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NotesMarch 26, 2020

Hey #edu307 where does making a screambot fit in children's literature and literacy" https://twitter.com/whereistanya/status/1242837348766765056 Is it

Hey #edu307 where does making a screambot fit in children's literature and literacy" https://twitter.com/whereistanya/status/1242837348766765056 Is it a story, text structure looks redundant, #edu506 is this writing? How do we prepare 7 yr olds for this world? #literacies

NotesMarch 26, 2020

#smallpoems The most interesting thing outside your window right now that you see every day, keep thinking about parallels between COVID-19 and the gy

#smallpoems The most interesting thing outside your window right now that you see every day, keep thinking about parallels between COVID-19 and the gypsy moth and ash beetle that devastated forests of southeastern Connecticut: Giants of old hang tired, towering over a history past by. Branches bend and crumble under weight of knowing no spring will come now

NotesMarch 26, 2020

I will never understand why @Blackboard can't handle something like setting the contents of a div container to display on overflow...It isn't much CSS

I will never understand why @Blackboard can't handle something like setting the contents of a div container to display on overflow...It isn't much CSS. Lack of scrolling makes gradebook useless (I amb using FF Dev 71) #highered

NotesMarch 26, 2020

Hurts my heart: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/26/nyregion/new-york-homeless-students-coronavirus.html schools could have been ready for pandemic, we

Hurts my heart: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/26/nyregion/new-york-homeless-students-coronavirus.html schools could have been ready for pandemic, were plans at the state and federal level, we could have lojng ago our most vulnerable had technology. Schools and homeless children never a priorty

NotesMarch 26, 2020

broken toes dance on fingertips scraping our elbows of bent memories #smallpoems

NotesMarch 25, 2020

hey #edu106 here is the graphic organizer we are going over in our design studio: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ttEluUZyqH8LVndbjKlMTsMGuqw5rbwx

hey #edu106 here is the graphic organizer we are going over in our design studio: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ttEluUZyqH8LVndbjKlMTsMGuqw5rbwxMgvDeB3g1Fs/edit?usp=sharing

ArticlesMarch 25, 2020

Example of a most effective and effiicient way to ensure all students succeed in #k12 #highered online. metacognitive checklist, an example from #edu106 @scsu

Want to know the most effective and efficient way to help students succeed in your online class? Just provide a metacognitive checklist. Here is an example from my Southern Connecticut State University class an intro to #edtech https://edu106.jgregorymcverry.com/2020/learn-something-module-checklist Did you read the Maisha Winn article? Did you make a concep

NotesMarch 25, 2020

Hey @scsu at 11:00 I am demoing how to support group work in online learning. I welcome any #highered or #k12 teacher to join. but DM for link to avoi

Hey @scsu at 11:00 I am demoing how to support group work in online learning. I welcome any #highered or #k12 teacher to join. but DM for link to avoid videobombing.

NotesMarch 25, 2020

Great piece on using this crisis to reinvent our future, time to take back our realities from a few large companies and allow stories and peoples to f

Great piece on using this crisis to reinvent our future, time to take back our realities from a few large companies and allow stories and peoples to flourish in independant collectives: https://www.laurahilliger.com/models/lets-build-our-ideal-future/ thx @epilepticrabbit

NotesMarch 25, 2020

critical look at virtual #literacies would also examine where we build networks. Bunch of us choose not to use spaces where companies allow tmicrotarg

critical look at virtual #literacies would also examine where we build networks. Bunch of us choose not to use spaces where companies allow tmicrotargeting people of color during elections, harassment of women, but access...#literacies

RepliesMarch 25, 2020

@morningjoe please ask any politician on today, like mine @chrismurphyct, why we can't get necessary funds to ensure all schools reopen in the bailout

@morningjoe please ask any politician on today, like mine @chrismurphyct, why we can't get necessary funds to ensure all schools reopen in the bailout bill. Cash for cruise ships but no computer for kids? National travesty. #literacies

NotesMarch 25, 2020

been using model, works in any age roll with, "Tell Your story, learn something, teach something, do something" anyone can take those tasks/align to a

been using model, works in any age roll with, "Tell Your story, learn something, teach something, do something" anyone can take those tasks/align to any grade level expectations, and it is so much more meaningful to students #literacies

NotesMarch 25, 2020

Teach a Grad Edu course to already certified working teachers? Please, look at course and see if you meetgoalswhile creating a space for the teacher t

Teach a Grad Edu course to already certified working teachers? Please, look at course and see if you meetgoalswhile creating a space for the teacher to reflect and work on "teaching and learning k12 online" #digped #literacies #highered

NotesMarch 25, 2020

Hey #edu106 starting up our design studio. Come and hang, work on class, ask me question, start up a card game, exchange friend codes for your Switch.

Hey #edu106 starting up our design studio. Come and hang, work on class, ask me question, start up a card game, exchange friend codes for your Switch...Check Teams, your email, or class private feed for link...

NotesMarch 25, 2020

They would address the false dichotomy that people throw on #literacies in online spaces. My Me(s) and We(s) play out in so many spaces, but they aren

They would address the false dichotomy that people throw on #literacies in online spaces. My Me(s) and We(s) play out in so many spaces, but they aren't bifurcated in some virtual/f2f dichotomy.

NotesMarch 25, 2020

I am not on facebook, but if anyone ever wants to talk shop and instructional design happy to help #literacies

RepliesMarch 25, 2020

@BriannaWu Here is my new battle cry for politicians...how did schools get left out of bailout bill??? "Computers for Kids over Cash for Cruise Ships"

@BriannaWu Here is my new battle cry for politicians...how did schools get left out of bailout bill??? "Computers for Kids over Cash for Cruise Ships" Pandemic shines light on decades of inequality i and effects of privilege

NotesMarch 25, 2020

h/t to @writinglit for posting the question in both image and text. Love seeing when folks keep twitter accessible during chats. Rarer than you think,

h/t to @writinglit for posting the question in both image and text. Love seeing when folks keep twitter accessible during chats. Rarer than you think, help coach people, be blunt it's okay, #literacies

NotesMarch 25, 2020

Also encourage everyone to stop saying social distancing in their online spaces. Increasing our physical distance so we must DECREASE our social dista

Also encourage everyone to stop saying social distancing in their online spaces. Increasing our physical distance so we must DECREASE our social distance. Online isn't alone. Create online spaces for #literacies to thrive, even if this over SMS, or email

NotesMarch 25, 2020

Also find interesting people or threads and feel free to follow those and ignore the Q/A format, we don't like it in class, not the biggest fan on Twi

Also find interesting people or threads and feel free to follow those and ignore the Q/A format, we don't like it in class, not the biggest fan on Twitter. #literacies and what are rules of text but toys to be broken?