tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64643377380743535192024-02-07T00:28:26.082-06:00Digital SojournsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602914102441624396noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464337738074353519.post-13429619764000235432014-10-29T13:12:00.000-05:002014-10-29T13:12:15.208-05:00Connected Educator Month....What Have I Learned and How Did I Connect
This month our school district has focused on helping educators connect to the greater community through the Connected Educator website and events. Being made aware of the many options available has been useful. I already was a very connected educator. This month of focus encouraged me to push myself in new directions or to go deeper with the tools I already have a high comfort levelAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602914102441624396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464337738074353519.post-88604713578807681612013-02-05T08:08:00.003-06:002013-02-05T08:09:13.532-06:00Artsy and Brainpickings
Being an artist, I think I troll the the web somewhat differently than others. I am especially looking for things that are visually intriguing, but also mentally stimulating. I have found two new favorites to further my addiction to being online. Artsy is one and Brainpickings is the other.
First Brainpickings: I found this site by accident, and it was a happy accidentAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602914102441624396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464337738074353519.post-18239195036396799982011-11-30T12:23:00.001-06:002011-11-30T14:49:43.417-06:00Pinterest: Create Digital Inspiration Boards
As a visual learner, I can still remember when the Internet and the web first were developing. One of the biggest disappointments and early realizations of those who design was that the web was this wonderfully powerful tool that in its beginning was all text and no images. Slow dial up Internet really limited the quality and amount of images that were able to be displayed on a page...seems Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602914102441624396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464337738074353519.post-4534161521320054052011-04-26T07:44:00.008-05:002011-04-26T15:29:44.149-05:00Video-Singin' The Praises of My PLN
I've decided to post the final project video I created for my grad class on Developing Your Personal Learning Network. I had fun creating this video because it really highlights the new approach to teaching I've adopted since integrating technology into the courses I teach. Art has moved from studio to mac lab and back to studio with organic use of both traditional and 21st Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602914102441624396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464337738074353519.post-49794749871567144112011-04-22T12:16:00.004-05:002011-04-22T12:58:51.249-05:00LIveBinders vs Diigo BookmarksLately thanks to my PLN, I have been experimenting with some new web 2.0 tools. (new to me that is!) I put a question out on the arted20 ning asking how to teach art history in the 21st century making it a non-lecture-based-watch-the-slides-go-by, interactive class. There were many innovative responses as I mentioned in my previous post. Theresa McGee, an art educator fromAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602914102441624396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464337738074353519.post-36284438279761395392011-04-10T19:06:00.003-05:002011-04-10T19:32:44.893-05:00PLN IN ACTION: How It All WorksMy PLN is pretty well-developed and so this week I decided to lean on them for help. I learned that I will be teaching the Art History class next year in the art department. My goal is to revamp the class and take it from a lecture-based, watch the slides go by kind of class to an interactive, student-centered course. I want my students to build the content of the class with my Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602914102441624396noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464337738074353519.post-44337882956713304722011-04-04T09:23:00.003-05:002011-04-04T09:50:57.627-05:00Week 4: Social Bookmarking & Other PLN ConnectionsThis week I actually taught a section of the class on Diigo, the powerful social bookmarking tool. I have written in this blog in several past posts about the value and power of Diigo. I think it is hard to beat the many features of Diigo. The ability to immediately organize your bookmarks with tags, lists and groups and the ability to collaborate within class groups or other Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602914102441624396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464337738074353519.post-43177073727854891412011-03-28T11:05:00.001-05:002011-03-28T11:06:20.357-05:00Week 3: Further Developing PLN Through Google Reader and More
Fingers flying, eyes straining, pin-drop silence and then exasperated sighs were just a few of the things we experienced during this past class on March 22nd as we tried to keep up with the #edchat on Tweetdeck. It was intense and I found my eyes getting dry as I forgot to blink! I loved it though. I had participated before through Twitter, but never through Tweetdeck. I liked Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602914102441624396noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464337738074353519.post-42822280227347876492011-03-19T21:22:00.008-05:002011-03-19T21:45:46.032-05:00Developing a PLN-Week 2 Using Tweetdeck
This past week in class we experimented with using Tweetdeck to manage our tweets and the various feeds that we may be following. While I understand the reasons for Tweetdeck I found it to be a bit overwhelming. I don't know if I am still too, new on Twitter, but I found it to be too, crazy to watch multiple columns of tweets at the same time. I installed Tweetdeck right after class the firstAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602914102441624396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464337738074353519.post-76498260041504813512011-03-11T09:57:00.001-06:002011-03-11T10:07:27.757-06:00Developing a PLN-Week One Twitter
In the midst of all the chaotic WI state budget talks and threats to teachers I have found being a connected professional with an already healthy PLN to be a godsend. Websites like Twitter and Facebook have spread the word about the movement. Even if you are on the opposite side, the social networking sites and microblogging communities have helped to mobilize a movement. As an educator I findAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602914102441624396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464337738074353519.post-56469880377246255722011-03-06T20:39:00.009-06:002011-03-06T21:45:44.006-06:00Digital Media - New Learners Of The 21st Century Great Show from PBS Watch the full episode. See more Digital Media - New Learners Of The 21st Century.
