Very positive. I had a lot to do at work at the time start of the course upstart. I felt extremely stressed the first week since the Google+ platform is new to me. Previously, my students have worked in Google Drive, so I knew that, and felt safe when we started working there in the course.
It made me confused that there was both a website ONL and a Google+ group ONL, for me it was as if the course went in two platforms at the same time and in addition to that a PBL group in Google+
After the first two weeks, however, I began to catch up with myself and first what the course is about.
The work we do in the PBL group affects me very positively. Much of the "little things" like turning on a camera, appointing someone to take the minutes are things my students will certainly be exposed to. However, the group rooms will be in Canvas, which is our university's platform, with linked documents in Google Drive.
lördag 14 oktober 2017
What ONL might mean for my development
I think the course will make me more open to taking in new ideas that are
not necessarily linked to my subject.
The course will provide me with tools that I have not tried before.
It will awaken thoughts and thoughts that I did not know I had.
It will give me contacts beyond my own university.
My own digital literacy and identity in my personal and professional life, and how they are linked
At work, I am completely
dependent on being online. The days when I do not turn on the computer are few.
Even when I have tasks that do not require the computer such as correcting a
paper exam, I use the computer a lot during the day.
In my private life, I am
connected around the clock. However, I choose which channels should be active
during the different hours of the day.
When using new software, I
feel quite confident when it comes to finding out what I need. However, there
are some exceptions. When I look at the children of school age today they have
a feel for the digital 3d world that I will never be able to get, such as Minecraft
and Roblox. It's a trait they bring with them out of the computer, the last
time I saw it was during orientation in the woods. They "redraw" the
two-dimensional map into a mental Minecraft world. From that they explained
where we were going, not from the map they held their hand.
Private is I am engaged in
Luleå Makerspace. Here the goal is to reaching out with the digitization tools
for those who do not reach them by themselves. During the past week we have had
arrangements for girls and women. Among others my mother-in-law attended. She
hasn´t touched a computer for several years. By herself she created a snow star
in Tinkercad and wrote it out. The feeling was indescribable.
When I read the definition of
digital literacy, I think it's something I have.
Who am I as an individual in the digital age, and what characterizes my journey so far
When I started school, it was
popular with games that folded up and sounded pip-pip. They were called Game
and Watch and it was my first meeting with the digital world. Then there was a
ban at school against the calculator watch (not that any of us I class had
one). At that time, you could hire a VHS machine to watch video. One day, it
was possible to rent a TV game machine. We had it at home for just one evening
and I was sold! We rented two games. I still remember today what the game
looked like and what the characters said. One was Clean Sweep, a variant of Pac
Man (though I did not know that then) where you had to vacuum up money bags
after a bank robbery. The other was Spike and Molly, a variation on Donkey
Kong.
In the mid 80's, a Commodore
64 appeared in my home, which was later exchanged for an Amiga 500.
My first meeting with
computers in school was when I had turned 14 years, when the typing machines
were swiftly replaced with electric machines and then replaced with computers
over the course of three months.
The concept of the computer as
a work tool came late. At high school (16-18 years old) we had data as a
selectable subject, but no PC at home. My first home computer had two floppy
discs, one for the program and one for whatever you wanted to save. Throughout
my education, I submitted all assignments on paper. When I started there were
three computers in the library to borrow - for the whole university.
I took a three-day training at
university to get a (driving) computer licenses to use mail and using WebCrawler.
In one part of my university years
I competed with other students about who could get the most email addresses.
I have always been the one who
has tried to persuade my female friends to test Commodore and Amiga games. In
terms of games and PC, I never started. Instead, the image editing was of
interest to me. Cutting and pasting and jumping between different programs gave
me a security that my female friends did not have. After university, I worked
in the school world where the resistance to computers was huge (!) and e-mail
as a tool between teachers and principal was non-existent. It's only NOW as
teachers here get each computer.
I feel addicted on the digital world, more addicted than coffee and chocolate.
I feel addicted on the digital world, more addicted than coffee and chocolate.
fredag 13 oktober 2017
The ONL course
ONL course has a website where all course material is published. In addition, we use Google+ group rooms.
There is a group room for the entire course, and each study group has its group room.
I'm a beginner in Google+
For me, it became overwhelming at course start that there are so many messages sent from the rooms. I had to turn off notifications from the big group room for the first day so I would not drown. However, I'm missing out on things I should have enjoyed seeing. I guess it's easier if you're used to Google+ groups
If I were to use Goggle + in my own teaching, I would have had to use a teacher account so I could log out after work.
There is a group room for the entire course, and each study group has its group room.
I'm a beginner in Google+
For me, it became overwhelming at course start that there are so many messages sent from the rooms. I had to turn off notifications from the big group room for the first day so I would not drown. However, I'm missing out on things I should have enjoyed seeing. I guess it's easier if you're used to Google+ groups
If I were to use Goggle + in my own teaching, I would have had to use a teacher account so I could log out after work.
A surprise
In this course, many have a strong digital background, which makes me surpriced when I read blogs that most are Blogger Virgins, just like me. Does it mean that blogging is a good tool? When so many of us haven´t tried it spontaneously....
måndag 9 oktober 2017
Presentations
All group
members introduced themselves in respective group. The presentations where then
published between the groups using a tool of free choice. I think the
moderators hade talked about different ways to guide the groups to let us see
as many tools as possible.
I really
liked this idea and will do something similar in my classes next year.
Here are
the links to the different tools used:
1.Padlet
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2. Powerpoint
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5. Thinklink
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6. Emaze
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9. Flipgrid
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10. Powerpoint
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11. Prezi
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12. Padlet
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13. Padlet
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Interactive map
Interactive
map
On startup
we used an interactive map in Adobe Connect. This is a great tool in Adobe
Connect.
Om man vill lägga in en karta i
Adobe Connect för att se var deltagarna kommer från kan man ladda ner filen och
ladda upp den i Share document som fil. Hemsidan den kommer från:
måndag 2 oktober 2017
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