en sv en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en de es en en en nl en en en en en en sv en en en sv pt en en en en en en en en en en en en en en
I’m proud to be an alumna of the Communication, Media, and Learning Technologies Design Program at Teachers College, Columbia University where I earned my MA (2001) and EdM (2016) in Instructional Technology and New Media. (The next step would be a Doctorate, but unless I get an honorary one like Bono, I’m not sure I have the willpower to do so…)
Professor Chang, my patient and helpful thesis advisor, invited me to speak with her core seminar students tonight about my “experience and expertise in implementing and learning with technology in the classroom.” I prepared the slides above to lightly outline and illustrate why I think curating a Personalized (or Professional) Learning Network is super valuable. I also included suggestions for how to locate and connect with people synchronously and asynchronously, online and offline, personally and professionally. For inspiration about what to talk about, I turned to the abstract for my EdM paper which is pasted below:
This paper considers that investing time in growing a Personalized Learning Network (PLN) by interacting with other professionals in the field synchronously and asynchronously, online and offline, socially and professionally will lead to the ultimate reward of being a more engaged, informed, and connected educator in the 21st Century. This inevitably will enable access to people and information that will further enrich the educator and their community. There are distinct advantages to building and leveraging a PLN to learn, share, network, and collaborate as a career teacher both online and offline. Additionally, maintaining a personal portfolio is a valuable resource towards professional growth and building your network as it helps educators engage in a metacognitive study of their own teaching and learning, legitimize their online presence, and expand their PLN. Much research points towards the value of growing a PLN and digital portfolio curation and the role these play in a 21st Century educator’s practice.
Tagged as 21st Century, CMLTD, curation, digital portfolio, EdCamp, EdM, Instructional Technology and New Media, MA, MSTU, PD, Personal Learning Network, personalized learning, Personalized Learning Network, PLN, professional, professional development, Professional Learning Community, Professional Learning Network, professionaldevelopment
October 10, 2015 · 1:23 pm
Cardboard, MakeyMakey, @Scratch instruments with @EmilySticco and 8th graders. #GlobalCardboardChallenge
I discussed two possible projects with Emily. We’re in the middle of the first project now — the students are building and programming a Cardboard Jam Band. This can be super simple or more nuanced depending on the students. The tasks:
1. Design a 2D or 3D instrument with 5 “keys” that are conductive and provide input for the MakeyMakey to inform the Scratch program.
3. Adapt Eric Rosenbaum and Jay Silver’s  amazing  MakeyMakey Scratch Piano program to include 5 chosen sounds. (Students decide the note, duration, octave, instrument, etc.)
4. Hook up their instrument to a MakeyMakey and jam with a few classmates.
5. Shoot a music video (possibly optional).
Thank goodness for the wonderful #MakerEd community and multitude of educators, crafters, and students who share tweets, videos, and blog posts of their projects. One of my students is making a cardboard trombone. I told him to Google and see what’s out there, and naturally we immediately came across @JoshBurker‘s awesome blog post about just this very project! Josh is a master tinkerer, Maker-in-Residence at the Westport Library, and author of The Invent to Learn Guide to Fun. I’m very lucky to have him in my PLN.
Our second project will entail having students compose original music either independently or in pairs and then have their music launch… something.  I still have time to pin down the specifics, and I’ve told Emily we have a few options when it comes to having a sound sensor (microphone) input and motors/light output. We can use LEGO WeDo kits, LEGO NXT kits, littleBits, Arduino boards, or even Stephen Lewis’s Make!Things kits. I like the idea of the microphone sound sensor being placed near the computers’ speakers, and then based on the bass or loudness or some chosen variable, their sculpture or wall piece (or even a tshirt) would light-up and have moving parts. It occurred to me that this could even be an autonomous self-running piece, like some sort of installation, that reacts to any sounds. So, placing it in the cafeteria during lunch would make it go bonkers…
Tagged as 8th Grade, cardboard, Emily Sticco, Global Cardboard Challenge, Jay Silver, Josh Burket, makered, MakeyMakey Eric Rosenbaum, music, Personal Learning Community, Personal Learning Network, Personalized Learning Network, PLN, programming, scratch, STEAM, STEM, The School at Columbia University
March 14, 2014 · 3:52 pm
Slides from “Our Blogs, Ourselves” at the inaugural #SpringBlogFest
Dr. Nellie Deutsch (@nelliemuller) is busier than I am. That’s saying a lot. She invited me to present at the inaugural Spring Blog Festival that she co-organized with Sylvia Guinan (@ESLbrain) and Shelly Sanchez Terrell (@ShellTerrell). I titled my presentation Our Blogs, Ourselves, because I’m a child of the 70s and a sucker for a pun.
Curation is a 21st Century skill, and I have been curating my digital presence for years. I encourage people all the time to claim their virtual real estate even if they won’t be using it actively. My goal for this session is to share how and why I gather archival evidence of my professional endeavors and classroom projects in a digital portfolio and offer some tips to get started. Also, in the spirit of using social media socially, I will suggest ways to build and optimize a Personalized Learning Network (PLN).
