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				<title>Jim MacLean commented on EDDL 5131: Assignment 3 : ePortfolio Gallery in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>http://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/04/04/eddl-5131-assignment-3-eportfolio-gallery/#comment-94</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2022 16:12:39 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Gena<br />
Thanks for your thoughts, and especially for the instructions on how to make the hyperlinks open in a new tab.  I will definitely give that a try.</p>
<p>Jim</p>
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				<title>ghamilton commented on EDDL 5131: Assignment 3 : ePortfolio Gallery in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>https://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/04/04/eddl-5131-assignment-3-eportfolio-gallery/#comment-93</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2022 04:29:11 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Jim,</p>
<p>I really like the changes that you made to your video re: larger font, interactive hotspots, and rotating it to first person perspective. Oddly the closed captioning icon is not showing for both [&hellip;]</p>
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				<title>Jim MacLean commented on EDDL 5131: Assignment 3 : ePortfolio Gallery in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>http://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/04/04/eddl-5131-assignment-3-eportfolio-gallery/#comment-92</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2022 19:33:37 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Carson<br />
Thanks for viewing the portfolio, and for your suggestion.  I will try your suggestion on how to rotate the video and fingers crossed.<br />
Re: the structure, I struggled as to how best to present the [&hellip;]</p>
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				<title>Carson Cardinal commented on EDDL 5131: Assignment 3 : ePortfolio Gallery in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>https://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/04/04/eddl-5131-assignment-3-eportfolio-gallery/#comment-91</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2022 19:08:26 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi there Jim, I have taken a few looks at your ePortfolio now. </p>
<p>I particularly enjoy how you implemented the H5P interactive skills we learned this semester. I also enjoyed how you created independent sections [&hellip;]</p>
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				<title>Carson Cardinal commented on EDDL 5131: Week 10/11: Activity 6: Add Captions to a video in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>https://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/03/23/eddl-5131-week-10-11-activity-6-add-captions-to-a-video/#comment-90</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2022 18:42:02 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi there Jim, I agree that your captions are timely. I too went back and edited out some of the &#8216;uhms&#8217; in my own video. If you had the intention of editing your video, it is possible to edit the timings of YouTube [&hellip;]</p>
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				<title>Carson Cardinal commented on EDDL 5131 Week 12: Activity 1: Readings in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>https://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/03/27/eddl-5131-week-12-activity-1-readings/#comment-89</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2022 18:18:31 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Jim. I agree with you that time can be so limited when educators are focused on maintaining so many different priorities at once. Do we need to spend more time on curriculum development, lesson planning, the [&hellip;]</p>
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				<title>Carson Cardinal commented on EDDL 5131: Week 10/11: Activity 7:  Outline Student Video Activities in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>https://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/03/17/eddl-5131-week-10-11-activity-7-outline-student-video-activities/#comment-88</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2022 18:01:31 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Jim, I appreciate your inclusion of video within your lab activities. I can remember doing many different science experiments in school but not once were we instructed to record our experiments. I feel that by [&hellip;]</p>
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				<title>Jenn Scott commented on EDDL 5131: Assignment 3 : ePortfolio Gallery in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>https://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/04/04/eddl-5131-assignment-3-eportfolio-gallery/#comment-87</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2022 02:51:15 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Jim,</p>
<p>I really like how you have linked to each of your media pieces. I do not believe the first link for the audio media is working.  I also like how you have sectioned off your procedure, the accessibility [&hellip;]</p>
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				<title>Jim MacLean commented on EDDL 5131: Week 10/11: Activities 3&#38;5: Recording and creating a video in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>http://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/03/22/eddl-5131-week-10-11-activity-3-record-a-video/#comment-86</link>
				<pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2022 19:15:16 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Keith<br />
Thanks for your suggestions.<br />
In my next edits I will endeavor to incorporate them.  Increasing the title size will improve readability. </p>
<p>Thanks also for your suggestions on how to change the orientation [&hellip;]</p>
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				<title>Jim MacLean commented on EDDL 5131: Week 10/11: Activities 3&#38;5: Recording and creating a video in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>http://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/03/22/eddl-5131-week-10-11-activity-3-record-a-video/#comment-85</link>
