This week the video I produced with the help of Greg McVerry was released here as part of the K12 Online 2015 series of videos. In this video, we worked to document the work on the web literacy map up to version 1.5. You can read more about this work in the column we wrote…
My fourth column as Multiliteracies Department Editor for the Journal and Adolescent and Adult Literacy (JAAL) was published. The column, titled Guiding Students as They Explore, Build, and Connect Online discusses the Web Literacy Map I’ve been helping to develop over the last couple of years. In the column, I work with Greg McVerry and Doug…
I Am Not a Guru. There is nothing special about me, or my abilities online. The digital natives label…don’t even go there. I prefer to act like I’m 7 1/2, but I’m 40. I have been labeled a guru, (angrily) a technogeek, a geek, and many other labels about my supposed expertise in the use of…
TL;DR: In this post I provide an overview of the work conducted on the web literacy map learning pathways, specifically the privacy pathway and associated badges. At the bottom of the post I give the link to review the notes from the #openbadges call on 1/28/2015. Work on the web literacy map is progressing at a…
TL;DR Version: IMHO, if you really want to grok what is happening with the web literacy work, it’s nice to review the topographical maps and images, but the real value is diving deep into one of the competencies & developing your own learning pathways. Over the last couple of weeks on the Web Literacy community calls we’ve…
TL;DR version: The ORMS class is an open, online class which provides educators with an understanding of a research-tested way to embed new literacies in the CCSS. To take the course, please click here. It’s finally complete. I finished my first “MOOC.” In the traditional sense it is not a MOOC as currently understood in…
TL;DR version: What are the attitudes and aptitudes used by “experts” as we collaborate while “making” content online? How can this understanding of these knowledge, skills, and dispositions be used to inform pedagogy when we have students write, “make”, or collaboratively construct online content? To be involved in this work, please click here. This week…
TL;DR version: By employing a critical literacy perspective to “making” and Connected Learning, teachers and students can engage in activism & cyberactivism for the purposes of understanding and critiquing societal issues. In the second week of the Mozilla #teachtheweb MOOC we have been asked to consider Connected Learning in practice. The three principles of Connected Learning state…
TL;DR version: While “making” online content, I engaged in the following activities: Planning, Generating, Organizing, Composing, and Revising. For the first week of “class” in the Mozilla Teach the Web MOOC we were asked to first of all introduce ourselves by creating a “webby” intro using Popcorn, Thimble, or X-Ray Goggles. I chose Popcorn since…
I recently received an invite from Doug Belshaw to join Mozilla’s Teach the Web MOOC. The open project is part of the #teachtheweb initiative and focuses on building the skills needed to teach digital literacies and web-making tools in the context of the community and classroom. In reviewing the initial post by Kevin Hodgson…I also started to…