We now have more invasive technologies that impact solitude. I was hiking in the Highlands of Scotland, which are incredibly awe inspiring. On two separate occasions my peaceful solitude began to buzz with the sound of a drone hoovering over. It was very annoying and surprisingly invasive.

I believe solitude prepares us to come into conversation with ourselves. To be better prepared to live with intention and find what is important to our souls and lives.

All our technology is making it challenging to be fully present and alone. We cannot escape the access and ability to connect.

I think we are in between a 'push' and 'pull' approach. I think many organizations strive for a pull approach, but leaders and managers are sometime not ready to support or know how to lead this type of learning.

Grit- you need to maintain passion in order to continue.

If you are not provided a clear explanation of what the surface should consist of then how are you able to get a deep learning? I think of many corporate onboarding practices that do not provide a solid orientation to the surface and this can create unnecessary turnover.

Fitting into the cultural expectations is a process of practice and understanding.

Nailed it.

I just think back to the 2016 election and this seems alarmingly true. Technology shaped the messages and relationship with candidates. It created a reactive response on all sides. Information was not as important as the relationship or connection made between the audience and candidates.

Are we equipping students who attend traditional brink and mortar campuses with the skills they will need in the working world? I would say that we are not creating enough opportunity for experiential learning or portfolio development in many disciplines.

Yep, and this leads to a lot of miscommunication and misunderstanding. It can also prevent true collaboration from occurring. It can lead to a breakdown in the ability to function optimally.

I agree that this important however, there still needs to be a method of learning that concrete. In my opinion, many organizations want system thinkers, but there is a lack of clear training as to what is necessary to learn. It can create a frustrating an inefficient learning experience.

This is used a lot in technology companies. I am having flashbacks and I would like them to stop :-)

This seems to fit into one of the most popular business models internationally, MLM. The marketing is shared person-to-person or through social networks. There is a unique element of trust that is involved.

Similar to traditional graduate classes where discussion of the text takes place in person allowing ideas or interpretations to be shared.

I think that podcasts break the isolation that other digital media can create. You are hearing stories and this provides connection to the outside world. It can stimulate different senses.

When working in higher education I saw the shift in business practices being created that encouraged the students as consumers mentality. Especially as predictive analytics grew in importance for funding of programs.

I feel like this should be used on an office setting. Post this on your chat- so people allow you to complete your work.

Those with access to technology will be able to participate. A student who does not have the internet at home or a computer will potentially fall behind.

Spaces where those who share common interests can be seen in these communities. There is a huge benefit to being "virtually" seen, as it can prevent isolation. Consider social media and the impact it has on sharing. There is also great responsibility in how we treat each other in these spaces.

I personally have not done a lot with fan fiction. However, I recently was chatting with a friend who is a writer and she says her group allows here to write, get advice, and participate in an alter ego that she finds fun. However, she would never share or expose this alter ego outside of the community. I find this interesting.

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https://lfrappao.wordpress.com/2016/07/20/d-c-i-wish-i-were-somewhere-else/ I wish I were somewhere else

https://lfrappao.wordpress.com/2016/07/20/d-c-logo-can-you-read-this/ Can you read this

https://lfrappao.wordpress.com/2016/07/14/d-c-do-your-most-serious-critical-face-selfie/ my second daily create critical lobster

https://lfrappao.wordpress.com/2016/07/13/d-c-retro-computer-portrait/ First Daily Create

Week 6 First Daily Create

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2nd Daily Create Week 2 - Crappy Book Cover Fun

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Check out this shadow: tdc 1643

that was then re-mixed by Ronald_2008

Oh Yeah! Almost forgot to share my first daily create!

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https://lfrappao.wordpress.com/2016/07/08/d-c-national-fk-the-patriarchy-day/ National F#*k the Patriarchy Day my second Daily Create

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Daily Create: show us a martian https://twitter.com/Rocz3D/status/756637335320600576

My second Daily Create:

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Daily Create #1656! https://twitter.com/t_edgar88/status/756231928378830849

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Daily create: Refute an expression.

Love Flea Markets but not Fleas

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Every day is rest day, unless you're a gym cat.

Daily Create 1655: Contrasting Emotions!

