This past (crazy) semester I embarked on another digital journey with other faculty and staff from St. Norbert College. My particular project focused on my Ethnic Geography course and me utilizing my own Domain (website) more during the course. This was important to me because …
Author: Parisa
My Journey with #digPINS
by Parisa Meymand What will follow is a summary of the weeks I spent in #DigPINS, but if you’d like to jump right to how I implemented this in my own class – jump right down to “Now what?” This past summer I embarked on …
Open source for content analysis
In thinking about open source materials during this round of #digPINS, I also realize that sometimes it might also be easy to overlook many open sources that we use all the time. Take my own personal example of thinking about open source materials in geography. …
But I thought geography was just about maps?!
I get this comment all the time. The truth is, we use geography in our daily lives all of the time! Geography involves thinking spatially about a phenomenon. For example, we could talk about the spatial arrangement of our activity space: how we move to …
Zone of proximal development
Sharing a Strategy During my doctoral studies we learned about Vygotsky’s zone of proximal development (ZPD). In short, Vygotsky studied what learners could do with and without help. The ZPD involves students in varying skill sets working together to solve problems and learn what they may …
Who are you?
Digital Identity – who are you? Identity: fluid, constructed, and open to interpretation. While our F2F identity changes, it’s interesting to see how our virtual identity also changes with age. I remember the ages of AOL instant messenger, Myspace, and flip phones with tiny screens …
