Monthly Archives: November 2012

Utilizing Interactive Fiction and Fan Fiction In Creating A Proof Of Concept

Posted on November 27, 2012 by jmah

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 →

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Facing the Web 2.0 Social Networks in Education

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Johanne Brochu

            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 →

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Breaking out the Visual

Posted on November 27, 2012 by awernicke

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 →

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Storify!

Posted on November 27, 2012 by dlclled

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

Posted on November 27, 2012 by awhetter

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 →

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Using Gliffy Concept Map to make connections in the weblog.

Posted on November 27, 2012 by troos

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 →

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Hypertext in the Elementary School Classroom

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Eric Gearey

During the course of my day as an elementary school teacher I’ve grown accustomed to many forms of “hyper”: most notably hyper-activity and hyper-sensitivity.  Hypertext, however, is not as readily apparent in my daily routine.  As Alexander (2008) professes, ”K-12 … Continue reading →

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An Idea for ‘Making Connections’

Posted on November 27, 2012 by mckay

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 →

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Evolution of the World Wide Web

Posted on November 27, 2012 by inscho

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 →

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How Can An Educator Possibly Manage Web 2.0 Storytelling Lessons Amidst the Vastness Of the Web 2.0 World?

Posted on November 26, 2012 by murray12

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 →

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