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Monthly Archives: November 2012
Utilizing Interactive Fiction and Fan Fiction In Creating A Proof Of Concept
This project will suggest instructional possibilities for the changing nature of text. As discussed through our forum conversations, hypertext has played a significant role in evolving print (Bolter, 2011a). Identified by Bolter (2011b), technology and culture has changed the way … Continue reading
Posted in Major Project
Tagged collaborative writing, fan fiction, Interactive Fiction, writing
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Breaking out the Visual
There is no question that our culture today is a highly visual one. Images and graphics that accompany text, videos, artwork, and other visual modes of representation are used to communicate information. With the accessibility of visual hypermedia made possible … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary 3
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Storify!
I tried to follow something that happened recently, it wasn’t a big story, but I found it interesting because it all started with a simple tweet. I opened a blog in blogger, then I used a tool named storify, that … Continue reading
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Contradictions of Digital Literacy
I am interested in exploring some of the contradictions of digital literacy that are suggested by the article ““Multiliteracies”: New Literacies, New Learning.” Written by Cope and Kalantzis in 2009, the article revisits the New London Group’s influential article “A … Continue reading
Using Gliffy Concept Map to make connections in the weblog.
I am proposing to use the concept map posted in ETEC 540 weblog at https://blogs.ubc.ca/etec540sept12/2012/11/17/digital-literacy-concept-map-using-gliffy/ to connect much of our work. I think many of the concepts connected in this map have been covered in some form in our commentaries … Continue reading
An Idea for ‘Making Connections’
I have an idea for how to approach this week’s ‘Making Connections’ assignment. I’m already finding a number of other people’s posts that connect to my own project. So as I go along and make comments on my fellow students … Continue reading
Posted in Making Connections
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Evolution of the World Wide Web
Brian Alexander’s recent articles (2006, 2008) discussing the emergence of Web 2.0 and its applications, or even consequences, for literacy, teaching and learning provide a lens through which to view the evolution of the World Wide Web. In this commentary, … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary 3
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How Can An Educator Possibly Manage Web 2.0 Storytelling Lessons Amidst the Vastness Of the Web 2.0 World?
Web 2.0 is the future of education. (Hargadon, 2008) Storytelling is a standard part of education that has taken many forms over time. In Bryan Alexander and Alan Levine’s article, Web 2.0 Emergence of a New Genre, they explore the … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary 3
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Facing the Web 2.0 Social Networks in Education
While the Web 2.0 provides a mix of familiar and emergent technologies (Alexander, 2006), I believe that educators are facing new challenges at how to choose and integrate them into their pedagogical practices. Nevertheless, it has become also challenging … Continue reading →