How do we learn? What are the necessary aspects to learning that we have to have in order to learn? And once we have an idea of what those are, how do we optimize for learning? These are some of the ideas that we explored in EDTECH 543 this semester. Yes, the course was predominantly… Continue reading Social Network Learning – Final Reflection
Category: EDTECH 543
A Social Media Policy for Corrections
How do you go about creating a social media policy for a correctional setting? Corrections is an interesting place to even discuss the idea of social media let alone devise a policy that's anything but "no". In fact, when I look at the social media of the agency I work for, that's essentially what it… Continue reading A Social Media Policy for Corrections
Social Media & Adult Education
Our assignment this week, in EDTECH 543 was to do a little research on the usages of social media in our current area of expertise. Because I currently teach in a GED program, I did my research into the usages of social media in adult education. The purpose of this post, then, is to discuss… Continue reading Social Media & Adult Education
My Personal Learning Environment
What does a personal learning environment (PLE) look like? How can we represent our own PLE? What can we do to proactively expand our PLE and actively participate in it? These were some of the questions that we attempted to answer in this weeks' assignment. To start the week off, we looked at how we… Continue reading My Personal Learning Environment
What Does it Mean to Curate Content
Immediately when thinking about the idea of curating content, I began to compare the concept to that of a museum curator. Our assignment for this week in EDTECH 543 was to research the idea of content curation and the role of content curator and then to create a checklist for content curation. As I did… Continue reading What Does it Mean to Curate Content
My Digital Footprint Management Plan
Last week, after looking at our digital footprints, our assignment was to create a digital footprint management plan. At first, I was unsure how to go about this. This was at least partially due to having been involved in the online world of blogging for so long that many of the ideas and concepts behind… Continue reading My Digital Footprint Management Plan
My Digital Footprint
I've had a fairly extensive life online. For most of that, I've been at least somewhat aware of the traces that get left behind. Those traces are my digital footprint. Most people have one. As the world becomes more and more tied to the IOT (Internet of Things), it's more and more likely that our… Continue reading My Digital Footprint
Twitter as Professional Development
If you've taught for very long at all, you've come to know the pain that can be professional development. Maybe there's a bit here or there that's useful to you, but the rest is really only applicable in a couple of instances or not at all. This week in EDTECH 543, we took a look… Continue reading Twitter as Professional Development
Lifelong Learning Through Connectivism
In this week's assignment for EDTECH 543, we were asked to make a creative expression to explain Connectivism, Personal Learning Networks, and Communities of Practice. For my creation, I chose to create a small-scale infographic that represents the flow of knowledge as I perceive it between these concepts. The flow of knowledge in Connectivism through… Continue reading Lifelong Learning Through Connectivism
Initial Reactions to EDTECH 543
I've been asked to record my initial reactions to the social networks for the course as well as my experiences with social media for professional development, and for instruction. Finally, I'll share my expectations for the course. The social networks we've been asked to join for use in the course are Twitter and Diigo, so… Continue reading Initial Reactions to EDTECH 543
Shane Ede: My EDTECH Learning Log 