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Greg McVerry

Embracing the Struggle while Feeling Vulnerable #EDU307

My first blog post! This is exciting! Yes, something about blogging makes our writing special. I feel that my goals as a writer are a little tougher to think about. I think my number one writing goal is to understand that it is okay to struggle sometimes. I want to thank everyone for struggling in this class as you set up blogs. In any #literacies classroom,

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Submitted Application for the @Mozilla Responsible Computer Science Challenge

Concept Description: The Computer Science Department, Research Center on Computing and Society, and School of Education at Southern Connecticut State University propose this work to fund the creation of a Virtual Reality recording and editing studio, with accompanying coursework on storytelling and WebVR. Specifically, this project will fund the creation of

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Why does this keep happening? #knownchat

Am I going crazy or is my source code just being written by evil Gremlins against declarative HTML? I hit source code I add: <p>I just added <a class="u-follow-of" href="https:/fiveflames4learning.com/">Five Flames 4 Learning</a> by <a class="h-card" href="/https:/www.hjdewaard.com/">Helen Dewaard</a> to my following page at <a href="https://jgregorymcverry.

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How I feel about #IndieWeb and HTML

Nobody's got a thing against you Unless you've got something to prove We don't need no set of standards We don't need a new set of rules Heard all that shit before, about stomping out any difference We say stand together, (Not to fight just to exist) Operation Ivy-Take Warning

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archive.org version of @deadandcompany Best of list from Spotify

We will have to get someone to seed the show on etree but collecting the links now...I started about half way. Will finish later tonight. Thanks to all tapers and archivers, but please use the standard YYYY-MM-DD date format to make searching easier. I am also moving fast, if you know of better versions let me know and I will switch out link. https://archive

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Following @hjarche

I just added Harold Jarchee to the #openpedagogy section of following page at https://jgregorymcverry.com/following.html #BeYourownSocialNetwork

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#edu407 #edu305 #edu307 Friday Update and Office Hours

Hey everyone, Working from home today. Happy to help anyone get started. It would have to be over a screen chat. I can walk you through connecting. Take about ten minutes. Just stop by chat if you need help. Meeting on the Weekends I will not have much weekend availability. I know many of you will be doing your work on the weekends but I coach youth sports,

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Notes on #CCSS and Sociocultural Theories of Writing #407

As we consider theories of meaning we #read Lessons From Sociocultural Writing Research for Implementing the Common Core State Standards by Rebecca Woodward in Sonya Klein The Standards’ college and career readiness perspective suggests a pathway for writing development that was determined by starting with what students need to know in college and careers, t

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My Definition of Children's Literature #edu307

Hey #edu307 I know the assignment was to define children's literature with no words but the first rule of poetry is to always break the rules except, rule number one. Besides, since I decided to do a remix I could pull a lawyer card and say I defined children's literature as alchemy...though then the teacher in you should ask if my visual metaphors would sti

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Following @GameDevProf

I just added Game Dev Professor by Ken Thompson to the #edtech section of my following page at https://jgregorymcverry.com/following #BeYourOwnSocialNetwork

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#edu407 Daily Update Number One

Here is the website for our class: http://edu407.jgregorymcverry.com/ The syllabus and the first three modules are up. I will record tutorials as soon as I get out of my EDU 305 class. How will class work? Many of you have taken class with me before. You will set up your own blog. You can use blogger, medium, weebly. Just have your own space. I will be makin

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Creating an #IndieWeb friendly experience on @weebly

I am seeing more and more teachers join Weebly as their first website and blog. I am so stoked! Getting teachers online is the ultimate goal. Yet I do get a few messages from teachers who want all the #IndieWeb love on their site. I do not have an answer for them...so I started digging. I think we can do it: Here is the documentation on themes http://www.wee

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Paper Prototype of #IndieWeb Story Builder

The goal is to spit out an HTML only file someone could add to their site or embed through an iframe using CSS grid. Want to be able to layer html elements in series of slides using divs or sections. User first select full screen or chooses width They can then click a button to add a slide which will have a 4X4 CSS Grid. Then on the slide the user can select

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Changes to My Core Instructional Design #literacies #digped

I got some expected feedback from my online Children's Literature class. A reoccuring theme amongst my students is they feel overwhelemed by the number of tools. To me it fels like the natural tools of networked knowledge building but many students have trouble navigating the tools. I used o use: Class website- https://edu305.jgregorymcverry.com for example

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Microcast Topics for #edu405 and #edu307 with @peggysemingson

Peggy, What do you think of this list? It may look daunting but if we have a loose script for each on standard format be a wonderful investment of our time. If you would like to join us for 5-10 minute audo microcasts thinking these topics: oral language develoment' stages of reading theories of meaning making predictors of reading success phonological aware

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Following @jainsaid6

I just added Ed Head Ed by Sarah Kessler-Frick to my following page at https://jgregorymcverry.com/following #BeYourownSocialNetwork I need to add a new #instructionaldesign section.

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Paper is Your Friend for #InstructionalDesign

Spent some time working out the design of the class Designing my #edu407 online class. Above are three pictures of my notebook. The first is a brainistroming of tasks, the second I flush out the tasks and in the third I describe assessment strategies.

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