				<pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2022 19:07:16 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Keith<br />
What wonderful memories.<br />
Reminds me of throwing rocks on the shore to see the bioluminescent plankton light up.<br />
Not too many of my students are likely to have done either of these, which is a shame.<br />
Thanks<br />
Jim</p>
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				<title>Jim MacLean commented on EDDL 5131: Week 10/11: Activity 4: Record a Screencast in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>http://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/03/22/eddl-5131-week-10-11-activity-4-record-a-screencast/#comment-84</link>
				<pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2022 18:59:30 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Keith<br />
Good suggestion.<br />
I am thinking, for my at home learners that maybe I could redo the screen cast into two sections.  One very brief one to illustrate controls as apps can be a challenge to some of them, [&hellip;]</p>
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				<title>Keith Webster commented on EDDL 5131: Week 10/11: Activity 4: Record a Screencast in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>https://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/03/22/eddl-5131-week-10-11-activity-4-record-a-screencast/#comment-83</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2022 05:57:36 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Jim,</p>
<p>This is a good use of screencasting to create a lesson out of the PhET lab. Your narration is effective and the pace is easy to follow. The instruction is thorough so I wonder if a short time for [&hellip;]</p>
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				<title>Keith Webster commented on EDDL 5131: Week 10/11: Activities 3&#38;5: Recording and creating a video in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>https://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/03/22/eddl-5131-week-10-11-activity-3-record-a-video/#comment-82</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2022 05:09:38 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The video reminded me that when I was a kid (9 or 10), I got a microscope for my birthday and I remember mounting slides and using iodine. My best friend&#8217;s mother was a marine biologist and we used to lug a proper [&hellip;]</p>
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				<title>Keith Webster commented on EDDL 5131: Week 10/11: Activities 3&#38;5: Recording and creating a video in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2022 05:06:18 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Jim,</p>
<p>I like the way you&#8217;ve plotted this video out. The titles for each step are a good improvement (though I&#8217;d make the text a bit larger). I would consider a few ways to present this video at a larger size. [&hellip;]</p>
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				<title>Jim MacLean commented on Week 8/9 Activities 3 - 6 Audio Recordings in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>http://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/02/26/week-8-9-activities-34-and-5-audio-recordings/#comment-80</link>
				<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2022 22:34:28 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Keith<br />
Thanks for the thoughts, especially for the one regarding Mp3 file size.  Will definitely do that in the future.<br />
Thanks Jim</p>
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				<title>Keith Webster commented on Week 8/9 Activities 3 - 6 Audio Recordings in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>https://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/02/26/week-8-9-activities-34-and-5-audio-recordings/#comment-79</link>
				<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2022 07:18:23 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Jim,</p>
<p>These are pretty good audio files and the one with noise reduction has a definitely more solid quality to it. </p>
<p>I would recommend exporting your audio as mp3 files. They will be smaller in file size [&hellip;]</p>
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				<title>Jim MacLean commented on EDDL 5131 Assignment 4: Media Tool Presentation in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>http://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/03/16/eddl-5131-assignment-4-media-tool-presentation/#comment-78</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2022 00:31:39 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Frances<br />
Thanks for your comments.<br />
I agree that Google Sites has lots of positives, but are limited if you want to use things outside of google suite.<br />
Looking online, there are some work arounds to get H5P to [&hellip;]</p>
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				<title>Jim MacLean commented on EDDL 5131: Week 10/11: Activities 3&#38;5: Recording and creating a video in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>http://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/03/22/eddl-5131-week-10-11-activity-3-record-a-video/#comment-77</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2022 00:26:20 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Gena<br />
Thanks for your reply.<br />
I too started with iMovie and found it did not have too many options.  Fortunately my work had Adobe Premiere.  Not easy to use but lots of options.<br />
Re: my camera, I used my [&hellip;]</p>
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				<title>ghamilton commented on EDDL 5131: Week 10/11: Activities 3&#38;5: Recording and creating a video in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>https://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/03/22/eddl-5131-week-10-11-activity-3-record-a-video/#comment-76</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2022 02:35:45 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Jim,</p>
