Untitled

[myscrabblewords]

Learn to Kern In typography, kerning is the process of adjusting the spacing between characters in a proportional font to make it more visually pleasing.

[myscrabblewords]

Step Inside the Time Machine - The History of Technology & Distance Learning

Step Inside the Time Machine – The History of Technology & Distance Learning

I found this infographic particularly interesting because it makes reference to a governess in 1445. Most people in America have the misconception that a governess is the British word for a nanny. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary:

nanny: a woman who is paid to care for a young child usually in the child’s home

governess: a woman who is paid to care for and teach a child in the child’s…

View On WordPress

[myscrabblewords]

Social Media in Education - 2000's

Social Media in Education – 2000’s

In the year 2000, 70 million computers were connected to the Internet. Each of those computers had a person operating it. Why not connect with each other? In 2003, MySpace was created, Linden Lab opened the virtual world Second Life on the Internet, and LinkedIn was created. One year later, in 2004, Facebook was created and changed the world as we know it. In 2006, Twitter was launched, and…

View On WordPress

[myscrabblewords]

Educational Technology - The 2000's

Educational Technology – The 2000’s

The 2000’s is when educational technology started to get smart and it became portable. We were introduced to multiple ways to connect with each other and instructors had more options for using technology to supplement instruction. I’ve listed a few things that were introduced in the 2000’s.

SMART AND PORTABLE

2001 Apple iPod

2002 Proliferation of laptops

2005 USB Drives replace CDs

2007 Apple…

View On WordPress

[myscrabblewords]

Reflections - Week 2

Reflections – Week 2

This week was much less confusing than last week. I didn’t have to spend as much time trying to figure out what was required for each assignment since I had done something similar the week before. I feel that I completed the requirements of this week’s assignments well. I am starting to think more creatively through the Daily Create, and Activity Bank assignments and the course readings are…

View On WordPress

[myscrabblewords]

ENFP and INTJ Bedtime - Story Critique #2

ENFP and INTJ Bedtime – Story Critique #2

This video is about the differences between the bedtime routines of an ENFP and an INTJ. For this post, I focus on project planning, content understanding, and writing.

Project Planning– There is evidence of project planning in this video. They had to research the two Myers-Briggs Type Indicators (MBTI) and plan which bedtime…

View On WordPress

[myscrabblewords]

Summer Reading – Response #2

Summer Reading – Response #2

As mentioned in my last post, my Summer reading list is driven by assignment in my Digital Storytelling class. This week I read:

Lankshear, C and Knobel, M. (2011). Chapter 4 on new literacies and social practices of digital remixing from New Literacies: Everyday Practices and Social Learning. New York: Open University Press, 95-140.

Thorne, Avril, Neill Korobov, and Elizabeth M. Morgan.…

View On WordPress

[myscrabblewords]

A Drop in the Bucket List

A Drop in the Bucket List

Everyone has a bucket list, or they should. I would share my entire list with you, but for the moment, here are my top four.

Have a proper English Tea at the London Ritz. Whenever I travel, either for work or pleasure, I try to go to tea at least once. If there is a Ritz in town, that is my first choice. Otherwise, a small tea house will satisfy my need for a little civility in an otherwise…

View On WordPress

[myscrabblewords]

Three Ways to Happiness

Three Ways to Happiness

My first Daily Create for ds106 is a collage of things that make me happy. I was extatic to discover that you can now add Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life to your Netflix list and it will show up when it becomes available. I can hardly wait! I feel a Gilmore Girls marathon coming on!

I recently had the pleasure of playing with the iPad Pro with the Apple Pencil at my local Apple Store. Since it…

View On WordPress

[myscrabblewords]

ds106

Today, I am starting work with ds106. Keep watch! I’ll be posting often.

View On WordPress