Go for it!: May 2013

Thursday, 16 May 2013

The More we are Open, the Closer we are, the Smaller our World is!

After week two exploring the idea of "Connected Learning in Practice" projects, part of Teach the web week 3, came my experience with the Open Web collaboration project with jointly, Kevin Hodgson,Chad Sensing, Margaret Powers and me. Our project consisted in finding (a) collaborator(s), planning the project and making what was planned.
Actually, the most difficult part of the project to me was finding a collaborator. It's not easy to find partners with the same intrests, besides, working with people who have more experience than you have isn't certainly an easy mission!
Our project consisted in creating a comic strip via http://www.bitstripsforschools.com
Our webcomic "Hack The Web" was a good and enriching experience to me.

                                                      Our webcomic "Hack The Web"

    Actually it's not the first time that I participate in a MOOC. I previously, had an experience with the EVO Podcasting for the ESL-EFL Classroom, and we achieved projects, we learned how to make podcasts, edit and share on the web. However, I had missed the part in which we collaborate, I mean collaboration between participants not between mentors. Therefore, my participation in week3 teach the web project makes it a first one in open collaboration. I mainly thank Kevin Hodgson who made it possible for me to join in his project and for his patience, he answered our questions promptly.

      Our project received positive feedback from other participants and mentors- so far- and that's another facet of the open web, when what you do is valued and praised, it boosts you to dig deep into your abilities and challenge your potentiel to go a step further.
I'll hack the web till my next post....

Monday, 13 May 2013

Pow Toon Techie Savvy Teachers - TST

Pow Toon an Easy video Animation Tool

Sunday, 12 May 2013

My Six Words Memoir

I had fun trying the thimble project My Six Words Memoir. What was difficult for me was to change the font face and to find an appropriate color. I am still stumbling with it though I found my way through. Deep practice is needed.

Six Words Memoir Webpage

A remix of the same project https://thimble.webmaker.org/p/lbk7/ Spot the differences. An idea that could be an exercice for language teachers . It encourages students to talk, you can also target some language such as colors, adjectives to describe...

Sunday, 5 May 2013

Webmaker: Create, Mix, and Share. The Web Made Easy! (My Webpage profile)

What an experience! I thought that I was a desperate case, that I couldn't make My profile Webpage. But in fact cooperation from the team; mentors, moderators, participants; all to the rescue. You only have to ask questions and you'll be answered. What a pleasure to be able to create, to challenge yourself, to face your fears of failure and to believe in yourself. After all in Moocs we (learners) are supported. To the next challenge Mozilla Webmakers, I'm eager to learn!

https://thimble.webmaker.org/p/lrud/

Hands on Making - Webmaker Making digital stories through Popcorn Maker :)