Mackenzie's ETEC Blog

Diving into Diigo To kick off this week, I created a Diigo account for myself, joined our class "Group" and dove into the world of social bookmarking. I've used various bookmarking tools before to save and organize data I find online. My favorites are the Chrome bookmarks extension, which I can use across all my devices (personal computer, work computer and cell phone) and the OneNote Clipper extension that allows me to easily import web content into OneNote notebooks, where I can save, annotate or share it with colleagues or students. The world of "social" bookmarking beyond this is a new discovery for me! I'm not terribly active on site like Pinterest -- although based on the discussion board in my class this week, I should probably look it more. In signing up for my Diigo account, I also installed the Chrome extension for Diigo, making it much easier to bookmark, save, highlight and annotate content I found on the web without having to constantly login to...

Hyperdocs Starting Point: The concept of hyperdocs was not unfamiliar to me. Amidst the chaotic transition to hybrid learning in 2020, I took a brief summer course that gave a lot of clutch advice on how to provide structure, create flow and accomplish learning objectives by creating better online, hybrid and in-person lessons. We were essentially creating hyperdocs, although that specific name was not used. Looking back further to pre-Covid times, my science department transitioned away from textbooks about a decade ago and has used OneNote as our primary student resource. In reviewing my OneNote lessons, many (although not all!) are structured in ways that conform to the description of hyperdocs. Example of OneNote page from M. Miller's 7th Science Class One advantage I love in using OneNote for Classrooms is that I'm able to pull lots of Web 2.0 resources into my OneNote pages. Some of the resources I already use include:  YouTube ,  FlipGrid ,  Kahoot! ,  Quizziz...

By Their Powers Combined: This week I made a concerted effort to maximize the combined powers of Twitter and YouTube. Coming from a place of near zero public presence on either, this was a tougher journey than I anticipated. Last week I tweeted for the first time since 2011. While I have created and shared more than 50 videos on YouTube, the majority are "Unlisted", meaning they won't show up in a search and can only be viewed by those with whom I share the direct link. My self-style adventure this week involved creating and posting new "Public" videos on YouTube, sharing those videos on Twitter, and attempting to host a "Go Live" streaming event on YouTube, which I promoted on Twitter. Tweetstorming for Reinforcements: Since I know my classmates are following the #etec527 hashtag, I attempted to enlist their help in making this adventure a success. Prior to the ice storm that wrought havoc on most of the schools in North Texas this week. I reached out...