This is a great show on Digital Media and the skills that 21st century students need to succeed and survive in everyday life. It celebrates how educators have taken on the challenge of teaching in the new environment. There are some really inspirational models for what schools could look like if we embrace Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602914102441624396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464337738074353519.post-45142375164508836742010-09-12T16:59:00.003-05:002010-09-14T14:19:59.431-05:00Diigo: A Digital Way to Text Code and Enhance LiteracyImplementing some of the new skills acquired during the summer is just one of the many challenges of this new school year. I have been so busy getting the school year up and running. I am teaching some new classes this year so the challenge is always a bit more intense. In addition to these new assignments I am also trying to incorporate some of the new initiatives of my district. As a whole Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602914102441624396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464337738074353519.post-71733851488186961092010-08-12T13:36:00.000-05:002010-08-12T13:36:52.352-05:00Education Chats to Follow on TwitterHere is a link to some listed education chats on Twitter. Following a chat is a great way to hear from some people whom you might not actually be following officially. There is usually a discussion centered around a question or topic that is proposed earlier. There are usually specific times to meet via Twitter. By including the # mark and the name of the chat you can be assured that your Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602914102441624396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464337738074353519.post-15603978762344115502010-08-10T14:10:00.000-05:002010-08-10T14:10:40.310-05:00NING is No Longer Free What Will You Do?I have spent a lot of time and energy creating my ning network for my students. For those who have never used ning, it was a free service where you could create your own social network a la Facebook, but with more safety features. I am already part of several ning networks that I find I can't live without. http://arted20.ning.com has been a life line for me as I created new technology Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602914102441624396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464337738074353519.post-6528166586484495122010-08-01T02:33:00.002-05:002010-08-01T02:33:32.041-05:00Photos From MDMC 2010Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602914102441624396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464337738074353519.post-42336282264270468342010-08-01T00:24:00.001-05:002010-08-01T00:25:23.615-05:00Milwaukee Digital Media Conference: MDMC 2010This past week I participated in the Milwaukee Digital Media Conference (MDMC) at the Milwaukee Art Museum. It was definitely an inspiring week. Being in MAM's Santiago Calatrava addition with the gleaming white Carrera marble and gorgeous daylight spilling in from all sides was breathtaking, but so, too, were the amazing speakers and colleagues I got to meet and learn with all week. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602914102441624396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464337738074353519.post-37641780783595403112010-06-30T16:42:00.001-05:002010-07-31T23:01:33.755-05:00Social Media In Education From EdutopiaThis guest blog article from Edutopia has some great points to make about the role of educators in teaching students about the responsible uses of social media such as Facebook and Twitter. The guest blogger, Steve Johnson, made several key points.
It is quickly becoming our duty as educators in the 21st century to guide our students towards responsible use of social media.
Social Media use isAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602914102441624396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464337738074353519.post-81856876139565520172010-06-22T20:25:00.002-05:002010-06-22T20:25:46.622-05:00Edutopia Project Based Learning InfoI know that several of my followers from Pewaukee will be piloting a project-based learning model next year at the middle school. Thought you might be interested in this post.
http://www.edutopia.org/maine-project-learning-free-resources-and-toolsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602914102441624396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464337738074353519.post-18609291525444376582010-06-19T23:40:00.001-05:002010-06-19T23:42:40.578-05:00More from IssuuI have spent the week sifting through Issuu. It is like this giant library of publications from professionals and just ordinary people. You can browse by subject and bookmark some favorites to use in your own library. Here is one on Color Theory from Eye Magazine, which has always been one of my favorite design magazines.
Open publication - Free publishing - More supplement
The informationAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602914102441624396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464337738074353519.post-58032427109439122662010-06-13T00:19:00.003-05:002010-06-13T00:22:05.371-05:00Issuu: Wow What a Cool ToolI have been messing around on the web lately now that school is over. I was on the Art Ed 2.0 ning that I am a member of and was reading Matt Cauthron's posts. He is just one of the talented teachers who inspires me on the ning network. Matt had a link to a site I'd not been to or heard of before. It is called Issuu and is a place to publish your documents and a place to Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602914102441624396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464337738074353519.post-75322193591718287182010-05-25T09:37:00.000-05:002010-05-25T09:37:42.620-05:00Death of the Free Web?I read an interesting article about the death of the free web. Gone are the days of the wild, wild west so to speak. The article from the New York Times magazine on Sunday
was intriguing not only because of the subject, but also for the metaphor that the author Virginia Heffernan used comparing the current Internet to blighted, decaying cities such as Detroit and equating Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602914102441624396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464337738074353519.post-69136421715276432862010-05-21T13:03:00.000-05:002010-05-21T13:03:23.826-05:00AP ART Next Year: I Think We Will Blog Our JourneyI am thinking that I should have my students develop a blog here to track their own artistic development through the AP Art process. I would love to be able to have students writing regularly and avoid all the endless piles of paper that I have to look at. I am on the computer all the time and it would be easy for me to read their updates. I also like the possibility that they Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602914102441624396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464337738074353519.post-80798435665935951982010-05-20T09:44:00.000-05:002010-05-20T09:44:15.356-05:00Final Unit PlanThe following link will take you to the wiki of my final unit plan. ENJOY!!
http://digitalsojourns.wikispaces.com/Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602914102441624396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464337738074353519.post-60161238361605000422010-05-18T15:57:00.000-05:002010-05-18T15:57:14.001-05:00Final Thoughts; But Not The End of the JourneyI came into this class hoping I wouldn't be bored. I know that sounds sort of presumptuous, but I had a lot of experience and knowledge of many of the web 2.0 tools that we discussed. While the web tools were part of my kitchen drawer of junk, I wouldn't say they were organized in any fashion and they also weren't being used regularly. This class forced me to go beyond the flickr, wiki, Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602914102441624396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464337738074353519.post-33804701400377548572010-05-18T12:57:00.002-05:002010-05-18T13:40:46.492-05:00Digital Story Telling One More From My GardenI was having fun while showing students how to do a Voicethread. Here is one based on some of my garden images. Instead of uploading images from my computer I used the option to upload from my Flickr.com account. It was really easy since I already have my images saved into sets in Flickr. I like the way that so many of the web 2.0 tools are allowing for this seamless movement between each Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602914102441624396noreply@blogger.com0