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Reflection drives learning. Take the taxonomy of blogging skills by Jacob McWilliams and write a post reflecting on your own prgress as a writer/blogger. Features of a successful blog post A well organized argument or main point, supported through the use of hyperlinks and multimedia materials (video, sound, images) A clear, unified voice that is appropriate
Greg McVerryWriters thrive on the power of observation. Look up. The sky is its own canvas of wonder. Imagine this: we all share the same sky, just different parts of it at different times of day. Your sky is part of my sky, and mine, is part of yours. For today’s prompt, gaze up at the sky, day or night or somewhere in-between, and take notice. We suggest you find a ni
Greg McVerryAs I completed research for this post the idea that learning fills a desire (Mozère, 2914) hit me (cited below). Many philosophers express learning in some type of change state. It begins and ends with conflict (Piaget), or consist of even growing from pain. We have always associated learning with excited emotional states. Makes sense writing with emotion is
Greg McVerryin apprenticeship learning target skills are not only continually in use by skilled practioners, but are instrumental in completing meangingful tasks learning of skills and knowledge embedded in social and functional context 456 The biggest difference between agentive apprenticships and cognitive apprenticeship is the focus on growing the network and spaces
Greg McVerryAs part of #clmooc this summer I am trying to create a tutorial that students of all ages can use to document their learning journey. I am writing a tutorial for launching a website with some basic blogging functionalities using the Glitch platform. Wondering if anyone would be willing to give the tutorials a try. Interested in feedback in general observatio
Greg McVerryWe extol the point of writing for purpose, but pupose without passion is more a job than art. Emotion enhances writing. Pick something that brings you pure joy or burning anger. Put thoughts down and share.
Greg McVerryWhen I student taught I worked with a wonderful group of children in Waterbury, CT in a transitional first grade. The class provided more sheltered instruction for students, many learning English, who did not meet Kindergarten readiness benchmarks...after Kindergarten. I had them write poems about carnivals, rain, and frogs. The students found words by writi
Greg McVerryIn Reply to Rylee's Writing Challenge I fired up Sirius radio and the dial already sat on Phish Radio, playing Camel Walk Goin' downtown to the disco Gotta do it right away Gotta funky thing to get into Gonna blow my blues away No great literay anaylsis here as the song, which I love, captures is soul in the space between notes rather than the meaning of wor
Greg McVerryWhen we put pen to paper we invite our audience to join us on a journery as we line the path with prose. pointring directions with our thoughts and signaliing turns with our transition. Often we use metaphors as a map to illuminate the way. Why do these metaphors matter so in our writing? How do metaphors, even when mixed, provide a compass to steer readers
Greg McVerryAlmost all of my lessons begin on paper. As the semester progresses you will be developing a series of lessons. These can be stand alone or you can think more about a unit like I am. I have a series of lessons that should scaffold people into the creation of a pecha kucha talk for my #edu106 class.
Greg McVerryPrivate publishing and sharing clearley emerged as a theme at the #IndieWeb Summit. I attended a remote session on AutoAuth in Amål and we had two concurrent sessions on private groups and private webmentions. I attended the session proposed by Jonathan LeClour as he is also a Known user. Known already has great privacy options. I can publish publicly, to me
Greg McVerryIndiewebCamp is an uncofencernce and you sometimes vote with your feet. I began attending the Static Websites with IndieWeb Dynamism but found it was trending to the numerous Jekyll and netlify sites out there so I took a stroll I found myself enraptured by Marty 's explanations of the protocols and libraries used in the IndieWeb community. Marty's way of de
Greg McVerryMy Demo Reflection on learning CSS subgrid. Online in a Day A wrap up of the saturday session on how do we get people online in a day. Lurking as Learning Catching up on the latest and greatest on Protocols Private Posts : We are getting close to some really important cool features IndieWeb Grants Record of my efforts to secure funding in 2019 for #IndieWeb
Greg McVerryOn Saturday I had the pleasure of leading a session with Jared from Name.Com on getting online in a day with a new website. I find such joy when I see somone hit refresh and open up their first website in a browser. Their eyes glean with such accomplishments. Fingers start flying across keyboards. People find power writing themselves on to the world. We bega
Greg McVerryI enjoy designing web pages with a card metaphor. I can grasp the idea of stacking, expanding, rearranging, and styling a card. Want to make it bigger? Change the grid rows. Color? Just add a dash of CSS. Symmetry? I had difficulties. No more. Enter CSS Subgrid. My #IndieWeb Demo As the lights got shut down and the wires packed up I finally pushed an update
Greg McVerryCode of Conduct 1. Purpose A primary goal of # edu 407 is is to be inclusive to our community of readers and writers, with the most varied and diverse backgrounds possible. As such, we are committed to providing a friendly, safe and welcoming environment for all, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, ability, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and religion
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