For the past few June Tuesday’s I’ve been spending my nights, with some crafty, fun women at the Reclaimed Crafts class.
Wiseman's Wine Coaster
It’s been a fabulous time to just get away from the computer screen and get my hands dirty. It helps me remember ‘The Journey is the Destination’. To see more images and projects we’ve been up to check out The Reclaimed Crafts Blogspot
If anyone ever asks you why you use Social Media, have them watch this video.
Another something-something I was watching last night is
All about the Digital Natives, in their Digital Nation…..where we all live.
Three big concepts will be pushing e-learning:
Then there are open source applications and FREE tools to create with. Audacity, Jing, Screencast are a few that come to mind. Today, I learned about:
Here’s what Voki can do. Voki is a free service that allows you to create personalized speaking avatars and use them on your blog, profile, and in email messages. Watch how I follow your cursor……wild. Think of the fun you and your students can have.
Lately, I’ve been playing around with the Hipstamatic iPhone app with some really fun results.
Spring has sprung in the neighborhood of antiques and taxidermy fishes.
I’ve been having an ongoing discussion with colleagues about the use of multimedia in the learning experience. I am a big proponent of the use of visuals and multimedia within the learning experience, as I feel it helps to augment the understanding. I am always looking for new ways to communicate visually.
However, playing Devil’s advocate: Just last night I had a continuation of this household’s ongoing discussion–the topic of homework– which I have been having for years now, with my daughter Xernay [who just turned 16]. I always argue how much easier it is to be a high schooler these days–writing and doing research & homework–because of the internet and access to all the information, visuals, and multimedia out there. Then I go into the long blah, blah, about how I had to write out notes, use actual books [gasp], go to the public library, type on a typewriter [with an eraser]…….you get my gist.
And The Girl [one of her many nicknames] is in her bedroom, laying on the floor, peering into her open MacBook, video chatting with some dude named Jack, and they are in this full-blown discussion about Algebra 2 problems. Yeah, it’s true, they really were discussing Algebra 2, ‘cause The Girl’s bedroom is right off the kitchen and I was making dinner while eavesdropping and thinking about how when I was her age, I only dreamt about having the ability to video chat and being able to see and talk to Dr. Spock or Captain Kirk……..Oh, I mean do my homework with my friends. My friends, who in order for me to ask Algebra 2 homework questions to; I had to run out the door [heavy Algebra 2 book in tow], dash down the street, knock on their door, politely say hello to their mom [sometimes their dad too], go upstairs, lay on their bedroom floor, spread out all the equation papers and THEN discuss the math.
But you get the picture….humm no, wait a minute, that was all done with text…26 letters….no images, no pictures, no multimedia…….
Next saga: Do high schoolers, these days, have more distractions, due to multimedia and information overload in general?
