I would consider one of my biggest downfalls in life to be the fact that I am very gullible and trust many people to easily. This problem is exaggerated online and it can lead to many problems. I rarely share articles or information online, but, …
Month: January 2019
Digital Pedagogy
As a graduate student, I was a Teaching Assistant for a Latin American History course taught entirely online, this experience changed my life. The professor and TA’s not only engaged in online discussions with students but went beyond by creating interactive assignments and activities. This …
Reflections on Digital Pedagogy and Digital Spaces
Disclaimer: I am not sure if these examples count as digital projects, but they are what first led me to include more technology in my classes. When I taught high school, I used to have my students make videos to engage with the material that …
A Different Mindset
This week has definitely been the hardest week of DigPINS for me to connect to so far because I do not teach in the traditional sense. The only “teaching” I do consists of me trying to reexplain items that friends and classmates don’t understand from …
My Digital Project Disaster
As soon as I read the prompt for this week’s blog I was re-traumatized by the disaster that was my first digital project. A few years ago, one of my colleagues presented an amazing assignment she created on Google+ and how she had her students …
Salty with a Side of Contemplation
This week I started by reading, “How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation” by Anne Helen Petersen. It put me in my current mood (see otter for reference) which has lingered in decreasing intensity throughout the week. I’m glad writing it was therapeutic for you, Anne …
Contagions in Twitter vs. Blogs vs. Podcasting
This post was originally written by Taylor Jadin on jadin.me After experiencing Nicky Case’s The Wisdom and Madness of CrowdsI started thinking about the what a particular method of communication could be important in spreading complicated ideas or concepts. The stuff Case talks about in The Wisdom …
Relating to the millennial Generation
The internet has created an incredible ability to connect to millions around the world. I have never met anyone exclusively online, but it has been an incredible way to connect to old friends that I can’t see every day. One downside of social media is …
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digital_id19 C-C Who are you online? Pasquini said’ “For some, there seems to be fluidity between the online and off-line self; however, each person I speak with may interpret and approach this continuum differently. ” In 2004, I checked out the online world creator, Second …
Uni Dilly Dilly
When I was in college I wrote a short story called something like “Dave and the Unibrow,” a tale of a group of Boy Scouts exacting their revenge on a bully (the Unibrow) during a campout. It was, truly, not worth the paper it was …