The Spring Blog Festival will all be held online on WizIQ. The link for my session is here: http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/1680258-sbf-our-blogs-ourselves
Tagged as #springblogfest, blog, cybraryman1, Dr. Nellie Deutsch, edchat, Flickr, googleplus, hashtag, instagram, Jerry Blumengarten, Karen Blumberg, linkedin, Personal Learning Network, Personalized Learning Network, PLN, Professional Learning Network, Shelly Terrell, Spring Blog Festival, Twitter
February 24, 2012 · 7:14 pm
Meeting with @donbuckley to schedule afterschool professional development workshops at @The_School
Don Buckley (my boss and the Director of Innovation at The School at Columbia University) and I met this morning and created a schedule to formalize our informal in-house professional development sessions. Here’s the note that we composed this morning that Don just sent out to faculty:
Based on the success of the iPad App shares and our Tweetup, we’d like to host more meetups about new media literacies. The following dates and times have been set aside for these conversations. Please feel free to suggest other topics too! All meetups will happen in the Library.
Feb 29th (Wed) … Presentations (Powerpoint, Keynote, Prezi, GooglePres)
March 6th (Tues) … The Gallery and The Tube
March 28th (Wed) … Twitter/PLN
April 2nd (Mon) … Infographics
April 11th (Wed) … 3D printing (other location needed)
April 26th (Thurs) … iPad App share
May 7th (Mon) … Google Forms and more Infographics with data
May 16th (Wed) … TBD
May 24th (Thurs) … TBD
Tagged as 3D, 3D printer, 3D printing, 3DTin, Don Buckley, Gina Marcel, Google, Google Apps, Google Apps for Edu, Google Docs, Google Forms, Google Presentations, in-house, infographic, infographics, information, iPad, iPad2, new media, new media literacies, new media server, PD, Personal Learning Community, Personal Learning Network, PLC, PLN, presentation, professional, professional development, Professional Learning Community, Professional Learning Network, share, The Gallery, TinkerCad, Twitter
I couldn’t find a satisfactory wall mount for a mini glue gun, so I made one with @Tinkercad and an @Ultimaker. You can find it on the @thingiverse… @BrearleyNYC #MakerEd #STEAM
Pics from my visit to @DwightSchool’s #SparkLab designed by @lesa_wang! #makerspace #MakerEd #STEAM
Gathering my notes and tweets from yesterday’s mycelium workshop at @GenspaceNYC (organized by @STEMteachersNYC)… #STEMintheCITY #scichat #STEMed
Finally finished this chandelier made from the rolled up flyers that flooded my mailbox in June before the mayoral primary. #MakerEd #STEAM #ArtEdTech
Presenting “Experiences As A Maker Educator (Before, During, And After COVID)” at @Make Education Forum, 12pm EDT. I’ll share a variety of projects from @BrearleyNYC. #MakerEd #STEAM
Archives Select Month May 2022  (1) March 2022  (1) February 2022  (1) October 2021  (1) September 2021  (1) December 2020  (1) October 2020  (1) March 2020  (1) February 2020  (1) December 2019  (3) November 2019  (1) October 2019  (1) September 2019  (2) July 2019  (1) April 2019  (1) March 2019  (6) November 2018  (1) October 2018  (4) September 2018  (2) June 2018  (3) May 2018  (3) April 2018  (3) March 2018  (2) February 2018  (4) January 2018  (3) December 2017  (3) November 2017  (4) October 2017  (2) September 2017  (3) July 2017  (2) June 2017  (4) May 2017  (5) April 2017  (2) March 2017  (10) February 2017  (3) January 2017  (1) December 2016  (5) November 2016  (6) October 2016  (1) September 2016  (1) August 2016  (1) July 2016  (1) June 2016  (11) May 2016  (10) April 2016  (4) March 2016  (3) February 2016  (7) January 2016  (3) December 2015  (7) November 2015  (6) October 2015  (8) September 2015  (3) August 2015  (2) July 2015  (4) June 2015  (5) April 2015  (1) March 2015  (10) February 2015  (1) January 2015  (1) December 2014  (8) November 2014  (4) October 2014  (8) September 2014  (2) July 2014  (4) June 2014  (9) May 2014  (5) April 2014  (3) March 2014  (6) February 2014  (3) January 2014  (3) December 2013  (6) November 2013  (4) October 2013  (5) September 2013  (8) August 2013  (2) June 2013  (7) May 2013  (9) April 2013  (14) March 2013  (7) February 2013  (9) January 2013  (9) December 2012  (3) November 2012  (7) October 2012  (7) September 2012  (6) August 2012  (1) July 2012  (3) June 2012  (6) May 2012  (12) April 2012  (8) March 2012  (4) February 2012  (3) January 2012  (8) December 2011  (6) November 2011  (7) October 2011  (7) September 2011  (6) August 2011  (2) July 2011  (1) June 2011  (5) May 2011  (8) April 2011  (12) March 2011  (10) February 2011  (6) January 2011  (4) December 2010  (6) November 2010  (6) October 2010  (4) September 2010  (6) August 2010  (1) July 2010  (1) June 2010  (2) May 2010  (6) April 2010  (5)
Twitter Flickr LinkedIn Facebook YouTube Instagram
3D 3d design 3D print 3D printer 3D printing 5th Grade 6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade Art Brearley collaboration copyright design thinking digital portfolio DIY Don Buckley Drupal EdCamp EdCampNYC Education Elgg English Google Google Apps Google Apps for Edu Google Sites iPad iste Jaymes Dec JR KarenBlumberg Karen Blumberg laptop literacy macbook maker Makerbot makered Makerspace math middle School new media NYCIST PD Photoshop PLN professional professional development programming renaissance science scratch Social Media social network social networking STEAM STEM Teach21 Teach21C technology TED TEDx TEDxNYED TEDxYouth TEDxYouth@TheSchool TEDxYouthDay The Brearley School The School at Columbia University The Social Network TinkerCad Twitter Ultimaker Yoshiko Maruiwa YouTube
Click to subscribe to this blog
All works on karenblumberg.com are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.