Embedding Webmaking
Background: There’s a beautiful piece of land across the street from my house, 13 hectares, undeveloped, unspoiled, natural biotope in the middle of Dresden North.… Read More »Embedding Webmaking
Concepts & Models
I design open educational programs and participation initiatives here in the 21st Century. Technology is fast moving, and my work requires a good bit of conceptualization and invention to discover ways of empowering lots of people. This category is little bit meta, but the models, concepts and frameworks within are meta-ideas that might make something you’re working on easier. As with many of “my” thoughts and ideas, I must give credit to the inspiring thinkers who have helped me develop these ideas over the years. You know who you are!
Web Literacy Micro-Models
On Friday I posted the macro-model here, the thing that encases all the Webmaker Skills. This will give you a general overview of how Mozilla… Read More »Web Literacy Micro-Models
Web Literacy Models (Theory)
I’ll admit it, it probably seems like an exercise in futility what I’m doing here, but I assure you – it’s not. It is a… Read More »Web Literacy Models (Theory)
More System Thinking (at a Micro-Level)
We’re still working on the Mozilla/P2PU Challenges for running an event. We’ve been through a number of iterations and are, at the moment, settling on… Read More »More System Thinking (at a Micro-Level)
System Thinking
We have a rather large task in front of us. We want to create a generation of webmakers. An entire generation. To do so, we… Read More »System Thinking
Every laboratory needs a mad scientist
First, a contextual clarification: Facilitation is herein used in the context of learning. For me, facilitation is teaching, but there’s a difference in connontation for… Read More »Every laboratory needs a mad scientist
Failure = Lesson Learned
Today I was finishing up a one page summary called “10 Things that Make a Good Challenge”, a distilled version of Chloe Varelidi’s excellent post,… Read More »Failure = Lesson Learned
Life is a Game
Over the past couple of months I’ve seen a variety of discussions taking place concerning the positives and negatives of using the term “gamification” in… Read More »Life is a Game
Assessing Learning
I came across a study called “Effective Assessment in a Digital Age”, and it underlined some key points in how assessing learners has changed due… Read More »Assessing Learning
Adjustment of Perception (ie Learning)
Alright, here’s the deal: A while back I made a promise to myself that Zythepsary would be the home for “pure unedited thought, art, media,… Read More »Adjustment of Perception (ie Learning)