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February 2010 Blog Posts (22)

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drum roll please

Here it is ... or at any rate, 1st draft / preliminary version (haven't "furnished" the private page yet). I went with Netvibes because I already had an account, didn't care for the advertising on Pageflakes and couldn't remember the name of the other (just that I'd like the feel of it). After adding content ~ images, feeds, gadgets, etc. for blog, I tinkered with layout and color. Aesthetics matter to me ~ the price of starting with a more or less arts…
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Added by Vanessa Vaile on February 27, 2010 at 4:30am — 2 Comments

On reading again (from my Feeling Learning and Reading blog)

I was feeling a little out of sorts this morning and stayed in bed. Officially, the EVO-TESOL courses finished on Sunday, but of course our minds don't stop there -nor have the meeting places disappeared.



And so, just like yesterday I was finally able to read a whole article from the Financial Times and a blog post response to it and a blog post on who made the best ESP teachers -professionals gone into teaching or teachers going into… Continue

Added by Beatriz Lupiano on February 23, 2010 at 4:04pm — 3 Comments

Catching up

I've just watched Mark's 2nd video,on digital literacies, and feel more connected. (yes, I'm catching up...slowly :-) Some things need more time to be processed -different things for different people.

Added by Beatriz Lupiano on February 23, 2010 at 3:30pm — 2 Comments

Creating a PLN Action Plan

This week wraps up the end of the Multiliteracies Workshop from EVO2010 that took place over the past 6 weeks. It has been a wonderful experience. I have learned so much and have finally started on the

path of creating a Personal/Professional Learning Network that will

allow me to get connected with others in my field and find great

resources. Throughout these past six weeks the moderators of the

workshop have encouraged us to try various tools, attend live…

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Added by Yvonne Caples on February 22, 2010 at 3:30am — 5 Comments

Finally met you!

Added by Maria Bossa on February 21, 2010 at 7:30pm — 4 Comments

EVO Ending... Multiliteracies Continuing

Another EVO (my fifth) comes to a close today. As a co-moderator in this session, I've had to wrestle with guilt over not only which tasks I have not completed, but also for not staying on top of my moderator responsibilities (following what everyone else was contributing and responding in a timely manner, maintaining the YG calendar, and so on). But I don't want to wallow in guilt today! I would prefer to thank Vance and Jennifer for their forbearance and for helping me to learn so many… Continue

Added by Nina Liakos on February 21, 2010 at 1:21pm — 5 Comments

navigating chaos: notes toward a PLN



Headnote: primarily written for readers unfamiliar with multiliteracies and covering some ground previously blogged here. Part way through, I realized my explanation was stalking (softly, softly) the shape and dimensions on my own personal PLN so here is it... in all its inconclusiveness.



"Managing chaos" is an oxymoron. I'm changing out the expression for "navigating chaos" or "chaos…

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Added by Vanessa Vaile on February 20, 2010 at 7:00am — 1 Comment

A little local story

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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Added by Maria Rosario Di Mónaco on February 17, 2010 at 1:00pm — 2 Comments

An early bye bye

Dear All,



Today I am travelling to a very beautiful province in Argentina called Córdoba. It is 700km from Buenos Aires. Luckily I will be able to meet Maria one of our participants face to face :-)



Unfortunately I am not taking my laptop with me therefore I won´t have full access to Internet. It has been a very enriching experience to share this session with you. I would also like to thank my wonderful team Vance and Nina for their constant help and support.



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Added by Jennifer Verschoor on February 17, 2010 at 11:56am — 4 Comments

tagging as rhetoric or literacy?

A professor of writing and technology recently posted a comment on another list about the difficulties of getting students to appreciate tagging. She mentioned that she tried to get them to think about tagging in rhetorical terms - understanding the needs of the audience in particular rhetorical contexts, etc. It makes me think about whether we are talking about tagging as a form of literacy or as a rhetorical tool for achieving a particular response?

Added by Joel Bloch on February 16, 2010 at 1:12pm — 5 Comments

What Literacies Are Important?



