Alan Levine recently posted a series of questions to help others think through some of thoughts and motivations as we develop and maintain a domain of our own. I’ve written a lot about this in the past, and I’ll try to include some links to content/posts as I respond to the prompts. This is a…
In a recent publication to the Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, Kristy Pytash and I contend that if we really want students to be digitally literate, they need to have a personalized learning space online that provides more than just a snapshot of their participation in one class or one school year. We argue…
I’m currently a part of a professional learning community (PLC) that is focusing on digital portfolios in our teaching and assessment. As part of this work, we’re moving quickly into thinking about developing a domain of one’s own across a couple of our programs. In this post, I’ll identify my initial thoughts about the elements,…
Digital portfolios are personalized, active, and multimodal. These can take the form of a personalized, web-based collection of work and reflections used to demonstrate key skills and accomplishments for a variety of contexts and time periods. In an earlier post, I detailed the elements of a digital portfolio, and described the benefits for students and educators. This…
I spend a lot of time guiding educators as they create and curate a space of their own online. Many times it can be a scary, nerve-racking experience as they build up an online home. I learned how to build up my digital identity through trial and error(s). I have built and broken so many places…
TL;DR Version: I’m launching a new section of this website using withknown at tldr.wiobyrne.com where I’ll be sharing curated content, and commentary. Read more about the genesis of this below. I’ll discuss how I made this happen, and iterations over time in upcoming posts. I’ve been increasingly drawn to the notion of the #indieweb movement.…
As we search and sift while reading online we’re confronted by an endless torrent of text, hypertext, and multimodal content. As technology progresses, this information source ebbs and flows, but for the most part we’re witnessing the evolution of what will become a steady stream of content that we use to read, write, and communicate.…