After creating my V&R map I noticed that I reside mostly on the visitor side of the internet. Like others, I sometimes hesitate to share things online. However, I think this reluctance is subconscious, at least in the case of personal postings. On personal platforms …
Digital Identity
The readings this week and our discussion helped me to see that I have a bit of work to do in figuring out, defining, and establishing a digital identity. My participation in social media is very limited. Yes, I am on twitter, facebook, and on …
Thoughts on Digital Identity
The readings and exercise this week were really helpful. Bonnie Stewart’s post really hit home when she talked about moribund blogs, because I have one! Regarding blogs and identity, Stewart notes, “You have to cobble that self together from the nearly infinite contexts and selves …
Is there anybody out there, just nod if you can hear me!
It seems that there are so many venues to communicate in and on, but hard to capture the attention of many people consistently. I have a presence online, but doubt anyone consistently looks at it. I have found that I engage more readily with social …
Necessity is the mother of invention
Introduction – Contextualization, pre planning, reflection on #DigPINS, defining the project and reason for the proposal:The original reason for the proposal was to post student work online so that everyone with web access could see the work that students were creating in my special topics …
Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth – and we sure got punched hard this semester
My favorite quote that I tell my students every semester is from Mike Tyson – “everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” Usually it means that not everything goes to plan and it highlights the need for critical thinking and flexibility …
Using Flipgrid Videos and Breakout Rooms to help students discuss crime fiction
I came to the #DigPINS experience through the back door, so to speak. I had ideas for modifying my Spanish 389 special topics course titled “Murder, Mystery and Mayhem: Contemporary Latin American Crime Fiction and Film” to enhance student learning and increase student interest in …
PANDEMIC!?! Meh… #DigPINS and Digital Lab Notebooks
In these unprecedented times… this significant event in our history… this once in a lifetime pandemic… did I miss any other cliche openings to reference the mess that this semester turned into? I may be speaking to the choir (now meeting virtually as singing spreads …
My Journey with #digPINS…Round 2!
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 …
Using Google Tools to Promote Academic Integrity and Knowledge of Social Science
The Project COME 352: Media Effects is a course focused on the field of media psychology. Within the course, students learn about social scientific research, which also addresses core curriculum goals. One of the key formative assessments in the course is a series of reading …
