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Monthly Archives: November 2011
Glogster with Animoto
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Successful Movie Making
Well, Here is the movie version of the Powerpoint I shared in SlideShare earlier. I was trying to link via Vista but it was acting up. I have also embedded it on my class blog for my students.
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Web 2.0 Tools – Voki
I have really enjoyed working with Web 2.0 tools throughout my MET experience. I have decided to make an avatar through Voki to express what Web 2.0 tools have done for me. They seem daunting at first, but you will … Continue reading
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The Dictionary – Ripped Mixed and Fed
I thought I would take this opportunity to follow through on my original idea of making my research project into a video. I didn’t have time before that deadline, so I took the time for this assignment! I used PowerPoint … Continue reading
Google Docs
One of the courses I teach at Grande Prairie Regional College is Microsoft Word Expert level. I usually have a wide range of experience in my class and I often find myself struggling with how to keep the more experience … Continue reading
RipMixFeed – Redecorate!
Now anyone can redecorate their homes! I was amazed at the simplicity of creating a floor design using Gliffy, an online diagramming service. According to the site, “Gliffy” comes from the word “glyph”, a pictograph or symbol that communicates information … Continue reading
Pictures to Music with MS Moviemaker
I saw this as a great opportunity to put some pictures from a unique summer trip to music and present it as a video through YouTube. I did an interesting two week vacation with my oldest son in August; a … Continue reading
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Julie’s Resource Collection
I am in my last term of the MET program so I have collected and tested a few technologies along the way. One key point that I learned from ETEC 565 was that it’s important to think about why you … Continue reading
VUE just for you
I have used several versions of concept mapping software over the years, but have recently started using VUE – Visual Understanding Environment. This open source software is simple yet contains a set of robust tools for a variety of uses, … Continue reading
Wordle
I love using Wordle. In class I use it to practice science terminology. Students love it. I have also used it for character analysis during novel studies. Last year the students posted their Wordle on the Class Blog. The biggest … Continue reading
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SlideShare Experiment
Hi All, Tried SlideShare with a PowerPoint presentation I made for the Remembrance Day Assembly last week. Quick and easy! Next step will be to add sound! Still can’t embed though! Where the Mind is Without Fear View more presentations … Continue reading
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Angela’s RipMixFeed
I have created a webslides through Diigo for this activity. Following you will see my RipMixFeed bookmark list: Youtube I use Youtube for searching and sharin interesting videos related to the feilds of my courses. I also use Youtube to … Continue reading
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Rip. Mix. Feed.
For this week’s post I uploaded a word document and a prezi describing common Web 2.0 tools I’ve used in the past year. I learned about most of these tools from MET courses and fellow METers. It took less time … Continue reading
Dealing with (digital) reality: A pedagogy to meet the changing literacy needs of our students
Introduction & Background Rapidly advancing communications technologies including email, online discussion forums, instant messaging, and text messaging along with mixed-mode and graphically-based information presentation strategies call for a re-examination of the traditional concept of literacy and careful consideration of how … Continue reading
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Tagged digital literacy, Dobson, globalisation, Kress, media, multiliteracies, New London Group, print, Willinsky
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Commentary #2 –The Electronic Book: what is next?
The electronic book described by Jay Bolter (2001) in Chapter 5 of Writing Space: Computers, Hypertext, and the Remediation of Print is the latest form of technology on which we record our words in a line of technological devices that … Continue reading
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Dennis Pratt- Commentary #2
Gains and Losses: New Forms of Texts, Knowledge, and Learning by Gunther Kress Kress (2005) discusses the “gains and losses” of the communication movement from the traditional linear text to imagery, which he calls the contemporary canvas. As Kress explores … Continue reading
Commentary on Kress
I chose to do a commentary on Gunther Kress’ article entitled “Gains and Losses: New forms of texts, knowledge, and learning.” The author focuses on the losses that might occur as we move from representation through text to representation through … Continue reading
Multiliteracies in education: A social movement
Cazden, et al write about relationships of pedagogy (1996) where there is a much greater social emphasis on learning. While their emphasis on education as primarily a job preparation tool is debatable, the idea that “mentoring, training, and the learning … Continue reading
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Traumatic Remediations
“Digital technology is turning out to be one of the more traumatic remediations in the history of Western writing.” J. David Bolter, 2001, p.24 I was struck by J. David Bolter’s (2001) casual mention of digital writing technology as a … Continue reading →