Podcasting
This was another fun activity – something which I had never done before, but was actually quite easy. At first I thought it would be intimidating and onerous, but I quickly discovered the ease with which it could be done. […]
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Photo Safari
I admit that this was more fun of an activity than I expected! I have always been interested in photography, however my photos always seem to be lacking and uninteresting. My teenaged daughter with her smartphone takes much more captivating […]
The Art of Crap Detection
Mike Caufield’s guide was a very informative, step by step guide to fact checking. I enjoyed reading through it, and trying out the steps with a few of the samples from his blog. With so much fake news, viral photos […]
Tracking the Trackers
This activity was enlightening! It was interesting to see that even though I don’t regularly use Firefox and only did a few minimal searches on it (while I continued the rest of my online activity through Google Chrome), there were […]
Finding U – Or not….
I was quite surprised to find that when I went online and googled myself, I did not exist! Even on several search engines, and after many pages of looking, I could not find a trace. Except, at the bottom of […]
Social Media Shaming
Does it matter what we say in a blog post, tweet, or Facebook comment? I think it absolutely does! I think sometimes people use social media to simply rant and think that they have free reign to say whatever they […]
Feedly – Wow and Wow again!
I have to admit – this was the easiest and most revolutionary tool I have seen in a long time! It has definite WOW factor. Already in this course I have been bouncing back and forth into people’s blogs and […]
Narrating U
I appreciate Matt Squirell’s description of setting up his Word Press site. I felt very much the same – like I was on a high speed boat ride without quite knowing how the controls work. I was a boat out […]
2016 Manifesto on Online Learning
Reading this manifesto and the comments from others really challenged my thinking about online learning. I have spent a large part of my career teaching online, creating online courses, and attempting to stay ahead of online trends. However, I was […]
Welcome and Introductions
Hello everyone! My name is Dawn and I am excited to join with you all to grow in my skills and understanding of what it means to be a powerful and innovative leader. I live in the beautiful mountains in […]