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Future Vision Learner Considerations

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I feel that in "narrowing down" to AR and ARGs, I have still set the scope of my digital artifact project too wide. I’d really like to use augmented reality (AR) to enhance the students’ use of the library. Going back to my first blog post about how to support a culture of readership and evaluating the needs of the students in my school will lead me in narrowing my direction for this project. I’ve lived in multiple cities in multiple countries, but in the rural area I teach in now, the culture is more anti-intellectual than any other place I’ve experienced. Not only are the people uneducated, but they discourage others from accessing or embracing education as well. Students entering kindergarten in this culture are not prepared for school or learning, so they start already behind their counterparts in other areas of the province. Unlike where I grew up, students that go to university are the exception rather than the rule. Some of them do go onto post-secondary trades or vo...

Digital Artifact Brainstorming

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477 – Digital Artifact Brainstorm    What’s a digital artifact? An artifact is a thing made by human(s), not naturally occurring; often left behind when a person or culture moves on. A digital artifact, therefore, would be a likely non-tangible creation, left on the internet or computer system. While physical artifacts can take many forms from pottery to automobile to textile to landscaping, digital artifacts too can vary widely in form, function, and topic.    Digital artifact formats include:  -         Videos & vlogs  -         Audio files & podcasts  -         Images & slideshows  -         Journals & blogs  -         Infographics  -         Interactives  o     Video games  o  ...

Reflection on Phase 2

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In this phase of LIBE 477, I’ve investigated some spurious advice for promoting student readership, reviewed the process I use for self-directed professional development, and explored some non-traditional libraries and information resources. I did not complete the blog about supporting other teachers’ information/communication technology learning, but I did spend some time reading what my classmates had to say on the topic.    Post 1.  I was particularly proud of my post about all the bad advice that parents & non-teachers give about fostering a culture of reading. I had a lot of fun writing it. In searching online for relevant, professional advice on how to make students read more, I kept coming up against posts, blogs, and articles about all the things that teachers are doing wrong—either by non-teachers, Pinterest Homeschool Mommies, and even actual teachers. In the end, I realized that a trained and experienced teacher would have to filter all this advice through ...