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. […]
Digital Literacy
Digital Literacy is the capacity to make meaning with digital tools
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 […]