (Hayles, 2003) Although, I’ve always recognized the complex nature of literacy, I’ve come to a new understanding of … Continue reading

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Making Connections

I was speaking with a retired educator-administrator the other day who, for a time, taught IT.  We got to discussing the state of technology in the classroom and I noted it was interesting how, in teaching students for the future, … Continue reading

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Making Connections: Final thoughts

Hi all, In this final reflection on the course material, I return to the beginning of the course.  I started thinking about Postman’s (1992) discussion on technology. He mentioned how “once a technology is admitted, it plays out its hand; … Continue reading

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