(Craft Based Experiment) – Deeper Dive Inquiry (3 of 4), Documentation of the Learning Process

(Craft Based Experiment) – Deeper Dive Inquiry (3 of 4), Documentation of the Learning Process

A major component that I wanted to incorporate in my final project for this course is to embrace new experiences. For the craft component, I am going to be attempting to create a mixed media art piece through photo collage.  This idea stems from an active desire to confront a really harmful comment my 8th-grade…

(Written Work) – Deeper Dive Inquiry (2 of 4), Documentation of the Learning Process
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(Written Work) – Deeper Dive Inquiry (2 of 4), Documentation of the Learning Process

For my written work element of this project, I have chosen to share my writing on this blog. I am writing a poem related to digital identity. The pictures above are my journals that hold all my writing. Seeing them laid out this way makes me realize just how important order and routine are for…

(Visual Storytelling) – Deeper Dive Inquiry (1 of 4), Documentation of the Learning Process
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(Visual Storytelling) – Deeper Dive Inquiry (1 of 4), Documentation of the Learning Process

For the past few days, I have compiled all the footage I have recorded over the past 2-4 years. I’ve been finding videos from various places such as my USBS, cameras, and my iPhone, and I even have videos I’ve stored on my laptop that I’ve never used.  This whole process reminds me of just…

Assignment 1 – Deeper Dive Inquiry Overview + Aims
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Assignment 1 – Deeper Dive Inquiry Overview + Aims

My Deeper Dive Inquiry Project can be summarized as the engagement and development of creative skills.  I have decided to merge my previous 10-day creative challenge idea into three main themes that fit together: written work, visual storytelling, and craft-based experiments. This way, I am able to produce more elaborate end products that will hopefully…

Reflection – Guest Lecture With Remi Kalir
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Reflection – Guest Lecture With Remi Kalir

This week I am reflecting on the guest lecture with Remi Kalir on annotation and what that entails related to collaborative reading and writing and digital literacy. This has been my favourite guest lecture thus far in the course. As someone who is a serial annotator, I felt so seen. Kalir discusses that annotations shape…

Reflection – Guest Lecture With  Lucas Wright
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Reflection – Guest Lecture With  Lucas Wright

This week I am reflecting on the guest lecture with Lucas Wright on the importance of developing a critical understanding of AI and what it means to have AI literacy. Wright stresses that educators and students alike must understand that although AI can be an effective assistant to completing tasks, there are border societal impacts. …