One of my recent endeavors for the course of Learning in School and Other Settings (cep800) of the MAET was creating a digital storytelling project. Once again, the sheer thought of engaging with design and creativity brought me plenty of excitement. Digital...
To begin with, I have to admit to being very enthusiastic about this unit’s assignment, as it relates to my most aural and creative self. It was my first time making a podcast, too, and I thoroughly enjoyed the process. In our previous unit, the discussion about...
Thomas Friedman, Pulitzer prize winner and columnist of The New York Times, published an intriguing article in the beginning of 2013 about a situation he called “The Great Inflection”. Friedman argues that the world has evolved from connected into...
The New Media Consortium (NMC), which is an international community of experts in educational technology, has recently identified five pressing “wicked challenges” that are vital to the future of education. According to Koehler and Mishra (2008), wicked...
Looking back at my Middle School classes, I have vague memories of an elective entitled “computer class”, that totaled one period a week, two heads per PC. Back in 1994, that was how a small private school in Southern Brazil went about the technology trend. Twenty...
If a stranger were to examine my info diet, I wonder what reactions they would have to my very eclectic selections. Like most people I know, I spend considerable amounts of time glancing at my devices in search of information, from professional advice to personal big...