<p>I thought you would enjoy knowing that my partner walked by while I was viewing your edited video and thought you should pitch it to Bounty with a new slogan of the quicker iodine picker upper paper [&hellip;]</p>
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				<title>Frances Maddalozzo commented on EDDL 5131 Assignment 4: Media Tool Presentation in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>https://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/03/16/eddl-5131-assignment-4-media-tool-presentation/#comment-75</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2022 17:37:00 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello Jim, Alex, and Kayleigh,</p>
<p>Thank you for your elaborate presenation on Google Sites and educational platform. It is true Google has become a household staple! My high schooler children use Google [&hellip;]</p>
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				<title>ghamilton commented on EDDL 5131: Week 10/11: Activity 7:  Outline Student Video Activities in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>https://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/03/17/eddl-5131-week-10-11-activity-7-outline-student-video-activities/#comment-74</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2022 03:42:51 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Jim,</p>
<p>Science activities have come a long way since I was in high school! I think I would have been more engaged if I had recorded components of a lab activity or a project and shared them with a class. I [&hellip;]</p>
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				<title>Jim MacLean commented on Week 8/9 Activity 7: Generate and Embed a Transcript for an Audio File in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>http://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/03/02/activity-7-generate-and-embed-a-transcript-for-an-audio-file/#comment-73</link>
				<pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2022 18:13:06 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks Gena<br />
Great ideas to help me refine this for the final project.<br />
Re: recording device, I expect most of my students would prefer to use their phones, but we do have ipads available also.  Re: editing [&hellip;]</p>
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				<title>ghamilton commented on Week 8/9 Activity 7: Generate and Embed a Transcript for an Audio File in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>https://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/03/02/activity-7-generate-and-embed-a-transcript-for-an-audio-file/#comment-72</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2022 23:14:35 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Jim,<br />
This is a fun idea for incorporating sounds into a podcast. Like Carson, I found myself chuckling at the sounds. At times I felt like I had to work to listen to your voice competing with the animal [&hellip;]</p>
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				<title>Jim MacLean commented on EDDL 5131 Week 8/9 Activity 2: Source Audio for Educational Use in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>http://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/02/26/eddl-5131-week-8-9-activity-2-source-audio-for-educational-use/#comment-71</link>
				<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2022 22:01:30 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks Geoff<br />
That is one I think I will be using in class when we talk about the larnyx.<br />
Jim</p>
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				<title>gjohnson commented on EDDL 5131 Week 8/9 Activity 2: Source Audio for Educational Use in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>http://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/02/26/eddl-5131-week-8-9-activity-2-source-audio-for-educational-use/#comment-70</link>
				<pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2022 19:27:18 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Jim,<br />
Interesting site that you found.  This use of audio and relating it to the physical size of vocal folds would be very effective, and interesting for your learners.<br />
Geoff</p>
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				<title>Jim MacLean commented on EDDL 5131: Week 7: Activities 2 &#38; 5 in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>http://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/02/17/eddl-5131-week-7-activities-2-5/#comment-69</link>
				<pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2022 02:30:32 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Keith<br />
Thanks for the thoughts.  I am hoping to use this assignment next year, and I find for some of my students at least, the more detail, the better.<br />
Jim</p>
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				<title>Jim MacLean commented on Assignment 2: Develop an Online Media Assignment in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>http://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/03/02/assignment-2-develop-an-online-media-assignment/#comment-68</link>
				<pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2022 02:26:10 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Frances<br />
Thanks for the suggestion, and for the resource.  I also had an online teacher which started each week with a short video, and I agree it does make it more personal.<br />
Jim</p>
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				<title>Jim MacLean commented on EDDL 5131  Activity 6: Situate an Educational Graphic Within Online Learning – standard version  in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>http://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/02/09/eddl-5131-activity-6-situate-an-educational-graphic-within-online-learning-standard-version/#comment-67</link>
				<pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2022 02:24:05 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Gena<br />
Great suggestion.  I teach about colour blindness, so I really should have thought of that.   I will look to adjust it before I use it in class.<br />