I finished reading Pegrum's book from From Blogs to Bombs this week and thoroughly enjoyed every word of it. He does a tremendous job of placing the digital technologies and the lens with which to look at them in the context of the current trends taking place in the global digitized landscape where we live. The anecdotes and research that went into this little powerhouse of a book ground it in the real world and make it all the more…

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Added by Yvonne Caples on February 14, 2010 at 3:30pm — 4 Comments

Multilit2011


It's obviously time to update here ... especially to remain "in the zone" :-)

We are so overworked it's often difficult to keep up with anything, never mind a MOOG (did I get that right)

Anyway - what I've learnt from past session is to let it go with the flow ... I will be back !

Added by Elizabeth Anne on February 13, 2010 at 9:30am — 4 Comments

Notes on listening to the recording of Mike Coghlan's synchronous session on Changing Literacies

I really meant to attend this session, which was at noon GMT today. I haven't been to work since last Thursday because of snow; we are experiencing our second major storm of the week as I write this. But I forgot that I had to subtract five hours and get up at 7 am, so I missed it. Darn!!!


Anyway, now I am listening to the recording and wishing I were participating in the chat along with Vance, Joel, and Berta, so I decided to make my comments here as I…
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Added by Nina Liakos on February 10, 2010 at 7:53pm — 9 Comments

key digital literacy

My favorite digital literacy is digital story telling. I've introduced it as part of a writing course for the past year. Digital stories are personal stories voiced by the writer + images + a soundtrack. They allow students to explore the relationships between words and images, give them a sense both as a writer and a creator of digital content, and let them share their work with the classmates and anyone else they want to.They work with a variety of technologies - blogger to post and share… Continue

Added by Joel Bloch on February 10, 2010 at 2:59am — 1 Comment

Trying to catch up

After a two-week holiday and the struggle to find my bearings back at home, I have been doing something (not much) lately, which I would like to share here, although they are mostly related to another EVO session.

You can take a look at my blog (posts are linked)

Working with photos…

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Added by Mariel Amez on February 10, 2010 at 2:13am — 1 Comment

What key literacies should we be teaching students in a digital world? Vivid answers from K12Online09

The theme this week verges on disruptions to prescribed order when transformative technologies are brought to bear on traditional gatekeepers. Mark Pegrum's chapter this week is on sociopolitical issues, and the readings at http://goodbyegutenberg.pbworks.com/2010_Week5 concern the concept of "edupunk."



We have in fact been viewing our topic through a sociopolitical lens all…
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Added by Vance Stevens on February 9, 2010 at 3:00pm — 3 Comments

Beginning Week 5

Week 4 got away from me. I don't think I read/watched/did anything on the syllabus! I am twittering more regularly than before and I have installed TweetDeck on all the computers I use, including my brand-new laptop (which I am using now--my very first laptop). I am home today for a snow day (the Washington DC area is buried under over 2 feet of snow which feel Friday and Saturday, and we are bracing for more snow tomorrow) and after baking bread, having lunch with friends, and doing some… Continue

Added by Nina Liakos on February 9, 2010 at 12:00am — 2 Comments

Keen's argument

Keen isn't the only one making this argument. Other journalists in particular are wondering how the lack of gatekeepers and the easy ability to publish will have on their profession. It's like a topic i sometimes hear about ESL teaching: some people believe that anybody who speaks English can teach it, so why pay us. Even some advocates of multimedia literacy are beginning to think there needs to be some pushback.This is what I feel when I hear Wesch. I don't know if this show is accessible… Continue

Added by Joel Bloch on February 5, 2010 at 7:39pm — 4 Comments

Why blog?

Prompted by the first part of Vanessa' post here on the Ning: blogging v microblogging, I have just posted some thoughts on my own experience using blogs: Why blog?

Don't worry, I'm not Andrew Keen in disguise, it's a rhetorical question :-)

Added by Michael Shade on February 5, 2010 at 6:39pm — 3 Comments

Tagging in Action at ITValley10: Reflections after today’s Elluminate session

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

Added by Maria Rosario Di Mónaco on February 4, 2010 at 12:54am — 6 Comments

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