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Sunday, March 1, 2015
Reflections How to Show a Documents Reading Level in Word!
Before I write up todays technology Tuesday post, I want to take a moment to reflect on life in general. As many of you know, I lost my Grandma Vicky less than two weeks ago. I spent a lot of time reflecting on our time together and I can truly say that I was fortunate to have such a loving grandmother who was and is such an important part of my life.
I truly miss her more than words can say.
A week after finding out that my Grandma passed, I found out that my ex-boyfriend had passed as well. He was only 25. Though he and I grew apart and havent spoken for years, I truly wished only the best for him. He was my first "love" and he has always had a special place in my heart. As much as I was left speechless by my Grandmas death, I am having just as hard of a time finding the words to express my deepest sympathies and regrets for his death as well.
I truly believe that everything happens for a reason, but I can never find or explain the reasons why we have to lose the ones we love. It truly breaks your heart and makes you question the world. Ive honestly felt like nothing has been going right lately. As hard as it is, I keep reminding myself of something my mom told me once:
As hard as it is to cope with lose and to cope with change, I know I am fortunate for the relationships that I have had and that there are so many more who are going through worse. As hard as things are to cope with or manage, we somehow need to put one foot in front of the other and try to move on. To the same idea, I found this other quote on pinterest and I really like it:
The past week and a half, I have spent a good amount of time crying and a lot of time reminiscing. Fortunately Im surrounded by supportive family, friends, neighbors, co-workers and followers who have put up with my distance and my ramblings. So for now, my rambling will cease for the time being and Ill put one foot in front of the other. Perhaps getting myself back on track with my blog and my life will help ease the pain.
This two week long poll had a lot of votes, and the winner was the most recent addition to the poll... how to find out a Microsoft Word documents reading level. This tutorial is actually SUPER EASY!!!
Here are the official poll results...
And here is the incredibly easy tutorial!!!
As for next weeks poll, Ill be adding a blogger tutorial: how to host a linky party!
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I truly miss her more than words can say.
A week after finding out that my Grandma passed, I found out that my ex-boyfriend had passed as well. He was only 25. Though he and I grew apart and havent spoken for years, I truly wished only the best for him. He was my first "love" and he has always had a special place in my heart. As much as I was left speechless by my Grandmas death, I am having just as hard of a time finding the words to express my deepest sympathies and regrets for his death as well.
I truly believe that everything happens for a reason, but I can never find or explain the reasons why we have to lose the ones we love. It truly breaks your heart and makes you question the world. Ive honestly felt like nothing has been going right lately. As hard as it is, I keep reminding myself of something my mom told me once:
As hard as it is to cope with lose and to cope with change, I know I am fortunate for the relationships that I have had and that there are so many more who are going through worse. As hard as things are to cope with or manage, we somehow need to put one foot in front of the other and try to move on. To the same idea, I found this other quote on pinterest and I really like it:
The past week and a half, I have spent a good amount of time crying and a lot of time reminiscing. Fortunately Im surrounded by supportive family, friends, neighbors, co-workers and followers who have put up with my distance and my ramblings. So for now, my rambling will cease for the time being and Ill put one foot in front of the other. Perhaps getting myself back on track with my blog and my life will help ease the pain.
This two week long poll had a lot of votes, and the winner was the most recent addition to the poll... how to find out a Microsoft Word documents reading level. This tutorial is actually SUPER EASY!!!
Here are the official poll results...
And here is the incredibly easy tutorial!!!
You can download this tutorial as a PDF by clicking this picture!
Note: This tutorial is hosted on Google Docs. To save it from there, just open the file and click File > Download to save onto your computer!
As for next weeks poll, Ill be adding a blogger tutorial: how to host a linky party!
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Juggling Vine to Learn Show Tell!
What can you learn in 6 seconds?
Or what can you teach (show or tell) in 6 seconds?
VINE
Vine (please dont confuse it with Wine!) is a mobile service (owned by Twitter) that lets you capture and share short looping videos (6 seconds or less). Like Tweets, the brevity of videos on Vine inspires creativity. The Vine app is free for iPhone, Android and Windows Phone.
Today, millions of people are using it around the world, and it is one of the fasting growing social media tools around.
LEARN
If you thought 60-second lectures were short, what about learning nuggets that are 6 seconds or less? Can Vine be used for learning and teaching at the University level?
Ponder this...
Source
WOW! If humans attention span is only 8 seconds, then 6 seconds or less could be awesome for a quick learning nugget. Even instructional designers will be impressed if you can chunk your learning nugget to 6 seconds or less.
As Vine loops (rewinds and play again) the published video content, the mother of all learning techniques is automated into this learning tool...
Finally, Vine is a powerful tool to capture and share learning moments on-the-fly. So, it is another perfect tool for mobile learning and sharing.
SHOW & TELL
But, what can you show or tell in 6 seconds or less? The lecturer will only be able to say, "Hi, my name is Zaki. Today I am going to..." CUT!!!
Vine forces you to get to the point quickly in a creative way to spark that learning moment. Though, perhaps it would have been cool to be given at least 29 seconds or less to show (tutorial), but lets be open minded and explore the learning possibilities with this 6 second video capturing constraint.
Here we go:
Teaching with Vine from Shelly Terrell
Imagine: From 45 minute lectures to 6 seconds video learning nuggets. Whats next?WOW! Also, dont forget to explore the 6 Second Science Fair (Creative ways to express science in 6 seconds).
IMU
So, how could we use this mobile learning tool at our University?
If we are open minded and imaginative, there are actually many ways we could use this tool to inspire learning and student engagement. For example, here are three (3) ways we could use Vine for learning and teaching:
- Lab Exercises and ExperimentsLecturers or students use their mobile cameras to capture key moments of their lab experiments. This could be anything from the How to to the Outcome...Kaboong!
- Field TripsStudents video capturing interesting things discovered while they are on field trips or hospital postings, which can be shared and discussed further with their community or group.
- Student AssignmentsStudents can be assigned to act out scenarios, professional dialogues, how to communicate with patients, role play, storytelling, etc. They could also use it to give feedback and share opinions/critiques on various topics in a course.
If you need more than 6 seconds, you could always create multiple videos (or scenes). Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, etc. I am sure, you can think of many other ways to excite learning and spark student engagement using Vine. Just let your imagination go ____!
The 1-second video learning swoosh :)
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