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by kk+ || **Telling Tales** ... of what came before. Wazzup?
 * Digital Learning Project ~ Teacher Cohort Session 3 ~ 16 February 2012**
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Today's Skype Guest: Dean Shareski

Dean's Digital Footprint: about.me/shareski and shareski.ca

Links from our chat: || What does that mean?
 * || **Learning in Public**

media type="custom" key="12518804" || by shareski || ** ... Some "rules of thumb" we've stumbled upon ... **
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• Leave digital footprints.

• Audience matters; and it ain't just the two of youse talkin'.

• Share everything you learn … and do learning; process matters.

• Embrace risk, vulnerability vis a vis learning. Sharing what you don't know grows what you do know.

• Learning is a conversation; it's up to you to start that discussion.

• Be a selfish learner: give away everything you got! . . || by  AlicePopkorn - on retreat || **My Learner's Journey**
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** ... Your Story ** Using only 4 slides, share the story of your life so far as a learner & teacher. Something you might share with your class at the beginning of a new semester. Ensure you include something that reveals your passion for teaching.

Keep in mind the rules of thumb shared above.

If you'd like a little more direction you can follow this suggested outline but making your own would probably be a little more awesome.

• My earliest memory of something I learned. (What was it? How did you feel? Who was there?) • Something I tried so hard to learn, but it just wouldn't stick. (Why were you trying to learn that? What made it so hard? Why do you still remember the experience?) • Something you learned that made you feel great! (Why did you care about this? What made it "click" for you? Have you paid it forward?) • Share something you wish you could learn but haven't yet. Dream big. (How would your life be different for knowing this thing? How would it touch other people?)

** ... The Mechanics ** • Use only 4 slides. Full screen images. Add a 5th slide only to list sources for the images used. • You can have a little text, a few words, on each slide. No words is better. You can use PowerPoint, Keynote or Google Docs to create your slide deck. • You will narrate your story. 15 sec/slide = 1 minute of audio recording. Record & download your audio as an mp3 file at vocaroo.com • Export your slides as a pdf file and upload them to slideshare.net • Create a slidecast. Upload your mp3 file and sync the slides to your audio. (We'll show you how.) • You've just shared a digital story. That's brilliant.

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**Watch and Listen to our stories.** || by edtechworkshop || **.**
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Learn in public. Rinse, wash, repeat.

We'll see you again **5 March 2012**. ||