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In our lecture this week, Introduction to the Digital World, we had the ability to explore the different ways in which our modern-day technologies have evolve…
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Digital Learning
Digital media and the use of technology has elevated our living in multiple ways; we can learn online, communicate easily, use multiple online resources to run our life by sitting home,… etc. It’s interesting how Michael Wesch in his video (An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube) describes the new culture of media as “……..the replication and […]
Continue readingDownward (or Upward?) Dog
After last week’s disappointment of app Yoga; Stretch Bend Sweat. I went through the Apple App Store and found an app called Yoga Down Dog. What I particularly like about this app is when you are beginning to set up your profile it asks you many questions about your goals,[Read more]
Continue readingHand Embroidery
It was exciting to select my next hand embroidery blog. I learnt about some floral embroidery last week, I planned to have learning about leaves embroidery, for this week’s post. While I was searching for some instruction videos, I found an interesting youtubers page, where she has posted not only her instructions, but she also […]
Continue readingWith the Aid of Paper
It’s pretty interesting the sources of inspiration and help one can find when they are least expecting it. After doing some more research into needle sizes and bead options for my learning project, I was feeling a little bit overwhelmed. Excited still, but overwhelmed. So I decided to do a little more digging into ideas […]
Continue readingCulture of Participation
It is almost unfathomable to think about how much the internet and our digital world has changed since the internet was launched. Our class discussion regarding the reaction of someone from the 1950 being plucked from what they know and dropped into our current digital culture definitely sparked some thought about what I see as […]
Continue readingA Ride with my Guitar!
So, this week I decided to go deeper with the Yousician app for my guitar-learning journey. I had a lot of fun exploring this app because of the step-by-step guidance. So far, I just feel it’s a good app for … Continue reading
Continue readingGoing Granny
This week I decided to try working on granny squares! I found a YouTube video that was easy to follow and I made my first granny square. The creator of this granny square video is also the creator of the video I watched that taught me to make the flowers I posted about previously. Once … Continue reading Going Granny
Continue readingChildren in Online Spaces… What Do We Do?
Wesche talked about the community that is created by YouTube, and we spoke in class about how spaces on the Internet provide camaraderie for those in search of connection. Relationships and how we interpret them have been fundamentally changed by the Internet, but have we changed the ways we teach our children about relationships? I … Continue reading Children in Online Spaces… What Do We Do?
Continue readingTechnology is the FUTURE and so are Our Students
Technology is ever changing. Michael Wesch shared how the internet has become a phenomenon in society. This lecture was given in 2008. Today we could spend days discussing all that the internet has to offer our society and how we have evolved into a digital world. Today, teachers are implementing[Read more]
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