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DigiLit Sunday

Posted in Digital Learning, Slice of Life, tagged DigiLit logo, PowerPoint, Scholastic, Sketch Club on March 16, 2014| 10 Comments »

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Digital Learning is an ongoing process for me. I enjoy “playing” with digital images. To make the logo above, I used an app called SketchClub. The original image was available for reuse by Ghetu Daniel on Flickr. I added the text on SketchClub and used PowerPoint to make it into a circle shape. If you make a blog post about Digital Literacy, you may use the logo and link back to this weekly blog round-up.

This week my students are continuing their blogging practice for the Slice of Life Challenge. I took a suggestion from Holly Mueller about writing memoir. She used a resource that was not available at our school library, so I used the Scholastic website. They have many different writing lessons that utilize authors as well as have a wealth of student models. For memoir writing, I printed out a few of the student samples. My students worked together to read a model. I asked them to notice good writing and highlight it. They could highlight examples of metaphor, imagery, a good hook, or strong vocabulary. After we shared our results, the students set out to write their own memoirs. I was pleased with how easily the writing came for some of them. The sample writings spurred them into their own ideas. This lesson was a valuable use of online resources.

How are you using online resources in your lessons?

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Nerdlution Revolution

Posted in Blogging, Writing, tagged Beth Saxena, Chris Lehman, Colby Sharp, Michelle Haseltine, nerdlution, Nerdy Book Club, Sketch Club on January 30, 2014| 5 Comments »

In the cyberspace, a new revolution is surfacing. It is called “Nerdlution.” Nerdlution Round 1 started sometime back in early December. I read some blog posts and Twitter tweets about it, but I was a bit confused about this goal setting thing before the new year even started. Then earlier this week, on Sunday to be exact, I read this blog post by Chris Lehman. This thing made more sense and here they were, these nerdlutors, starting round 2. Dare I join in? Set your own goals for the next 50 days with a community of bloggers to cheer you on. Why not?

It was easy to join. All I did was hop on over to Nerdy Book Club with Colby Sharp and set my goals in a comment. Here are my goals:

1. Connect to my OLW for 2014, Open, and try one new thing each week.

2. Write daily. I am not going to count words, so even a simple blog comment or FB post will count, but I’ll try to commit to some kind of writing every day.

3. Exercise daily. This will probably prove the hardest for me because I like to find any excuse to not work out.

My cyber-friend, Michelle Haseltine has started a blog round-up at her site, One Grateful Teacher, to check in on Thursdays.

Nerdlution started Monday, and we had Tuesday and Wednesday off of school for winter storm Leon. I found it pretty easy to fit in my goals in between laundry, cooking, and throwing the ball for Charlie.

The new thing that I tried was introduced to me by my sister on Facebook. Beth has been posting some cool pictures that she is creating using an app called “Sketch Club.” I had to call her to get more instructions on how to use it. My sister is a practicing artist. She was using her own paintings as background and layering a sketch on top.

Boy by Beth Gibson Saxena, all rights reserved.

I bought the app, only $2.99. Then I started playing. This is really the best way to learn a new app anyway. I made this layered image using a gel print, a collage, and a photograph. It symbolizes my OLW Open and my commitment to the practice of writing.