Over the remainder of the Fall semester, I will complete another networked learning project. In a networked learning project, I will use the Internet, the connected learning community, and my own personal learning networks to teach myself something new. I will collect, curate, and synthesize this information into a final “presentation” of what I have learned.…
As we think about technology and digital practices in our lives and classrooms, it can often get confusing. We have many theories and practices that intersect and try to map out a landscape that is constantly changing. To try and make this a bit simpler, I think about a continuum of three stages that move…
Across society, we are seeing protest and unrest as we reckon with the sins of past generations. As we view these events, we may feel excited, upset, confused, or enraged. As members of a networked, social society, this makes many think that they should post that awesome hot take that attracts attention, gives your commentary,…
Exposure is leverage.Gary Vaynerchuk In issue #262 of my weekly newsletter, I shared this post by Doug Belshaw. The post discusses the challenges and opportunities as we “work out loud.” Much of this was inspired by Austin Kleon’s book. If you really want to dig deep on this topic, check out this full session from…
Many times in our classrooms we create WebQuests to have students explore online resources. WebQuests typically contain an introduction, task, process, evaluation, and conclusion. WebQuests play a vital role in the classroom by providing students with a scripted, guided examination of online resources in a topic. As students expand beyond the WebQuest, the next step…
I frequently work with educators and students in early childhood education classrooms to identify meaningful ways to integrate technology into instruction. In this work I meet with the classroom teacher to better understand the content and objectives for the upcoming weeks. We think about the content first, and identify easy ways to embed technology use…
The term digital native was coined and popularized by Marc Prensky in his 2001 article titled Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants. In this he posited that the contemporary decline in American education was due to educators’ inability to understand the needs of modern students. Students were labeled digital natives and said to have an insider’s perspective…
Over the past two years I have served as Multiliteracies Department Editor for the Journal and Adolescent and Adult Literacy (JAAL). You can review the work that we have produced and the accompanying video interviews through this thread. Transmedia Storytelling and Literacy Education For this column I worked with Stephen Slota, and Mike Young from UConn as…
Over the last two posts we’ve looked at reading and then writing in Medium. Now we’ll examine some advanced writing techniques. Next week we’ll look at publications, sharing your work on your own blogs, and syndicating to Medium. To get started, at this point you should have a Medium account, you should have started to follow…
In these posts, we’re taking a look at using Medium for reading, writing, & connecting. Medium is “a place to read, write, and interact with others about stories that matter.” In our first post, we took a look at reading, annotating, commenting, and recommending content on Medium. I recommend following that first post, and dipping…