Daily Create: contrasting emotions https://twitter.com/Rocz3D/status/755847576608382976

Daily Create: design a really bad logo https://twitter.com/Rocz3D/status/755847161841983488

Daily Create: Contrasting emotions.

Daily Create 1655 Contrasting Expressions

TDC1654 Daily Create: Bad Logo!

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I did a Third Eye Poem for my first Daily Create.

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Inspired by "Insomnia"

Dedicated to my upcoming trip to Iceland, I present to you my introduction in native Icelandic.

This is sad.

Real world value strikes again!

Very true, I think this is how I felt in ILT5340 at first.

I don't think this is used enough in classrooms.

That's what I thought for past classes I've taken!

Agreed, definitely more interactive than many of the more passive lectures I've attended in the past.

I've spent countless hours tweaking and refining my WordPress site. Being able to use it for class has helped me get a lot more out of it.

Side pony and peace:

Another Daily Create https://twitter.com/Rocz3D/status/753364847840985088

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Mapped my path...

This could actually be my personal logo!!

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Daily Create #2 Best Critical Gaze - Haha - really enjoyed seeing everyones' pics :)

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Second Daily Create TDC1649 Line Drawing

For today's Daily Create, I did a continuous line drawing of Oliver, who was killed yesterday by the Worcester County Animal Control.

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C64 Yourself Daily Create #tdc1647

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So I can't do critical faces...this one close enough?

C64 Daily Create!

Moab yoga in C64 #tdc1647 #ds106 #ilt5340 pic.twitter.com/FLnbFLDTA8

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Daily Create 2: Retro Power! https://twitter.com/Rocz3D/status/753004636517330948

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For my second Daily Create, I made a retro computer portrait using the C64 Yourself site:

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So I'm pretty sure selfies weren't a thing back in the C64 era, but then again, neither was I!

This is not a book!

Daily Create 1 https://twitter.com/Rocz3D/status/752664771355242496

This is not a PokeStop

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This is not America

Daily Create #1 Week 6: This is NOT coffee.

For my first Daily Create: This is not an ad pleading for TNR:

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great comparison.

I applaud your openess in inviting discussion regarding this affront. It is the only way to move forward and hopefully change some minds for the better in the process. I can only hope to aspire to be as forgiving in situations such as this :)

That's ridiculous. The only thing that comes to mind is "to hell with them." I know, that's maybe not the most articulate way to express frustration, but I have always reacted to reppresive authority in this way--don't try to shut me up or dumb me down. Yes my take may offend 'others,' but--tough.. And for the sake of everyone else involved in or reading this discussion: the views expressed in this comment are solely those of me: Brian Rocz aka Rocz3D.

Excellent Remi! Good for you for not allowing yourself to be censored. This is amazing and sad that they are so worried about controversy (and I still fail to see what is so controversial) at the expense of innovative and truly engaging educational practices (which they contend is their mission). I don't even understand this. You could use this experience as the beginning of a book on educational innovation or a keynote at a truly innovative, large, international educational conference. <script async="" src="//&lt;a href=" http:="" embedr.flickr.com="" assets="" client-code.js"="" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Wow, this is really disheartening.

What are they really afraid of here? Who are they answering to?

with the risk of being harsh: this is the paradox of many committees in university settings: formed, and served by members with no true interest in what the committee SHOULD be about in the first place. In this case, one would assume the opposite of "calibrating" voices. But encouraging diversity, encouraging strong voices and transparency.

what a choice of words. I can't help but see such statement almost as admittance of guilt. One immediately thinks that the message delivered already is unfair and compromises personal integrity.

I am just really curious to how would the director and the committee members would explain what the "tone" of COLTT is?

considering that the introductory statement of COLTT is: "COLTT engages participants in learning about teaching practices and technologies, challenging the way they think about both." - emphasis on "challenging". Maybe they should edit to "moderately challenging" or "challenging and censoring".

Yeah, being open to discussion is pretty key, instead of just telling people what they should do.

This is so true though. How can someone expect to adjust fire when they're given ambiguous feedback?

It sounds like they're adopting the "push" method here, where you have to talk about a certain set of things, instead of the "pull" method, where you're allowed to say what you want.

