EXPLORING TECH TOGETHER

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My Library Learning Commons

After going back and forth somewhat with the language, the fonts (I love fonts), the colour schemes... I landed on this as a...

Christian MacInnis

Aug 9, 20211 min read

Logo

The Michael Bierut TEDTalk about redesigning a library and logo is probably my favourite library-adjacent TEDTalk out there. He's funny,...

Christian MacInnis

Aug 6, 20211 min read

Global Projects

Taking It Global (https://www.tigweb.org/) serves as an educational resource for teachers hoping to encourage global thinking among their...

Christian MacInnis

Aug 6, 20211 min read

Virtual Classroom Connections

I looked through the default options and noticed that they had been reviewed a few times already, so I set out to find some different...

Christian MacInnis

Aug 5, 20212 min read

Learning Commons Apps

Some thoughtful consideration went into this list. I tried to think of the apps that have had the biggest impact across schools where...

Christian MacInnis

Aug 5, 20211 min read

A Redesigned Library

For the new library space, I decided to go with the name of School Creation Hub, because it emphasizes creativity over consumption. I go...

Christian MacInnis

Aug 3, 20212 min read

Media Arts in the Library

Implementing new ideas in a hypothetical library is a challenge, but while we're dreaming away, I really think that the first piece of...

Christian MacInnis

Aug 3, 20211 min read

Video Techniques

After reading through the tips that David Ludlow included in his blog post (see reference link below), I decided to highlight some of the...

Christian MacInnis

Aug 3, 20211 min read

Audio Editing

I had some help with this one. I was pretty impressed with how simple Travis from the Buzzsprout YouTube channel made editing in...

Christian MacInnis

Aug 1, 20211 min read

Sound Booth

Not to sound too cynical, but an assignment that asks students to build a sound booth for a hypothetical library that might range in...

Christian MacInnis

Aug 1, 20212 min read

Screen Casting

First, here's a screencast example about how to make GIFs for tutorials. More on that after the video. This is not everyone's comfort...

Christian MacInnis

Aug 1, 20212 min read

Video Examples

I had a bit of a time figuring this assignment out. For one thing, Laura Tucker's blog post and the information on it is a bit out of...

Christian MacInnis

Jul 30, 20211 min read

Updating the Plan - Revised

Equity has been a focus for me this module, especially given the focus on robotics and other advanced technology such as VR and AR. I...

Christian MacInnis

Jul 27, 20211 min read

Updating the Plan

Using stock photos to communicate an abstract piece is no easy task; since I'm working in the abstract to some extent (despite some...

Christian MacInnis

Jul 27, 20211 min read

AR in the Classroom

OK. Let me first say that, in the immortal words of Gil Scott-Heron, the revolution will not be televised. It's going to be online, of...

Christian MacInnis

Jul 26, 20212 min read

Five Year Horizon for my Library Learning Commons

I don't currently work in my own library learning commons, so I tried to imagine a hybrid of the different libraries across the different...

Christian MacInnis

Jul 26, 20211 min read

Troubleshooting Strategies

Collaboratively brainstorming ways to make troubleshooting instincts central to the learning, my classmates in CONT996 and I created a...

Christian MacInnis

Jul 26, 20211 min read

3D Design

I've been using TinkerCAD in my digital arts exploratory classes for a year or so now and always get the students to create something...

Christian MacInnis

Jul 25, 20212 min read

Computational Participation

Yasmin Kafai's short article describes computational thinking as an inherently "social and creative practice" (Kafai, 26) that has...

Christian MacInnis

Jul 25, 20212 min read

Computational Thinking

Well, rather than complete a Scratch tutorial as outlined in this assignment, I thought I might upload a Scratch tutorial that I created...

Christian MacInnis

Jul 24, 20212 min read

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EXPLORING TECH TOGETHER

My Library Learning Commons

Logo

Global Projects

Virtual Classroom Connections

Learning Commons Apps

A Redesigned Library

Media Arts in the Library

Video Techniques

Audio Editing

Sound Booth

Screen Casting

Video Examples

Updating the Plan - Revised

Updating the Plan

AR in the Classroom

Five Year Horizon for my Library Learning Commons

Troubleshooting Strategies

3D Design

Computational Participation

Computational Thinking

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