WK 4: Adding my voice to presentations (using Voki Presenter)

WK 4: Image resizing (brought to you by MobaPhoto)

For my image resizing task, I thought it would be nice to share an example of my experience of 'home literacy practices'. For some of you these images will be a blast from the past; the more recent 'found' image (right) was cropped (to remove the juxtaposed original Nat Geo Magazine) and provided as the stimuli for the essay question on the QCS test in 2003. Some of my peers later shared that they had little idea about the context in which this image came about and found it difficult to write critically as a result. 

This was my favourite part of the QCS; this image was it was something I knew about, and I recall being eternally grateful to my grandmother for providing copies of National Geographic for our 'library' on camping trips as a child.

Source: http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photographers/afghan-girl-cover.html

WK 3: Reflections (brought to you by Voki.com)

WK 3: Blogs & Wikis (SAMR)

Take 2 for Prezi this week. Here is a representation of my refelctions on the Wiki and Blog exercises. Prezi was much easier the second time around, having sorted the code problems earlier this week.

WK 3: Weebly SWOT

This week I created a Weebly site and completed a SWOT analysis on Weebly using Prezi. Just a quick note for anyone else considering Prezi - complications arose with the embed code for Blogger.com (the URL within the embed code was http, and not https, which caused a 70 minute delay and frantic search through blogs and forums. This was finally solved on the Google forum.

View my Weebly: rachellegdlt.weebly.com

'Apps in Education' (SAMR Model)

I found this SAMR Model from the 'Apps in Education' Blog (BlogSpot)  an interesting example of the functionality that different ITCs provide, and how we may be able to structure learning activities to promote different stages of the learning process. The Blog itself is an interesting resource for our practice.

"Like Lilly Like Wilson," by TAYLOR MALI

Again, Just For Fun: Taylor Mali - one of my favourite speakers. I love the message this holds for our own pedagogies.