Chicken and Egg (Err Duck) of the Digital Dichotomy
A #Clmooc #poetryport gift for @miazamoraPhD @cogdog and the #netnarr crew
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How I wrote the Paradox of Technology: A #Clmooc #poetryport poem
Backstage post of how the poem Paradox of Technology came to be #poetryport
Greg McVerryStep One of @IndieWebCamp Online 2020 Hack Day Project finished
Goal Post I finished step one of building my poetry page which was actually tearing apart my following page into different php files so I could move the snippets around across my website: <?php include 'head.php'; ?> </head> <?php include 'header.php'; ?> </header> < class="h-entry"> < href="index.html"> < class="p-author h-card" href="/"> </a> < class="foll
Greg McVerryStep Two of @IndieWebCamp Online complete: I layed out my grid on paper and time to write the rules
Goal Report Before I even worry about how feed readers will discover poetry on my site I want to make sure it is purdy with human readable HTML first. After sketching out what I want I determined the CSS Grid rules I needed. Now to add to the stylesheet in step three.
Greg McVerry@IndieWebCamp Online 2020 Hack Day Update
Goal Post I switched it up in CSS Decided not to use my article template. Just seemed less modular to not define a grid just for my poetry stuff. longreads...and the rules that live under that original fiefdom have hobbled together houses hard to understand. Going to write the page now. .poetry .grid-container { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(8
Greg McVerryStep Three of @IndieWebCamp Online: CSS Grid of Poetry page done and ready for testing
Goal Post I have to run a quick errand. Hoping to finish for first demo time but may have to keep trucking until the second demo window. I didn't define rows for my poetcircle and reads, I wonder if I will need to do something so one starts after the author with my rows implictly calculated: updated: fixed an error in grid-columns .longreads article { font-f
Greg McVerryPlaying on the Ridgeline #poetryport #smallpoems
Ridgeline Rocks scattered speckled grey among our brown blanket of forest aching for snow plopped on a rock, logs a defrosted mess the dog plays, such joy in limitless discovery chasing sents and rodents leaves rustle with relentless energy No turkey or deer today Just wispy clouds painting the sun's whiskers that rap upon Dead giants who creak their funeral
Greg McVerryMy Day Two 2020 @IndieWebCamp Online Goal: Build a Poetry Page
Currently I am in the middle of a 30 day pop up poetry community and I share poetry all over the web. I need one place to call home. So for @IndieWebCamp Online I want to build a page to host all my poetry. I am goint to use CSS (maybe subgrid if I get inspired...want to challenge myself) Grid. I will set three coulns using 2fr, 5fr, 3fr/ That means my area
Greg McVerryHow I wrote the Peace for the part time PhD: A #Clmooc #poetryport poem
Backstage post of how the poem "Peace for the Part-time PhD" came to be #poetryport
Greg McVerryA peek behind the poetry: The Making of Color of Boogie #clmooc #poetryport #literacies #elachat #nctevillage
How I composed Color of Boogie Most of my free verse poetry I write off the cuff. I might have scribbled a verse on some random scrap of paper but most thoughts bleed through the vapor. Yet when ever I rhyme, my capers of verse require strategy and planning. Takes effort to write bad poetry, and even more to make bad poetry rhyme with no evident scheme. So l
Greg McVerryHow to Install Known on Reclaim Hosting
Step By Step Guide to Installing Known
Greg McVerryHolistic Rubric for End of Module Reflection #edu506 #edu307
Criteria Content knowledge Organization Reflection on Growth Use of Evidence Scale Using a 4 point scale-not a fan of mushy middle Rubric Four Points Content Knowledge : Reflection demonstrates growth in knowledge through the analysis of key concepts, defining key words, and descriptions of activity during the module Organization : Reflection has a clear foc
Greg McVerryTeaching in Times of Existenstial Crisis
Fat congeals as meager scraps sit, fork scraping against time Hope never fills anyone's plate no change to alter fate Empty calories of broken promises kept me starved in galleys of of thoughtless hunger My fork scrapes my plate and my destiny is done When he unleashed tyranny a conspiracy promises to rid the toxicity of of brown and black kids Tectonics in
Greg McVerryI added an end of the module checlist to #edu506
Reading Did I do the readings? Did I take notes as I read? Discussion Boards Did I make atleast two initial posts? Did I reply to atleast two of my peers? Did I reply to everyone who resopnded to me? Did I use evidence from the reading? Did I share more than short single paragraphs Performance Task Did I create a definition of literacy with no words? OR Did
Greg McVerryAn eduspeak translation guide around #diversity #disrupttexts #edu307 #edu506
diverse schools -> segregated schools with black and brown children good schools -> school filled with white kids award winning schools -> school filled with rich white children celebrate diversity -> a day where you eat ethnic food in white schools. low SES -> schools with black and brown children, sometimes rural poor, but usually forgotten High FRL ->scho
Greg McVerryPull into the Poetry Port: A #clmooc poetry challenge for the Month of February #IndieWeb
Poetry can offer a safe harbor from the tumultuous waves of our lives. The words and verse we offer can also stir up a storm in the calmest of seas. To celebrate the limitless navigation through the channels of language the #CLMOOC crew has christened a new vessel of verse: The Poetry Port Every day in February a random word was chosen. Need a poem? You will
Greg McVerryWhat About the Network in Self-Directed Learning? #digped #learnignsciences #cognition
The study of self-directed learning began a graduate students of Cyril Houle, who studied “study of self-educating people” developed an idea for a thesis while taking a programming class with Dr Houle to study “the concept of a ‘learner learning something on his . . . [or] her own. ” Allen Tough completed his research on “self-teaching” in 1966. Simultaneous
Greg McVerryThree Steps to Surving Your First Online Class #edu307 #edu506
There are three things required for success in online classes: self directed learning- You need to develop a learning plan, schedule, set and meet goals cognitive presence- You need to not only complete assignments on time but complete them with the stated objectives in mind. Make sure your artifacts show growth. Utilize evidence from the texts, focus on key
Greg McVerryWhy I prefer Blogging over Blackboard
"Here I am, r-a-w." As a teacher we need to make our learning more explicit. We need to model to students how we read multiple sources, integrate ideas, take risks, share our writing, and engage as a community. Blogging provides me with an avenue. Teachers have the greatest job in the world, we get paid to learn. "Genuine like Gucci, raw like sushi" Your stu
Greg McVerryMy #100DaysQuotesofColor Challenge #literacies
After Marcelle Haddix keynote at the Literacy Research Association I examined my last theory of change for a # literacies grant and realized I did not cite one scholar of color. I spent the intersession learning and reading about scholars of color in the field of education. While it is a risk of pithy appropriation, rather than deep understanding, decided to
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