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Using Social Media for Patient Advocacy and Learning: A conversation with Rebecca Hogue
I spent some time speaking with Rebecca Hogue @rjhogue this morning about the e-patient advocacy work she does on her blog http://bcbecky.com Rebecca is a Doctoral Student at the University of Ottawa and her dissertation will document and analyze the impact of her blog on readers. It’s important, inspiring work that sits at the intersections…
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Using Speech Recognition Add On to Save on Transcription Time
I will be starting data collection for a new research study this week, and as I try to work out the nuts and bolts of my data management workflows, I discovered that I might save time on transcription by using the Speech Recognition Add On in Google Docs. The big upside here is that Speech Recognition is…
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SAMR for Ontario Teachers: Should it be the Preferred Model for Tech Integration?
Lately, my colleague Leigh Graves Wolf and I have been thinking about the ways that the SAMR model, developed by Rueben Puentedura, has been used to frame technology integration practices for teachers in K-12 schools. As I prepared a lesson for my teacher education students on technology integration, I started reading more into the foundations…
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From My Garden: A Systems Thinking Approach to Online Reading Instruction
I’ve been an appreciative contributor to the Technology in Literacies Education Special Interest Group at the International Literacy Association for a couple of years now. Here’s a link to my latest post — a reflection on how we might approach online literacies instruction in ways that are inspired by systems thinking. I’ve included a few…
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Curating a Digital Identity with @wargojon
This Thursday, January 29, 2015 in Erickson Hall 252, Jon Wargo and I will be presenting thoughts on why and how to curate an academic digital identity. I’ve put together a slidedeck to support the presentation. You can download a .pdf version of the slides from the link provided below. We will also be workshopping…
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A funny thing happened when I was reading the Teachers College Record…
Hey! Look at that! Right there in between Gunther (2011) and Hanoch, Wood, Barnes, Liu & Rice (2011) — that’s my dissertation! I’ve been cited for the first time (that I know of)! And to make it even better, I’m honoured that I was first cited by my colleague, Mike DeSchryver of Central Michigan University,…
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International Reading Association Pre-Conference Institute #IRA14
On Friday, May 9th, I’ll be presenting a round-table session as part of the Pre-Conference Institute entitled, Intentional Teaching with Technology to Increase Understanding, Empathy and Engagement. I’ll have thoughts to share about what I learn at the institute myself, but for now, I’m posting the resources that I have prepared for attendees at my…
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#Print2Pixel Unconference, University of New Haven
I just had a terrific conversation with teachers at the second annual #Print2Pixel conference, hosted by Ian O’Byrne and his colleagues at the University of New Haven. During our session, we discussed a few key ideas: 1) Maker spaces in libraries (an awesome idea!) 2) Maker activities in science classrooms that apprentice students into professional…
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Repost from Reading Today: The Maker Movement and English Language Arts
For the last couple of years, I have been a member of the International Reading Association’s Technology Integration in Literacy Education Special Interest Group, aka the TILE-SIG. As a community, we blog about ideas connected to literacies, technology, teaching and learning. I was so excited about the Maker Faire we [the Master’s in Educational Technology…