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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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