Preach! Freedom of expression is so important to academics and learning. People have to be so politically correct these days. 'Merica

This!!! So important!

It's sad that this information isn't taken more seriously.

It's wonderful that you have a goal to try to include the "Pull" within the confines of your demanded structure.

I feel like if more educators get on board with the Pull choice, the educational system will be forcred to follow suit! Hopefully as students and educators alike voice their preference for this style of learning, the educational system will be foreced to restructor to meet such demands.

When it comes to animal rights, in my humble opinion, there can never be enough support! More posts! More reblogs!

Community is an important factor in animal welfare because all to often single voices are drowned out. It's more difficult to ignore a sea of voices calling for change.

I'm glad she didn't just accept such a horrible answer and move on.

Oh my goodness. This makes my heart cry. How can so many humans lack humanity? I think we need to question if society is living up to this title.

This is difficult; I worry about sharing things all the time for this reason - about this class and in life in general. I suppose that the pessimist in me always expects ridicule, especially with the online "troll" culture.

This is a very cool idea!

Me too. Some days I love it and other days I years for the speed of times without such technology. Today everything is so fast. Just look at the pace of this course! But I, too, and trying to adapt to them because there's no denying that they're around to stay.

And was this curiosity considered a 'disruption' that needed to be 'dealt with' with some sort of punishment?

It's wonderful when seeing others create something inspires you to create more.

A creative way to work within the scope fo the medium to maximize results.

Either way - it's easier to learn the ins and outs of the program when you're passionate about what you're making! It's cool to see one passion meet the remix of another in this way.

And quite the attention to detail!

That sounds pretty cool!

I am curious! It sounds like a fun way to see the local area!

Reading this story critique, as well as others you have presented, really makes me want to see if there are similar things in my local area - ways to explore the history interactively. And if not, can I create them?

This is a wonderful idea!

This sounds like such a ool interactive expereince! I will be near Denver for the Canvas conference next week - I'm sad that I won't have time to explore and take this tour!

Sometimes we're so consumed by our digital network that we forget we have a network waiting for us at home or at the local pub.

It actually CAN be fun to be alone. People watching can be a great way to pass the time. You find yourself smiling without even realizing it.

It is sad to think back on my K-12 educational experience; with few exceptions is was all cram and test. And I am not rich with knowledge from school. All of the knowledge I do know at the ready has been from my genuine curiosity or direct expereince.

This is how I learned about Nellie Bly - through the production of a play about her.

I know! I love all space stuff. I was glued to the tv when the first Mars rover landed and they waited for the first images to come back.

I have two brown grandchildren...and honestly, until these boys were born, I was clueless. I live with sadness every day knowing that their experience as young men of color in this country will be markedly different than their father's. The messages we must teach them about survival and risk are tragic--but required to ensure their safety. To be honest, I am still navigating these waters which are foreign to me. I no longer view law enforcement as a force for right as all too often I see them as a force of might with little morality.

It makes me think of this movie I saw at the Annapolis Film Festival in March: Driving While Black.

I feel like the Black Lives Matter conversation and the Gun Control conversations are directly linked and should be a national concern.

Also, I have seen the All Lives Matter response to the Black Lives Matter Campaign and I appreciated this response:

No one suggested that someone else's life doesn't matter - just that ALL lives can't matter until black lives are included - are the conversation right now is: are they?

I heard someone comment this weekend that the cops react that way because of how many police officers are killed in the line of duty - how someone on YouTube compiled a mashup of clips that document cops being killed. The follow-up comment was, "As a cop, you approach the car with that in your mind every day while you're at work, so of course they overreact when they see someone reach for something."

This comment disturbed me on so many levels. Why is it so easy for cops to be killed, especially during routine traffic stops? Why are they defended for shooting someone for daring to move - without confirming if there is a gun present or if they're even reaching for one that is present? What is the root cause here?

Guns.

I highly doubt any cop is walking up to a car on edge because he worries that a ninja star will be thrown in his face when he approaches the window.

I agree with the training programs for cops to learn to react better, as well as the law that allows them to remove truly dangerous people off of the streets. But as these videos have shown, black lives are being lost in non-violent situations. There is certainly racism and poor sensitivity skill training in the mix, but a lot of people miss discussing that guns are a root issue in these cases. They are both the murder weapon and the excuse for the weapon being drawn in the first place. That's what the cops mean when they keep defending themselves by saying, "I thought I was in danger."

