Daily Connector

Who are these people? They are you. And us. For today’s Daily Connect, check out the Connected Courses Directory, and if you have not yet done so, add yourself into the mix. The Directory is a place where we can find new colleagues, ask advice, bounce ideas, and of course, connect. Here’s the link to […]

(Note: The CLMOOC of 2016 starts today — July 10. We’ve been running these Daily Connector ideas before CLMOOC launches as a sort of teaser, and an invitation to get connected. They will keep running for the next few weeks, too. For more information about CLMOOC, you can sign up for news and information.) We don’t […]

Is there anything more powerful than a group of insightful people thinking together? Not likely. For today’s activity, come join an annotation endeavor of an insightful post by Mariana Funes as she explores the many layers of the idea of “A Human OER” from any number of different angles, including themes of access and diversity […]

Let’s connect using a tool called Answer Garden, which is sort of like a Word Cloud but designed to be collaborative. We have set one up with the question: What does connecting mean to you? What’s your word? If someone else already added it, add it again, and watch the word grow in significance. Add your ideas […]

Earlier in a Connected Learning experience, Howard Rheingold shared these words that resonated with a lot of people (and it has been retweeted often). For today’s Daily Connect, explore Howard’s idea with a focus on where your own edge is located. How far do your toes go over the edge? Since this is all about connections, how […]

If you have not experienced Zeega, an online tool for creating digital media, it might be worth a gander. In a general explanation, Zeega allows you to construct a media project by borrowing images, sound, gifs and words from other sources, and then pulling it into one share-able project. What’s interesting about Zeega is that […]

Phew. Every day, you’re getting bombarded by our Daily Connects. It’s hard to catch up, never mind keep on track. Today’s your Day of Grace. Spend a little time perusing the previous Daily Connect ideas (or just randomly pick and choose) and maybe try one out that intrigues you. Or ignore the site altogether. Make […]

Did you know that there is something known as the National Day on Writing, as hosted by the National Council of Teachers of English? It happens each year in the fall. It’s cool. A common theme of the Day on Writing tis “writing my community” and so the idea for the Daily Connect is to create a […]

With friends and connections and sharing on our mind, it seems a fine time to check out a tool that gives you a little friendly “hacking” experience from our friends at Mozilla. X-Ray Goggles is part of the Webmaker Toolkit, and its overlay system provides a perfect way to hack the message of a website. […]

We love reading words, of course. Blogs, tweets, forums. But what we would really love to hear is your voice. For today’s Daily Connect, why not record an audio greeting for someone (or more than one someone) in your online community and share your voice? Can we suggest Vocaroo as a simple, no-registration option? While the […]

Today’s Daily Connect is all about a nifty tool that allows you to paint with words. Ideally, it will be someone else’s words that you will paint with. Find someone’s blog post or tweet or idea that has been shared. Within that post, find a sentence or two that resonates with you. Then, copy those […]

Nothing says snarky wisdom like a well-written meme. But it also honors the space it skewers. For today’s Daily Connect, try your hand at a meme. Share your image out on Twitter and other social media spaces. Not sure about memes? Check out this Make Bank share from a previous Making Learning Connected Make Cycle. There […]

While maybe this would have been better done at the start of this shebang, it’s never too late to launch a collaborative mapping project to visually show connections on a global scale. For this Daily Create, pin yourself on the Connected Courses map. Let’s see where we all hail from in the world … Feel […]

No doubt, many of you are sitting in a chair as you read this on your screen. (Some of you may be using your little mobile devices and are on the move. Bear with us on our opening …) But where is it exactly that you are sitting? For today’s Daily Connect, take a picture […]