181 Posts from January 2017

Kean University 2017, The Network

Earth, Air, Water, and Fire

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There are a few ways I could intro this post, but the first thing that popped into my head was the opening sequence to a truly epic (and yes, I mean epic) Nikelodeon show of the mid-2000s, Avatar the Last Airbender.So epic, in fact, I think I need another gif...Earth, air, water, fire. Truthfully, I've never taken much time to think about the elements but, as you can see, people certainly have. The creators of Avatar the Last Airbender based an […]

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Kean University 2017, The Network

Log #3: My story of Ignis, Aqua, Terra, and Air

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Literal Elements   Air is the first element on my list. We breath it in, and it is important to keep the air pure, so our lungs don’t get filled with smog. Fire is the second element on my list.  It is dangerous, but is a source of heat and it gives us the ability to cook. Water is the third element on my list.  It is a vital source of nourishment for animals and plants alike. Earth is the last […]

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Kean University 2017, The Network

BALLOON

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For the most part, I enjoyed the activity for our blog post this week! Although I posted the 4elements blog towards the end, I actually started preparing since Saturday! I purchased my balloons Saturday, but my mind did not start expanding until Sunday. I took most of my photos Sunday, and I have one that I really like but did not use. Furthermore, I also wrote a draft of dda10 Sunday. When I got home Monday, I worked on it, […]

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Kean University 2017, The Network

4EVER

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  To be completely honest, I feel like I had a harder time putting the images in this blog than I did actually thinking about what I wanted the images to be. Or maybe, I just had more fun doing one over the other.As always, I changed my mind a few times and it took a long time, but I am happy with the results. All the images were taken at home except for the second photo. I also purchased the […]

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Kean University 2017, The Network

elemental deconstruction

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Elements are quite literally all around us. We do not have to wander far before we run into one of four of the earth’s natural conditions; in fact, they can even be found thriving in the manmade confines of a sad campus dorm, if you look hard enough. just have to open a window to find air… actually, you don’t even have to do that. it’s everywhere, folks. Before turning and looking inside my room, I captured my first element […]

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Digital Alchemy Gold, Kean University 2017, The Network

Getting My Sea Legs

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Ahhhh…Where to begin? A Little Background… I feel compelled to start at the beginning.  I chose to sign up for this course for a number of reasons.  In addition to being genuinely interested in the subject matter and being enamored with Dr. Zamora’s teaching style, I was also recently given the opportunity to take part in my district’s “model classroom” initiative.  I was provided with a set of chromebooks for my 6th grade students and directed to infuse technology-based lessons/activities […]

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Kean University 2017, The Network

DDA10 WHO IS YOUR LADDER?

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Max was the deer nobody wanted to be. He was so lost, he was so alone, and it just seemed like he could never be happy. He had nobody he could turn to, he had no home, and he was hungry. But, he was determined to keep going. People would look at him and stare, but he became immune and kept going as if a whirlwind was coming. He was a walking ladder. Defined as someone who could help others and […]

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Kean University 2017, The Network

Fire, Earth, Water, Air – It’s “Element”ary

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I walked outside and braved the cold weather. I turned towards the sun to shed some light on my numb face. With a lighter in my right hand and tinder in my left, I knelt down to the earth and examined my materials. With a flick of my thumb, the lighter would ignite, spreading wild blue and orange flames across yesterday’s business section and I would have created fire. But as the flickers of indigo and red danced in the […]

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Book of Stuff, Kean University 2017, The Network

OPML Is the Alchemy of Following Blogs in an Open Networked Course

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This post is meant primarily for participants in the Networked Narratives course I am co-teaching with Mia Zamora, where everyone is publishing in their own blog space. Everything here applies as well for the Open Learning ’17 course led by Gardner Campbell; I’m working on both sites at the same time, so things I do on one cross over. In terms of staying tuned into news and current interesting information, many people these days rely on social media. For me, […]

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Open Participants 2017, The Network

Attendez! If a #Netnarr Fell in the Forest & No Network Heard It…

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  Attendez! I was reading Daniel Bassill’s comment to my post about signal & noise and wondering why it had taken me so long to get back to it. I almost always attend to the business of reciprocating with folks who have honored me with their attention. I had not done so for Daniel F. Bassill . He has been kind, gentle and considerate in responding over the years to my posts. Sorry, Dan. I promise to do better. I […]

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