In an education setting, authentic learning is a way of teaching that allows students to learn in a “learn by doing” environment. Using real-world projects and experiencing real world problems are considered the most effective way to learn (Lombardi, 2016). In my short experience as a teacher, I have found that my students respond much better [...]
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Introduction The beauty of digital media is, the learning never stops. What was used for a task one month, might be replaced the following with a bigger and better tool. For example, as soon as you purchase a new phone, the next model is already in production, making your new acquisition obsolete inside six [...]
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Of all the tools at the disposal of a Digital Media Graduate, who would have thought that I would choose to research PowerPoint. I even groaned out loud when I read that it was the first topic in Moodle. But I read anyway… And I am very glad I did. Many tools are available to Media Students [...]
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I created this game in the course: Game Development, in the second year of my undergraduate degree. Teaching, especially English, has always been my passion so of course when we had to create a game, my thoughts went straight to what games I could build that could be incorporated into a classroom environment. The genre that [...]
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The information this week on moodle is AWESOME. There is so much there I could have been lost for weeks. We were instructed to narrow our search to something that we could use in class that would benefit students and enhance the learning experience, and one digital tool really captured my attention. In the past I have created interactive [...]
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Copy to your blog and complete the table below, reflecting on your experience of different pedagogical strategies. Where do your strengths lie? What opportunities exist for improvement to your practice? SAMR stands for Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, and Redefinition. Developed by Dr. Ruben Puentedura, it is a way to describe levels for the impact technology has […]
This week I thought I would write a post demonstrating how to set up a blog. I have a background in Digital Media, but I have never used a WordPress site as a blog and as such, found it difficult to grasp the jargon used. In the past, I only ever used the pages and from there […]
Hello, my name is Victoria (Vicki) and welcome to my blog. My Degree? I have a Bachelor Degree in Digital Media and I graduated from CQUniversity at the end of 2015. The minors I studied during my degree are: Interactive Media Graphic Design Journalism My two teaching areas are: English Media Studies What does teaching […]
Hello and welcome to my Blog. This term we have been asked to keep a digital journal as we learn and progress through our studies. My previous experience with blogs is fairly comprehensive but at the same time limited because throughout my university studies I had to keep different blogs, but I used only one blogging […]
How will these characteristics define their engagement in the (exaggerated but amazingly relevant today) traditional classroom depicted in the video snippet below? “• Enhanced maturity and control • Eagerness to work • Social entrepreneurs – change the world • Technology users • Question traditional choices • Value inclusiveness and differentiation – greater diversity is the […]