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Examples of Multimodal Digital Texts

Hey #edu407Fall19 I wanted to share some examples of some digital texts: I like the comic as a way to show how multimodal text can get a #socialjustice issue across. Notice the balance of images and words https://twitter.com/jupiter_pop/status/1179458039704932353 Here is a wanted poster. You can make digital wanted posters for book characters. The key is to

Patterns and Themes Analyzing Openness in My Syllabi

Results of a Retrospective Ethnographic Annotation

Opening the Syllabi in Higher Education

Presentation from Opened19

QuestionTheWeb Theory of Change

Announcing the Keynote Speakers for @IndieWebCamp NYC sponsored by @pace_seidenberg

Amanda Rush Amanda Rush works as a WordPress accessibility expert. As a long time contributor to the global #IndieWeb movement Amanda helps push the community forward in diversity and inclusivity. Amanda has added her expertise to the growing #IndieWeb community. Her talk will cover the importance of semantic HTML and why IndieWeb building blocks make the mo

Finished(ish) my Gallery Design using CSS Grid #IndieWeb

For the last few weeks I have toiled away on the layout for my photo collection pages (Actually come to think of it I have worked towards this goal since IndieWebCamp Austin last Feburary where I just piggybacked off of gRegor's work. You can see that attempt here ). I have finally landed where I wanted. You can check out an example here: http://jgregorymcve

Difference between a Reading Summary and a Reading Reaction

In this tutorial I share tips on how to write a reaction or reflection to readings assigned in college

Writing Tip for #edu307

As a writing intensive class I must assign 25% of the grade we make up together at the end of class to revisions. I believe more in revising forward rather than backward (Which comes with a nasty dose of proofread after publishing). Meaning instead of going back and fixing stuff you already published I want to see writers who take feedback from me and their

Hey #edu407 Here are some of my screencasts #literacies

How to Work on Your Literary Element Slide Deck You can use this as a guide to create your slide deck. Some Examples (not necessarily a literary element but gives you some ideas beyond recording a power point...which is fine to do) Sock Puppets on Writing Leads and Hooks This was just an iOS App. You can make it on an iPhone or iPad. We have some if people w

Tracing the Shape of Research in #edu106

As we explore ways in #edu106 to tell our stories we have also delved into the shape of other tales. Today we looked at the shape of the research article. Students got into groups and then tried to trace the shape of the article. We then discussed how the genre of research like a fable has a very common pattern to follow. Next we defined key terms students m

Finished planning the #EDU106 second module planning

Learn Something 2019-10-02 until 2019-11-01 Goal: Learn something new about a passion you have or want to explore. Objectives: Define Participatory Learning Analyze a Connected Learning Environment Write a collaborative essay Record a podcast to reflect on your learning Read: Pages 1-21. https://www.macfound.org/media/article_pdfs/JENKINS_WHITE_PAPER.PDF Dou

Planning the first #edu106 module

#edu106 Tell Your Story 2019-09-04-2019 until 2019-10-02 Goal Build a website to share media you create to tell your story. Objectives: Examine the selfie as an artifact of identity Explore learner identities and the impact this has on learning. Explore the impact learning and education have on identitied. Annotate a research article for descriptive statisti

Planning #EDU106 with my students

As part of my redesign of #edu106 I started by surveying the students. I want to design the class around their desire and needs. I first started asking about the technology they use. Instagram is still the most popular. Nobody used facebook anymore. Students have Twitter accounts but say they are more for reading, following celebrities or asking about custom

#QuestionTheWeb

#QuestionTheWeb is a two phase intervention that recognizes agrumentation as a discourse. We first teach students to own their truth from their own domain and then understand how perspectives shape truth through the use of biased avatar based read alouds.

#QuestionTheWeb Research Plan

Methods of Inquiry for IES Grant on improving argumentative writing and critical evaluation

#QuestionTheWeb Theory of Change

Theory of change for an IES Grant resubmission

Trying to Define Digital #literacies on wikipedia

I am trying to fix the digital literacy article on Wikipedia. Here is the current definition: Digital literacy refers to an individual's ability to find, evaluate, and compose clear information through writing and other mediums on various digital platforms. Digital literacy is evaluated by an individual's grammar, composition, typing skills and ability to pr

What A Wonderful edcampCT

A review of the edCampCT sessions I attended

Designs that Inspire

Websites from around IndieWeb that inspire me

Agency, Argumentation, and Blogging

Calls to bridge cognitive and social practices when teaching Argumentation. (Reznitskaya & Anderson, 2002) developed Argument Schema Theory. Beach and What's their name (year) called for an integration (cite that). We continue this effort by building our theory of change on the concept of argumentation as discourse. Argumentation as Discourse Teaching studen