Gun control isn't just the catalyst for mass shootings. It's an everyday systemic problem that reaches into and ruins ALL aspects of our society.

I find that running is a good time for this as well.

A storm rolled through yesterday and I was without power all day. I think I gained some empathy after that...

But what if they are taking a selfie in the forest when the tree falls? Then do they have solitude with their selfie?

As a stay at home mom there have been times where I have been lonely but haven't had any solitude. Engaging online has helped the former but not the latter.

This is a difficult one for me because I studied photography and also have a crap memory. I like to capture beautiful, unique moments - as well as save them for my memory bank to come back later for smiles when I forget that there are things to be happy about in this world.

I do make a concentrated effort to capture the moment, but then to put the camera down and stay in the moment unhindered.

Scary. At what point do we address this as an addiction?

Yes! It's okay to be with yourself. You don't have to constantly seek distraction.

On the flip side, being always connected means you often feel obligated to engage even when you don't want to and guilty if you don't. Ignoring text messages or phone calls in particular where (in today's society) you're almost always expected to be be available to respond instantly - or else something's assumed to be wrong.

My husband texts me when he's leaving his phone in the car to play basketball so that I won't worry if he doesn't respond fr an hour.

There have been times when my sister hasn't responded to a text within 15-20 minutes when we had plans to meet up and I get the fearful "what-ifs" in the back of my head.

Even when I tell myself not to be roped into such ridiculousness, it seeps in.

Not being truly alone - ever - really does change your psychology. I personally hate it.

I personally find it pretty sad that it's come to this... That this could ever be true.

I as with food, I want an unlimited supply without adverse effects...

Solitude allows you to look into yourself and evaluate your own thoughts and opinions without the influence of outside opinions. You can be honest with yourself and not worry about being judged or argued with for being yourself.

It also allows you to evaluate situations where you weren't being yourself because you were bending to the will or opinions of others.

I heart #6 - Run Lola Run! You have excellent taste in movies

Ok, I'm going to try a few 1) I'm hoping that's from 5th Element - Bruce Willis shouldn't do his hair that way too often... 3) The Mummy 4) Clue I don't have guesses on the others!

Yay! I think it's such an interesting experience. Even if it isn't someone's "thing," it's a really great way of seeing the different ways a tool can be used.

I love this idea. I'm sure I can work it into something for the library...

I would be sad trying to learn all by myself on the internet! Our networks (and cohorts:-)) are important in helping us shape and test our learning and knowledge. We push each other to greater heights!

Daily Create 2! https://twitter.com/Rocz3D/status/752173381793947652

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So today I got to dance in a massive Zumba party at Fitness on the Rocks! I’ve been doing Zumba for over two years and I’m totally going to be an instructor one day. My specialty? SHADOW ZUMBA.

Me and my shadow. Daily Create 1643.

We created a ghost in the shadows!

My brother's addiction to Pac-Man in the shadows.

Daily Create 1 for the week: young me, now me

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Daily Create #1642](http://daily.ds106.us/tdc1642/) National Goadeling Day

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For today's Daily Create, I created Global Blog Review Day and wrote about it on my blog.

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Excited for you! I hope to visit myself someday soon and I'd happily take your location recommendations. :p

A huge benefit of online affinity spaces is the ability to team up and share across platforms.

Time lapses are a wonderful result for a photo mashup!

I love that tourism spiked in Iceland due to their EuroCup performance! I was rooting for them!

If you haven't heard of them, Árstíðir is a wonderful band from Iceland. A little something to help you with a vacation soundtrack :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyCGLyMiGY0

And I met them while they were here on tour. They're REALLY nice and put on a great show if they happen to be playing in Iceland while you're there :p

I feel a successful concept in the multiple-heads-working-together groups is that there is a basic set of rules. In the PhotoshopRequest community, there is surely some sort of proccess where members select which requests they will take on. Do multiple people attempt to Photoshop them or does one person claim a request? These concepts are often clear from the beginning of the process, allowing for all members to be on the same page, therefore avoiding roadblocks.

