Reflecting upon a Semester of Blogging
Hello! So this is the end of the semester! During the past week, we read about fair use and copyright in the digital media world–a topic about which I had […]
FLOWER WATCH – April 2015
I got tired of waiting for Spring, so I brought it to the library! Above are the pictures of my board (with hand-made flowers), and below are some of the […]
First Infographic: Citation Styles
I have made my first infographic! I’ve always wanted to do this, and now I’m happy to know how. I created this Citation Styles infographic on piktochart.com, and it was […]
The Photo Essay and Digital Composition
https://research.usc.edu/usc-symposium-on-digital-media-research-education-and-innovation/ Although I’m only twenty-two years old, digital compositions are more complex (and more amazing and accessible) than when I was going through grade school. Now, there are simple and […]
Online Role Play Debriefing
For the past two weeks, my CURRINS 547 class has participated in an online role play debate about whether or not cursive should be taught in schools. We each had […]
Past CCM Boards (pre-Live and Lite Love)
Online Tutoring via Email: 90% Awesome
During this semester in my CURRINS 547 class, wee are tutoring high school students with their papers via email and the collaborative word processor, Google Docs. I already have some […]
Can I Write on Your Paper? Can I? Can I?
For this week, we have read “Responding to Student Writing” by Nancy Sommers (NCTE, 1982), and chapter three from The Digital Writing Workshop (Hicks, 2009) entitled “Conferring through Blogs, Wikis, […]
Middle School Book Lists, Antique and Modern
A friend of mine brought this online entry to my attention and asked my opinion: http://www.thefederalistpapers.org/education-2/middle-school-reading-lists-100-years-ago-vs-today-show-how-far-american-educational-standards-have-declined (This is the original post this author was responding to: Middle School Reading Lists […]
Negotiation: Culture, Language, Core Values
For this week’s reading’s in CURRINS 547, we’ve read Jenkins’ (2006) section from “Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century” entitled “Negotiation” and a chapter […]
