1. Begin with You Ghandi never said "Be the change..." still doesn't mean it ain't great advice. We need to be the web we want to see. 1 In fact in my recent efforts into #OpenPedagogy (my approach to getting at #ProSocialWeb) I have focused on the words of another Yogi (correctly attributed) Change yourself and you have done your part in the changing the th
bunch of religions wanted some folks to read and wouldn't let others. Books mad expensive. Literacy always been about power and reading a tool to both take and give. then a bunch of psychologist looked into reading brought in garbage with us today from Kantian humanism, positivism, and other crap that gets education in the way of learning Then the computer u
Creative Growth 2013 Home show and fashion show (72) flickr photo by origamiguy1971 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license Plurality stitches a beautiful quilt of complex choices, and each person adds their own unique spin on the #IndieWeb. As long as you wrap yourself in the warmth of #Indieweb building blocks you sew together new connections free of
This tutorial assumes you already have 0.9.9a. running and have Composer installed. If you have not completed these steps the Getting Started tutorial will catch you up to speed. Step One: Update Composer Open Terminal (You can access this in cPanel) navigate to your directory and update composer by typing php composer.phar update and then run the command yo
Text types opinion pieces informative or explanatory text narrative texts Skills support point of view of readings examine a topic convey ideas clearly Choosing an opinion Completing graphic organizer outline mentor text annotate mentor text write introductions provide reasons identify linking words based on text structure choose linking words based on text
I could not attend @amyburvall's and @bryanmmathers sessions on zines at #oer19. So instead I decided to throw out the way I teach "how to teach vocabulary" and encourage Zine making in preschool. Didn't have time to gather the supplies so today students planned out their zines. Here are my notes.
Educators loved Google+ networks. Early on the network created a close simulation to what an open web of writers could look like.Heck before Google Apps for Education was a thing we created a Google+ group "Using Google as a Free LMS." Then as teachers, all being on boarded to Google's domination in the k12 market, turned to Blogger and Google+, and fell in
Connecticut welcomes our next poet laureate. I have always enjoyed Gibson's ability to find meaning in the mundane while carrying on meta-levels of dialogue and thought i her poems. Join me in annotating some of her work. Broken Cup 2014 An art, not a right, happiness, according to the Dalai Lama (David reads aloud to me) is not as elused as one might think,
This is the poem project I first presented at NCTE in our study of playing with Billy Collin's idea of "Drop a Mouse into Poetry" I took it literally and dropped a computer mouse into these poems. The wiki where I found the poems that gave me this idea is still up here . We will first read the poem, identifying powerful phrases. We will then describe the ext
6:00am sounds crazy...It is the most time slot for apppointments in my online classes: DrMac @jgmac1106 3m well I have to go wake the kids up, thanks for joing me for the cat. proving the 6:00 am time slot is the most popular.....never would have thought Post Marie Chutjian @guest1172012 2m its nice to have book club from bed! lol DrMac @jgmac1106 2m thinkin