I love these :)

I feel like this also applies to digital responsibility - that the two are linked. Not only should they learn to be safe, but they should learn 'nettiquete' and how to deal with issues like being bullied or seeing someone being bullied online.

This goes back to the idea of participating = learning. If the students aren't able to participate in finding solutions in the classroom, they are less likely to be able to do so in real life.

Wow - that's excellent. It's good to see successful funding of Title I scools.

Arm The Animals has a nice selection of say No To Animal Testing themed shirts.

Unfortunately, since PETA has a negative image in many spheres, including animal activist spheres, I worry their message could be overlooked. And it's an important message to spread. Many people don't understand that "animal testing" is a legal form of animal cruelty.

This is horrifying. Why isn't this kind of thing taught in school? Ethics 101. I think it's super important to our society that people learn these things. If pople don't know about it - they can't advocate for change.

I wishthere was more transparency for this and that they were easier to find. I suppose once you've done the research and found a brand you like, the "hard part" is over.

I just find it interesting that someone is so concerned with animals getting equal right as humans when we haven't even begun to give them basic rights and protections yet. At this point in time, I don't even see that this is an argument that needs to be made. hashtag firstthingsfirst

As the reading pointed out, many of the practices aren't based on new concepts. I feel like DIY is the same. In traditional learning, study groups and flash cards are examples of participation for learning. We're just used to calling it 'studying'. In a digital realm, it's usually 'producing'.

The interesting thing about digital literacies is that it makes it difficult to get participation credit just for "showing up" because in many cases, in order to leave a digital footprint (proof you "showed up") you need to participate in some way.

My commenting on your blog with Hypothesis is an example of that. I could have read your blog and left the page without anyone being wiser - there may have been a "page view" count, but nothing to identify that it was me. I have to comment on your blog post or comment here in Hypothesis to show "proof" of participation.

So in a way, digital literacies don't just encourage participation, they often require it.

This is what I think the educational system fears - the student that can determine their own goals, diversifying outcomes, which are more difficult to assess from a "National Standard" point of view.

The fact that companies hire social media specialists today is proof of how ingrained technology has become in our culture.

I feel like the educational system is a form of mashup. Ideas of "standards" were arbitrarily added when it was decided another assessment needed to be added to measure performance. But since they were mashed together over time, they don't work as well together as they would if someone woudl go in an "clean up" the concepts and standards of successful learning.

I think this a key point for why it hasn't been successfully integrated at this point. It's not just the instructor that needs to update lesson plans, it's the entire structure of the education system.

I feel like Lydia would have had help with this project - it seems quite advanced to have found all of the pictures and period-appropriate music, as well as to have edited things so smoothly together on her own. That makes me think - what a fun collaborative project this would be for a parent and child. Let the child decide the story to tell, the facts that are important, etc. and help bring their chosen story to life.

This is an interesting idea for kids - to have them choose a local person or historical site to research and make a video about - it encourages them to learn about their local community in a fun and engaging way.

This was an interesting idea - that Lydia spoke as Molly Brown. It made the viewer feel like they were being told a story by a grandparent about their life - but in the voice of a child. Interesting juxtaposition!

This being optional is a neat idea as some photographers may choose to describe the scene and their thought process when taking the photo, while others may was to let the viewer create their own context around how the picture may have come to be.

This is a good anaolgy. You can learn what the nail does and what the hammer does, but the hammer must interact with the nail in order to join two pieces of wood together. I like it!

Fancy term for 'social media'?

The public versus group versus private annotation options in Hypothesis is an excellent example of the felixible use of such tools.

Yes! I think the fear for many educators is that they have to dive in and be all or nothing when it comes to technology. But it's easy to slowly sneak in technology little by little as the educator feels comfortable!

I will be following this hashtag.

I love this idea because it's rooted in the concept that their responses will be researched and fact checked so that the responses and born of informed opinions!

A far cry from a lot of the far-reaching Facebook political posts I see, for example!

This is nice, as the project has room to learn from itself and grow during and after each cycle.

What if students were then able to annotate each other's public writings with hypothes.is to spark further conversation on each topic? Is that part of the plan?

It will be interesting to see if any topics change with Letters to the Next President 2.0. Will topics be added in light of recent events?