New World Literacies, Old World Education

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Orginally posted: July 7, 2016 As I was reading this week’s chapter–Afterword: Communities of Readers, Clusters of Practices by Henry Jenkins, I found that I had to think about the optimistic view of our networked culture and what it can mean for education within the context of old-world realities. What I mean by “old-world” refers … Read more

“Emergent” Social Learning

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Originally posted: July 14, 2016 The following response is based on: Social Learning, “push” and “pull”, and Building Platforms for Collaborative Learning by Colin Lankshear and Michele Knobel. When I was a wee lad, I was able to write with both hands. My teachers told me that was wrong and made me write with my … Read more

Learning to Find Your Voice

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Originally posted: July 21, 2016 Developing Voice in Digital Storytelling Through Creativity, Narrative and Multimodality by Monica Nilsson discussed the ability for digital storytelling to encourage creativity and be a resource for developing a voice. Voice as defined by Grammar Girl is “the distinct personality, style, or point of view of a piece of writing … Read more

Principles of Design: Infographics

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Originally posted: September 7, 2016 I have to create an infographic! I’ve never created an infographic! To get myself familiar with this form of information conveyance I took a critical look at a few of them to get my bearings. I have had to look at some principles of design, namely CARP principles. These principles … Read more