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After the official ending of Multiliteracies EVO sesssion, a few reflections on what I've achieved and how I want to continue from here.



I have:

• Gained new insights into the concept of multiliteracies through Mark Pegrum's book.
• Reconsidered my views on Twitter and its affordances, together with its sister app Twibes, for teaching and networking (I have to admit I wasn't much of a fan of Twitter before…

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While reading the last pages of Mark Pegrum’s book and thinking about week 5 task, my daughter tells me this

story that I’d like to share here:

End of the match. A boy cries after the defeat of his football team, which leaves it out of the fight for the coveted cup. Nothing unusual in this town where football awakes…

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I could only join today’s live session at Elluminate for the last half hour. Little as I heard (I haven't listened to the recording yet), it has prompted me to reflect on why, how, where - and perhaps, also for whom - I tag. Also, on how and why I could use this with my students.



I started tagging as a way to keep track of all the interesting information, pages, blogs, tools, etc that I encountered as I started my online… Continue

In truth, these are just notes taken while listening to David Weinberger and Andrew Keen debating Weinberger's thesis in "All Things Miscellaneous"



D. Weinberger’s argument:

The fundamental web challenge is how to organize information, how to find what matters to us.

He contrasts physical order with digital order:





Andrew Keen’s criticism

The main issue at stake: the value of authority in a connected world.

He views… Continue