http://leahmacvie.com An educationist discovering DIY learning opportunities. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:40:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 http://leahmacvie.com/2012/02/4-colleges-where-you-can-personalize-your-own-degree/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=4-colleges-where-you-can-personalize-your-own-degree http://leahmacvie.com/2012/02/4-colleges-where-you-can-personalize-your-own-degree/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:40:23 +0000 Leah http://leahmacvie.com/?p=2143 Photo by Kaplan International CollegesChances are you or someone you know is thinking about going back to school. You may be positive that you want to go back, but you haven’t been able to find the right degree fit. Your goal is just ‘different’ from what is out there. Lucky for you there is a [...]]]> http://leahmacvie.com/2012/02/4-colleges-where-you-can-personalize-your-own-degree/feed/ 0 http://leahmacvie.com/2012/02/6-months-to-spain-week-7-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=6-months-to-spain-week-7-2 http://leahmacvie.com/2012/02/6-months-to-spain-week-7-2/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:50:31 +0000 Leah http://leahmacvie.com/?p=2139 Thanks so much for joining me for week 17 of my 6 Months to Spain series. I finished up my lessons with the Berlitz Spanish Guaranteed collection: Unit 18: Renting a car. This week I will begin a whole new series, probably Rosetta Stone. Over the past week I became interested in finding more about the Spanish culture in my [...]]]> http://leahmacvie.com/2012/02/6-months-to-spain-week-7-2/feed/ 0 http://leahmacvie.com/2012/02/ithaca-a-virtual-field-trip-to-an-open-and-free-town/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ithaca-a-virtual-field-trip-to-an-open-and-free-town http://leahmacvie.com/2012/02/ithaca-a-virtual-field-trip-to-an-open-and-free-town/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:34:05 +0000 Leah http://leahmacvie.com/?p=1897 If you’ve never been to Ithaca, NY, you are missing out on beautiful scenery, great wine, and a sprouting ‘open culture’. Ithaca is 4 hours away from my hometown, Buffalo, NY and it’s one of the most beautiful vacation spots in New York State. Let’s take a virtual field trip to the open and free [...]]]> http://leahmacvie.com/2012/02/ithaca-a-virtual-field-trip-to-an-open-and-free-town/feed/ 0 http://leahmacvie.com/2012/02/kelly-tenkelys-free-blooms-taxonomy-of-apps-2012-edition/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kelly-tenkelys-free-blooms-taxonomy-of-apps-2012-edition http://leahmacvie.com/2012/02/kelly-tenkelys-free-blooms-taxonomy-of-apps-2012-edition/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:33:59 +0000 Leah http://leahmacvie.com/?p=1908 Do you use iDevices like iPads in the classroom? If so, you are just going to love this new resource that Kelly Tenkely just released. I’ve had a few educators inquire about a resource like this and the iPro, Kelly, has put one together- available to you for free. Open publication – Free publishing – [...]]]> http://leahmacvie.com/2012/02/kelly-tenkelys-free-blooms-taxonomy-of-apps-2012-edition/feed/ 0 http://leahmacvie.com/2012/02/6-months-to-spain-week-16/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=6-months-to-spain-week-16 http://leahmacvie.com/2012/02/6-months-to-spain-week-16/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:24:34 +0000 Leah http://leahmacvie.com/?p=2104 Thanks so much for joining me for week 16 of my 6 Months to Spain series. I got through one more lessons with the Berlitz Spanish Guaranteed collection: Unit 17: Making Train Reservations. Getting around via train in Spain: There are plenty of trains to get you around in Spain. Here are some of the statistics: AVE: (I’ve mentioned [...]]]> http://leahmacvie.com/2012/02/6-months-to-spain-week-16/feed/ 0 http://leahmacvie.com/2012/02/top-9-diy-edu-contributions-by-anya-kamenetz/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-9-diy-edu-contributions-by-anya-kamenetz http://leahmacvie.com/2012/02/top-9-diy-edu-contributions-by-anya-kamenetz/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:00:44 +0000 Leah http://leahmacvie.com/?p=1959 As you know, I am participating in the second season of DIY U: Build a Personal Learning Plan on P2PU. It is cohosted by DIY U darling, Anya Kamenetz. I thought I would compile a list of resources Anya has contributed to the the DIY EDU community over the past few years with some quick [...]]]> http://leahmacvie.com/2012/02/top-9-diy-edu-contributions-by-anya-kamenetz/feed/ 0 http://leahmacvie.com/2012/02/6-months-to-spain-week-15/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=6-months-to-spain-week-15 http://leahmacvie.com/2012/02/6-months-to-spain-week-15/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:04:01 +0000 Leah http://leahmacvie.com/?p=2037 Thanks so much for joining me for week 15 of my 6 Months to Spain series. I got through one more lessons with the Berlitz Spanish Guaranteed collection: Unit 16: Getting around town. My husband and I have been keeping tabs on the increasing tension in Spain. Unfortunately, we have decided to delay our trip to Spain till next [...]]]> http://leahmacvie.com/2012/02/6-months-to-spain-week-15/feed/ 0 http://leahmacvie.com/2012/02/how-to-hack-p2pu-to-track-your-own-learning-experience/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-hack-p2pu-to-track-your-own-learning-experience http://leahmacvie.com/2012/02/how-to-hack-p2pu-to-track-your-own-learning-experience/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:12:52 +0000 Leah http://leahmacvie.com/?p=1944 Have you signed up for P2PU yet? It’s a really neat site for learning, meeting people who share your passion, and creating your own learning experience. What is P2PU?  P2PU stands for Peer to Peer University. It helps to organize informal learning in a virtual learning space. Like normal universities, P2PU also has schools- Webcraft, [...]]]> http://leahmacvie.com/2012/02/how-to-hack-p2pu-to-track-your-own-learning-experience/feed/ 0 http://leahmacvie.com/2012/01/6-months-to-spain-week-14/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=6-months-to-spain-week-14 http://leahmacvie.com/2012/01/6-months-to-spain-week-14/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:00:39 +0000 Leah http://leahmacvie.com/?p=1933 Thanks so much for joining me for week 14 of my 6 Months to Spain series. I got through quite a few more lessons with the Berlitz Spanish Guaranteed collection: Unit 12: Visiting a museum and ordinal numbers, Unit 13: Shopping for food and numbers 20-2000, Unit 14: Shopping for clothes and asking for size and color, Unit 15: [...]]]> http://leahmacvie.com/2012/01/6-months-to-spain-week-14/feed/ 0 http://leahmacvie.com/2012/01/6-months-to-spain-week-13/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=6-months-to-spain-week-13 http://leahmacvie.com/2012/01/6-months-to-spain-week-13/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:49:43 +0000 Leah http://leahmacvie.com/?p=1891 Thanks so much for joining me for week 13 of my 6 Months to Spain series. I accidentally skipped a week because I wanted to include the photos below and I just didn’t ‘act’ on uploading them as quickly as I thought I would. I was able to tackle a few more lessons with the Berlitz Spanish Guaranteed collection: [...]]]> http://leahmacvie.com/2012/01/6-months-to-spain-week-13/feed/ 0