3240 Initiation by Fire!

MEDIA ENHANCED LEARNING 3240 PIDP

Choice for Assignment 4... Blog
Choice for Assignment 3... Creating Community with FB SIE, Twitter, Social Media Platform

After dodging the heavy fire in the 2 previous courses...The purpose for this blog is to experiment using this medium, to log valuable resources shared in this course and to increase my own ease in using social media.

Background of author:

• Lifelong learner.  Longest period being out of school for any period since starting Kindergarten is 6 years.   
• Worked in Healthcare (Nsg) for almost 2 decades in 2 countries (USA/CAN) in 2 specialties (PEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE/PALLIATIVE CARE). 
• Masters in Ed. done when transitioned into Education (2nd career). 
• Recently Completed 2 year Diploma in Health Information Management (3rd Career). 
• Quite a restless individual! 
• Contemplating leaving Vancouver again for East Coast or Vancouver Island (for the 2nd time). 
• Love teaching. Love learning. Ambivalent about technology's role in these 2 things. 
• Not a numerologist, but can't help notice the number 2 coming up a lot...

Technology literacy is the ability of an individual, working independently and with others, to responsibly, appropriately and effectively use technology tools to access, manage, integrate, evaluate, create and communicate information.

Great article that was of great  use in Reflective Learning Journal #1 

Edutopia. Digital Native vs Digital Citizen? Examining a Dangerous Stereotype.   Retrieved from http://www.edutopia.org/blog/digital-native-digitial-citizen-stereotype-mary-beth-hertzm