That up there is the beginnings of my professional learning network! I kept a couple of my older connections (the publishing company I worked for and my undergrad institution) because they still frequently serve as a point of contact for me, even now, or because the skills and relationships I gained in those places continue …
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Remixologist
I’m lucky enough to have a little sister who keeps me in the loop on modern memes, so I tried to pick one in a format I don’t see a lot. I like Hannibal Buress, too, so it’s an added bonus. Context: in a skit on The Eric Andre show, Hannibal Burees taste tests a …
An Analysis in 360°
I think, at its simplest, VR is incredible in that it allows someone to go places or see things that might be otherwise impossible. In playing around with VR for this post, I even tried out a video that essentially shot a camera into the stratosphere. Without VR, that’d be a view to die for. …
Parallel Pedagogy
I really love the concept behind parallel composing for a lot of reasons. It fits in with the conversations we’ve been having already about mixed media in the classroom and how we can use visuals to remediate texts for our students. I feel like parallel composing is the other side of that. Students can used …
Very Pinteresting
So — to accomplish this particular assignment, I wanted to utilize Pinterest as a way to remediate poetry for struggling students. For the purposes of this post and the product created, I focused on Shakespeare’s Sonnet XXXIII, below. Full many a glorious morning have I seenFlatter the mountain-tops with sovereign eye,Kissing with golden face the …
Schoology Snapshot via Canva
In this product and post, I am attempting to unpack Schoology, and my experiences with Schoology, in a succinct way via a poster created through the free service Canva. I want to focus my reflection on Canva as a tool, but I think it’s important to also expand on the role of Schoology as a …
Tech Goals with Miss Andrews
I wanted to embed my super great video right onto my post, but I haven’t gotten quite that savvy yet. Instead, I’m going to ask you to click this link here in order to view my directorial debut. I thought Dvolver was actually a super cute little tool. I’d never played around with animation, even …
Introduction to Me
So this is Post Number One, I guess. Though I sound full of trepidation in the introduction I created here, I’ve actually found myself pretty eager to start this class. As much as I like my comfort zone, I feel like exploring and experimenting with some new technology is really going to make me a …
Emerging Technological Literacy for the Literary Teacher 