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#tomereaders Prompt 2 – Transformation: A call for conversation
Matt proposed the prompt for this focus area – Transformation We each made a video around it And in conversation with Matt around where we are at in the book group we wanted to attempt to take this up a notch. We have had some great conversations both online and face to face but we…
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Under the Tree: Further Aspects of #TomeReaders
The second focal date for #tomereaders is approaching and that means that we will have our second face to face meeting under the tulip tree. I was chatting with Greg Zobel the other day and he was like “you do #tomereaders face to face as well?” Yep – that is actually how the whole thing started…
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#clmooc UnIntroduction
For #clmooc’s first Make Cycle we were asked to unintroduce ourselves which was just a fun way to ask us to take a new look at the introduction. I decided that I was unqualified to introduce myself considering all of the different people that I am in different contexts and situations and all of the different…
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Connecting Virtually – Considerations from a Virtual Participant
What is Virtually Connecting? Recently, I had the privilege of being able to participate in a couple of Virtually Connecting hangouts; an experiment set up by Maha Bali and Rebecca Hogue. What is Virtually Connecting? Well, for a while now bigger Ed Tech conferences have been streaming sessions, sometimes for a price and sometimes for…
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#tomereaders Prompt’nBlog 1
Calling all #tomereaders – Prompt 1 is here! Matt and I each took a stab at it. Though I have done a fare amount of video work I think this might be my first time addressing the Internet in a video… maybe Matt too??? (He’ll have to comment and let us know). Check it out.…
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Lighten up already
I decided we needed some lightness on “She’s So Heavy”. It was a treat today when I got home and checked my mail. I found a fun little package marked Royal Mail. (Guess it must be from the queen bee) There was a nice card inside. With a skinny little hand knitted infinity rhizo…
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Reflections on the start of #tomereaders: Disclaimer on a living artifact
Well, #tomereaders is set to “start” this week and I am feeling a little out of sorts. I mean what the heck was I thinking opening this thing up to the whole world? I’m not Dave Cormier or Jessie Stommel – I’m just some girl with a twitter account and a newly christened blog. What…
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Travel Guide for a Living Artifact: 2015 Summer Reading Circle #tomereaders
Tomereaders 2015 Summer Reading Circle Online Participation Outline/Travel Guide Facilitators/Fellow Nomads Autumm Caines Twitter:@autumm Matthew Cook Twitter: @matt_t_cook Every summer I facilitate (or at the very least instigate) a book group on my home campus and sometimes include a small group of friends. This year, inspired by my participation in #rhizo15 (don’t worry if you don’t…
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The Living Artifact: An Open Letter/Invitation/Call for Help to the #rhizo15 Community
Dear #rhizo15 community, You guys were an awesome curriculum. I need to thank you all for helping me to put some structure around what I have long considered the natural way that I learn. That may sound really strange – the rhizome as a form of structure – but all of those metaphors, memes, arguments,…
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Is Rhizomatic Learning an Invasive Species? You Bet Your Sweet Ass It Is: The Wild vs the Civilized; A Serious Response in 4 parts
Part 1 – introduction I get the impression that in some interactions around the Internet I have come off as being on the side of answering “No” to the question about if rhizomatic learning is invasive but please be assured that the jury is still out for me. I really am pretty agnostic in most…