Derek Sivers: Weird, or just different? | Video on TED.com
This video is short and really makes you think about perspective.
Monday, 18 April 2011
Tuesday, 12 April 2011
It is important to share...
Am sitting in a session with Silvia Rosentahl-Tolisano, where she is discussing Digital Storytelling. While I am familiar with many of the tools and ideas she is showing the audience, here are a couple that were new to me. These tools make collaborative story telling easy and inexpensive. Later today, I am going to PLAY!
With all of these sites, remember FOIP! Protect our students by ensuring their personal information is safe. These are housed on US servers, so buyer beware!
Story Bird ( http://storybird.com ) Story Bird allows students to choose an artist's images from which to write a story. There are some amazing examples. The Grade 6 teacher sitting beside me uses this one. Her students love it!
Mixed Books ( http://www.mixbook.com ) Mixed Books are free to create and share online. A hard copy starts at about $7.00 USD. A neat feature is that parents can go online and order copies--no need to collect money, etc.
Pic.lits ( http://www.piclits.com/compose_dragdrop.aspx ) Great tool for Second Languages. You use the pictures available, which are incredible, and add small bits of text.
Skitch ( http://skitch.com ) A great tool for capturing the screen and then adding directions, etc.
I think I'm going to be busy this afternoon!
With all of these sites, remember FOIP! Protect our students by ensuring their personal information is safe. These are housed on US servers, so buyer beware!
Story Bird ( http://storybird.com ) Story Bird allows students to choose an artist's images from which to write a story. There are some amazing examples. The Grade 6 teacher sitting beside me uses this one. Her students love it!
Mixed Books ( http://www.mixbook.com ) Mixed Books are free to create and share online. A hard copy starts at about $7.00 USD. A neat feature is that parents can go online and order copies--no need to collect money, etc.
Pic.lits ( http://www.piclits.com/compose_dragdrop.aspx ) Great tool for Second Languages. You use the pictures available, which are incredible, and add small bits of text.
Skitch ( http://skitch.com ) A great tool for capturing the screen and then adding directions, etc.
I think I'm going to be busy this afternoon!
Thursday, 7 April 2011
About Endings and Beginnings
As I try to patiently wait for the snow to melt and the warm of the sun to arrive, I got thinking about endings and beginnings. Orson Wells once said, "If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop the story."
Today I will submit my final assignments for the last 'must be present to win' course in my Masters. The end of this course marks, for me, the end of a shared journey with the other members of our cohort. Many will continue to do course work, while some of us will begin the process of completing a thesis. Our stories will not stop here completely and we will be forever joined by our lived experience of 2 years studying together. But, it is a line that indicates beginnings and endings.
I am happy to be one step closer to the final end of this story--a completed Masters degree. I am excited to move forward in my learning and to experience new, and somewhat, scary things. I am sad to leave the group, for it has been a rewarding experience to work, struggle, play, laugh and commiserate together. The relationships might change, but the bond from having experienced this together will remain.
A door is closing and I'm ready to jump through the opening window!
Today I will submit my final assignments for the last 'must be present to win' course in my Masters. The end of this course marks, for me, the end of a shared journey with the other members of our cohort. Many will continue to do course work, while some of us will begin the process of completing a thesis. Our stories will not stop here completely and we will be forever joined by our lived experience of 2 years studying together. But, it is a line that indicates beginnings and endings.
I am happy to be one step closer to the final end of this story--a completed Masters degree. I am excited to move forward in my learning and to experience new, and somewhat, scary things. I am sad to leave the group, for it has been a rewarding experience to work, struggle, play, laugh and commiserate together. The relationships might change, but the bond from having experienced this together will remain.
A door is closing and I'm ready to jump through the opening window!
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