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Monthly Archives: November 2011
Learning Theories and the Pedagogy of Multiliteracies
Introduction In its 1996 Manifesto, the New London Group examined the radical changes in the personal, public and working lives of people which were being propelled by globalization, technological evolutions, and increasing cultural and social diversity. They laid out pedagogical … Continue reading
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Tagged Activity Theory, Constructivism, DCog, Gardner, learning theories, multiliteracies, pedagogy, Vygotsky
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Multiliteracies: To Be Continued…
Bryan Alexander’s (2006) article entitled Web 2.0: A New Wave for Teaching and Learning looks at a number of Web 2.0 concepts, projects and practices including some of the issues and implications for education. While perhaps emergent at the time … Continue reading
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Purposefully transferring the power of Web 2.0 to the classroom
Introduction The World Wide Web has been transformed over the past two decades from an emergent environment mimicking print-based non-digital predecessors, to a living, breathing, evolving global community in which the distinction between author and audience is progressively less and … Continue reading
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Tagged classroom, education, Social networking, theory, web 2.0
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Ebook: Redefining Reading and Learning
The Advent of the eBook: Redefining the way we read and learn The Introduction The Oxford Dictionary of English defines the e-book as “an electronic version of a printed book; but e-books can and do exist without any printed … Continue reading
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Major Project – Social Media
What is Social Media? Andreas Kaplan and Michael Haenlein (2010) define social media as a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0, and that allow the creation and exchange of user-generated content. … Continue reading
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The Development of the Electronic Book
***This is a second draft of this commentary. I frustratingly lost my first one after it was done and this is my attempt to reconstitute it from memory! The Kindle, the Nook, the Bebook. These are but three examples of … Continue reading
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Tagged Bolter, ebook, ereader, hypertext, remediation of print
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Web 2.0 tools
I toy with web 2.0 tools daily for class and fun. I use toodoo for writing creative pieces as can be seen below. Also, I use wordpress for class everyday and is enjoying the experience. Here’s a screenshot and link … Continue reading
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Web 2.0 and cultural transformations
Today learners use words in different formats (e.g., on paper, images, audio files, weblogs, video editors, web editors, presentation software, instant messaging etc). All these formats can be integrated within one product when users interact through Web 2.0. According to … Continue reading
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Why is richer hypertext not a reality on the web?
Introduction It is clear that the World Wide Web and Hypertext has its roots in several pursuits most notably those outlined by H. G. Wells (1938), Vannevar Bush (1945), Joseph Licklider (1960, 1963), Theodore Nelson (1963, 1999) and Douglas Englebart … Continue reading
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So many toys, so little time…
I have used, or read about, quite a few of these tools in my MET courses and also in my teaching. I decided to try something new and created an avatar – My digital self. It was easy and free … Continue reading
Enjoying the Tools
I must say I have had little time during these weeks, but I have been having so much fun by exploring all the tools that are suggested in this forum and on the course blog. The one I most enjoyed … Continue reading
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Rip.Mix.Feed Examples
A few examples of my favourite social media tools. Word clouds are very popular and it seems most people prefer to use wordle. I’ve been using Taxedo, found at http://www.tagxedo.com Here’s an example of our “digital footprint”. This was created … Continue reading
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For most of this week, I’ve been going off-script to re-familiarize myself with many of the tools I’ve used during my MET experience, including Prezi, Google Sites, Toondoo, Animoto, and xtranormal, but I’ve also managed to explore a number of … Continue reading
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Rip, Mix, Feed: Xtranormal
I was helping a colleague of mine create a story of the Declaration of Independence; George Washington and Thomas Jefferson discuss some issues about why the Americas succeeded from Britain. He wanted me to show him how to create stories … Continue reading
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Rip, Mix, Feed: Interactive tag clouds of course articles
Here are some interactive tag clouds from some of the readings in ETEC 540. You can click on any word to open a new window and search Google on that term. (Note: I could not embed the interactive version of … Continue reading
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Animoto, Prezi & coming soon…
Here is a link to my Animoto story documenting some of the early provincial government efforts to protect against what would turn into a 1 in 300 year flood. Also, here is a link to my Prezi for Assignment 3. I am … Continue reading
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Commentary 3 – Web 2.0: Creating New Students and New Educators
Schools are equipped with computers and wifi, and students are coming to school as experts in these new technologies (Alexander, 2008). As students become more expert at web 2.0 tools such as blogging, social … Continue reading →