Rosanna Miiller Salas

I named my favorite moment Visual Contact. It is a reference to when I saw my baby the first time. We connected deeply and everything seemed to disappear. It was a magic sensation when I realized that my life changed forever. I am convinced we had a private communication. I remember looking into her eyes…

This was a challenging week for me. I started this course with many expectations and personal resolutions that like in every previous learning experience are transformed beginning the first day. I expected to spend more time focused on improving my designer skills; rather I found myself in a new social learning interaction path that is…

“Miss Google” This is my TDC “Beauty by Google”

Understanding what it means being literate or illiterate in todays world implies analyzing a complexity of concepts, terms, inte ractions, and being willing to rethink personal conceptions. “New Literacies: Everyday Practices and Social Learning” by Colin Lanksh ear and Michele Knobel provides in the first chapter an overview exploring concepts, proposing themes of reflection, and…

This week I watched a couple of productions developed as part of a initiative to create videos reinforcing identity. The traits I selected for my first critique are: Story: I believe the core aspect of a digital storytelling project is to show a quality story that engage viewers during the whole production. Originality, voice, and…

Recently I created a Pecha Kucha presentation with the purpose to promote knowledge and respect for diversity and traditions of different cultures. One comment I received was to consider creating the presentation in Spanish and adding subtitles in English to provide a strong sense of cultural heritage and identity. The nature of the assignment didn’t…

Recently I was reading about incorporating online games in the classroom experience. From an strictly teacher perspective the games must enhance students learning experience according with the goals and learning objectives. Is it possible to have fun when we learn and teach a second language? In my opinion gaming can be incredibly beneficial to learning…

During these weeks I was participating in online discussions about how to design effective online education, what are the best practices to integrate technology in the classroom, what are the most successful models for eLearning in k-12 education, and other interesting topics. What are the implications of this technological integration in the area of teaching…