For the third module of 23 things (Thing 1 & 2) the tasks were to review some materials and google yourself. I have been attempting to cultivate my online presence (somewhat half heartedly) over the last 5 years. This module really got me thinking about as to why I am Read more…
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Notes from the Active Citizen course Three spheres of democracy Political sphere encompasses government, elections, and participation in political life political involvement is public information political life is a combination of voluntary and required actions Marketplace buying things investments marketplace participation is unavoidable: marketplace activism (ie, boycotting companies) is voluntary and mostly private Civil society nonprofit […]
As with many folks around the U.S. it seems, I have been slowly listening to podcasts with greater frequency. I was looking through some of the podcasters that I follow to share for Thing 14, and came across this wonky episode from Fresh Air: the mashup of Downton Abbey and Walking Dead initially drew me […]
I’m exploring the accessibility, licensing, and features of the Vimeo platform. To do that, I looked through several of the videos in my liked and watch later categories. It was fun to re-watch these FemTechNet dialogue videos: I am not sure what type of license this video holds. It doesn’t seem to explicitly state if […]
For Thing 12, we are exploring Open Educational Resources. Great timing, as I’m writing this just prior to the 2016 OpenEd conference, which will kick off tomorrow in Richmond, VA. More specifically, we are looking at the amazing work that’s taking place at the University of Edinburgh in the areas of open educational resources and open […]
Our topic for Thing 11 provided an overview of copyright in various countries and introduced us to Creative Commons. I have a baseline understanding of how copyright in the U.S. works, but less of an understanding once it moves past the country’s borders. It’s amazing how much it can differ between countries, particularly in the […]
After a week-long break from the 23 Things course, I’m picking back up with Thing 10. Prior to heading to the AECT convention, I went through the Wikipedia Adventure and learned the basics of editing articles. It was quite fun to play and broke down the steps into smaller pieces. Participating in Wikipedia Edit-a-thons seems […]
Thing 9 presented us with a couple options for web-based connection tools, one of which was Google Hangouts. My institution is a Google Apps school, so we use Hangouts several times each week. Hangouts in that context are fairly easy to setup and/or join. When I have used Hangouts outside of work, sometimes they can […]
Thing 8 asked us to look at Facebook. I have had an account for many years and have used groups, lists, pages, etc. When searching for Facebook photos on Flickr for this post’s header image, I came across a neat graph that showed friend networks. I started digging into it to see if I could […]
Thing 7 focused on one of my most-used connection tools. I’ve been on Twitter for several years and am familiar with the lists and various management tools. My chief reason for signing up back in 2009 was to connect with student affairs professionals. Oddly enough, it was through the use of Twitter and blogs that helped point […]
Rounding out the first block of 23 Things….next up: accessibility. This is a topic that’s on my mind most days, as I’m working on content for courses in higher education. With that in mind, I wanted to go in a different direction and explore the features of a smartphone. They were fairly easy to locate […]
Diversity in online spaces is one component of the long-running debate about technology and neutrality. The resources for Thing 5 illustrated this idea in different ways. Paige Tutt described the use of multicultural emojis as a new means for individuals to spread racist messages online: The emoji are being used to make racist comments on social media and […]
