ENG 102 Convergence: Fall '12 (30895)

This article gives different examples of EDM music. I can use this to show the diversity of the genere.

Not familiar with LTI? Basically it's like Facebook apps or Google widgets, but interoperable between lots of edu tools. The tutorials page shows how to configure LTI tools in supported systems. There's also some handy extensions to LTI that you can learn more about on the extensions page. Tools with a gray label under their configuration xml support LTI extensions that won't work in all systems. Currently LTI extensions are only supported by Canvas.

This the beginning of the website that i am thinking of doing. It has a lot of work to go but its a start :)

Recommended by Jim Burke, #engchat serves as a Twitter-wired community of progressive educators sharing ideas.

To follow up on last week, here's an example how creating a simple blog can connect great ideas.

Blog Tool and Publishing Platform; used by the State Press.

Check this out as a potential widget resource.

If choosing fiction (even historical fiction) to supplement your site, evaluate the ethos of the company, director, etc. Lincoln, from my perspective, is solid: "As the Civil War continues to rage, America's president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield and as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves..."

Games are uniquely positioned to be a key driver of innovation in addressing many challenges facing our planet. Games can inspire action across gender, racial, economic, and cultural barriers. They are being used in areas ranging from early literacy to scientific discovery to sustainable living. However, the impact games sector is still in its infancy and there is both a great need and a great opportunity for innovation in the sector. We invite the world to engage with us in leveraging the power of digital games to address pressing economic, civic, cultural, educational, health, and environmental challenges facing the planet.

A contribution to the EDUCAUSE book, a fascinating and optimistic view on the potential of 21st century education.

According to Wesch, "This video explores the changes in the way we find, store, create, critique, and share information. This video was created as a conversation starter, and works especially well when brainstorming with people about the near future and the skills needed in order to harness, evaluate, and create information effectively."

Demonstrates how transmedia storytelling has changed how we communicate.

This website, from Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey, provides an overview of the long and diverse history of a particular aspect of human endeavour: The translation of ideas, stories and concepts that are largely textual and/or word based into a visual format, i.e. visual communication. Fascinating history on visuals' roles in language arts.

From author Cara Pring: "We all love statistics, specially when they are about social media. I've made life so much easier by compiling all the statistics I could find over the past month or so in one handy bulleted article..."

Just put [vasaioqrcode] shortcode into you content page, and you have one QR code customized in what color you want, with a logo inside of it. The content of the QR code will be the permalink of the current page. If you want to change the content of the QR code just use the parameter 'm' like that: [vasaioqrcode m="new content"].

Welcome to our Wordpress tutorial. This video is a short Wordpress tutorial on how you can make the most of your Wordpress website and Wordpress theme by adding images into your Wordpress posts and Wordpress pages. The beauty of Wordpress is that you once the initial theme is in place, you can modify it to your heart's content! So this is a short Wordpress Pages tutorial and a Wordpress post tutorial for beginners ideally or anyone that is interested in getting to know Wordpress.

Top 100 list from Tech & Learning.

Here's an example of Blogger and how quickly a web page can be built and updated; an NCTE 2012 attendee made the blog and just updated it from this weekend's conference. 

Digital games have emerged as one of the most powerful mediums of the 21st Century. Research is highlighting the enormous potential of games to drive meaningful and measurable learning, health and social impact. The Center is committed to leveraging this medium to address society's biggest challenges.

From the National Council of Teachers of English Convention, 2012, in Las Vegas, many of the the nation's best language arts minds shared material from their presentations. Use the searchable program (given to you through Diigo as well), find the sessions you're interested in, and come back to this page to see if the session's materials are available.