m2h blogs by Marcia Hansen

Give students a handout with just key terms on it. Leave space for students to write their own definitions in their own language. If the instructor also puts the terms in the order they want to explain and discuss, then it also serves as the session’s lesson plan.
Don’t you just love [...]

I wanted to capture some of the quick notes that I’ve taken and haven’t been able to blog yet. Sorry if it is a little disjointed.
Books/Authors mentioned:
Manuel Castels, V1, 2, & 3
Gunther Kress, New London Group
Margaret Mead, Culture & Commitment – talks about rate of change post-figurative, pre-figurative, and co-figurative
Documentaries Mentioned:
Common Threads: Stories from [...]

This evening, I learned a little about Flash. It was fun, fun, fun! I was one of those people who hadn’t ever found much Flash that I liked on websites. I admit, I hadn’t looked too hard because the way that some website designers use it to serve no special purposes whatsoever [...]

We’ve learned how to:
use minidiscs to record audio
use Audacity to edit audio
operate video cameras
edit video and sound with iMovie
So, now, guess what?!? They’re turning us lose to do individual work this morning. Cindy will be here in Deney to answer questions. If we want to talk about our projects, we’re to be [...]

Scott had a party for everyone at his house tonight. He was cooking beef and vegetarian burgers on the grill for everyone. Plus, everyone that lives here in Columbus brought all this delicious food to eat.
After dinner, we viewed all of the iMovies we made yesterday and today. I think everyone’s [...]

Here are this morning’s notes:
If using head phones with students, it might be good to purchase headphone splitters so that all can listen to sound. Also, if you have poor hearing, professional headphones are a must for hearing low audio levels, such as that recorded in a library.
Interesting Quotes
Scott says, “I’m going to talk [...]

We spent the afternoon using the video cameras. Let me tell you, it is harder than it looks to walk and record! I was never in marching band so I’m not used to the heel-toe smooth marching trick to smooth things out.
Our group spent the time in the library. [...]

I’m really interested in the way that Scott DeWitt and Cindy Selfe are teaching DMAC. Some of the pedagogical things they said yesterday included the following.
In the computer classroom:

“Look up here for a minute…”
“Back away from the computer…”
“Focus on the screen for right now…”
“I have a whistle and I’m not afraid to use it [...]

We’re talking this morning at DMAC about what new literacy skills and understandings people are going to need outside of school in the next decade.
The things we’re talking about include:
mash-ups/remixing
where we turn for news will change
understanding expectations, reach and speed
merging of oral and spoken text
the ability to compose mentally will become more important as VCR [...]

I’m at Lubbock for the Computers and Writing Conference. GRN was really good today. I got some good feedback on my thesis. The opening session was really fun — multimedia presentations to entice people to come to their particular sessions.
S. and I went to dinner after. I highly recommend Picante’s. [...]