Monthly Archives: November 2012

Web 2.0 Storytelling – Scaffolding a New World

Posted on November 23, 2012 by jenniferschubertubc

As digital natives, today’s typical students are quite familiar with utilising the internet to connect with others. Mobile applications allow users to upload content at a moment’s notice, affording real time sharing. Amateur bloggers, photographers, artists and authors are beginning … Continue reading →

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Web 2.0: A Modern Manuscript

Posted on November 23, 2012 by cmck

Hello, I have chosen to write my third commentary about how web 2.0 is bringing together many aspects of writing technologies, past and present. Because I wanted to embed Twitter and Blog feeds into the text to support my argument … Continue reading →

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The Power of Images and Sound

Posted on November 23, 2012 by mcquaid

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/48236494[/vimeo] I came upon this video by accident today, and, aside from bringing a rush of feelings and memories, it made me think of this course. It reminded me of our readings about text forms becoming more visual (for better … Continue reading →

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Tumblring through my overseas adventure

Posted on November 22, 2012 by jenniferschubertubc

When I was desperately trying to figure out what to work up for the Rip.Mix.Feed. project, it hit me that I was already working on telling a story through various web tools. As some of you know, the hard drive … Continue reading →

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SymbalooEDU to Embed Educational Tools in your Course Website

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Johanne Brochu

For the Rip. Mix. Feed. Reloaded. activity I have decided to use edu.symbaloo.com, a bookmarks too for educators and students I discovered during the past week or so. First, I decided to use symbaloo to organize some of the educational … Continue reading →

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The Great Nitrogen Cycle

Posted on November 21, 2012 by troos

In ETEC 565A, I developed a story to show the pathway of nitrogen through the nitrogen cycle.  I developed this in sliderocket.  I found sliderocket worked very well for this as I could upload video I had developed in Powerpoint … Continue reading →

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Springpad Digital Resources

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Sheila

I have had a lot of fun experimenting with some of these tools! I have also been frustrated at being unable to access some of them too – and so have been unable to enjoy some of the productions that … Continue reading →

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Happenstance: Representative of both new and old.

Posted on November 21, 2012 by mckay

Introduction Various fictions have experimented with the new digital medium; the vast majority of  which are considered avant-garde, experimental, and experiential. This is in art because the reader of fiction must strictly follow the writer’s path (Kress, 2005). This paper … Continue reading →

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Answer Garden

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Rocky Lam

I made up this question on Answer Garden. As students type in their response, they show up on the screen. Same responses become bigger and less frequent responses become smaller. You can get students to be on their Macbooks/PCs at … Continue reading →

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Diigo and brain scanning

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Ginelle Stutt

Hi all, Here is how I’ve collected resources using Diigo. I like this site a lot so far because of its utility. I can include websites, interactive sites, and I’m sure clips but I have not yet figured out how to … Continue reading →

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