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 they were learning, and practice their oral proficiency in the…
Read MoreThis 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 their classes. The core subject I consider myself the best…
Read MoreAs 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 create posts instead of traditional papers. Sounds easy enough, right???…
Read MoreThis 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 Helen Petersen, but I could’ve done without the reminder that…
Read Morecrossposted from 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 and Madness of Crowds is not specific to any particular online or offline or type of media, so…
Read MoreThe 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 how lonely it can make a person feel. One article…
Read Moredigital_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 Life. I wanted to use it as a language teaching…
Read MoreWhen 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 written on, but today’s assignment reminded me of the piece.…
Read MoreThis past Monday, I created a Twitter account…..wow, it is something! I feel like an intrepid explorer with my mouse and my keypad browsing through the good, the bad, the interesting, and the unabashedly ugly. Connecting This exploration into uncharted territories has sparked many conversations with friends, coworkers, and my supervisor about social media, networking,…
Read MoreFor me, the need to become a critical citizen has drastically changed in the last four years, this was also the time my professional career was beginning. I used Facebook particularly to connect with friends, family and acquaintances, but I was going to be on the job market and realized it could affect my professional…
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