Jim</p>
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				<title>Jim MacLean commented on Week 8/9 Activity 7: Generate and Embed a Transcript for an Audio File in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>http://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/03/02/activity-7-generate-and-embed-a-transcript-for-an-audio-file/#comment-66</link>
				<pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2022 02:22:38 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Carson<br />
Good to hear it made you laugh.  It was fun recording to do<br />
Jim</p>
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				<title>Carson Cardinal commented on Week 8/9 Activity 7: Generate and Embed a Transcript for an Audio File in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>https://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/03/02/activity-7-generate-and-embed-a-transcript-for-an-audio-file/#comment-65</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2022 20:09:48 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi there Jim&#8230;hearing various animals in the background actually made me laugh. At first, I was wondering&#8230;&#8221;does Jim have a puppy&#8221;? HAHA. Well done overall as I felt that your voice was not overpowered by your [&hellip;]</p>
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				<title>ghamilton commented on EDDL 5131  Activity 6: Situate an Educational Graphic Within Online Learning – standard version  in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2022 04:59:42 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Jim,</p>
<p>I thought of the heartbeat as a linear experience until you shared this graphic! The graphic does help provide a mental representation for dense information. One suggestion is to change the instructions [&hellip;]</p>
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				<link>http://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/03/02/assignment-2-develop-an-online-media-assignment/#comment-63</link>
				<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2022 20:04:31 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello Jim,</p>
<p>I can tell you are a seasoned educator! Well done on your assignment as it is detailed and wonderfully explained.</p>
<p>If I had to make one suggestion it would be perhaps creating a video of you [&hellip;]</p>
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				<link>https://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/02/17/eddl-5131-week-7-activities-2-5/#comment-62</link>
				<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2022 20:36:28 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a well done outline and rubric. I like that you have expanded &#8216;demonstrate your understanding&#8217; to include specific observable items in the rubric at different levels of achievement. I always advise people [&hellip;]</p>
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				<title>Jim MacLean commented on EDDL 5131 Week 8/9 Activity 2: Source Audio for Educational Use in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>http://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/02/26/eddl-5131-week-8-9-activity-2-source-audio-for-educational-use/#comment-61</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2022 21:51:51 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Carson<br />
I was pleased to find the site with those animal sounds.  What a fun way to learn about frequency!<br />
Thanks<br />
Jim</p>
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				<title>Carson Cardinal commented on EDDL 5131 Week 8/9 Activity 2: Source Audio for Educational Use in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>https://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/02/26/eddl-5131-week-8-9-activity-2-source-audio-for-educational-use/#comment-60</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2022 22:47:42 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi there Jim, I enjoyed how you presented your content as it linked your facts of vocal/sound frequency with relevant audio samples. Simple, to the point, and effective in that I could imagine learners being able [&hellip;]</p>
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				<title>Jim MacLean commented on EDDL 5131: Week 7: Activities 2 &#38; 5 in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>https://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/02/17/eddl-5131-week-7-activities-2-5/#comment-59</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2022 23:44:17 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for your comment Carson</p>
<p>Selecting groups carefully can make or break a project with my group, so it is always great  when it works and they work well together.<br />
Jim</p>
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				<title>Carson Cardinal commented on EDDL 5131: Week 7: Activities 2 &#38; 5 in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>https://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/02/17/eddl-5131-week-7-activities-2-5/#comment-58</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2022 19:44:00 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi there Jim, in brief I just wanted to mention how you were willing to enunciate student differences in terms of their abilities and skills. I too believe that allowing student groups to be somewhat complex in [&hellip;]</p>
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				<title>Jim MacLean commented on EDDL 5131: Week 4:   Activity 2: Information Architecture   in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>http://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/01/29/eddl-5131-week-4-activity-2-information-architecture/#comment-57</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2022 02:29:30 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the info Keith, good to know.</p>
<p>Jim</p>
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				<title>Jim MacLean commented on EDDL 5131  Activity 6: Situate an Educational Graphic Within Online Learning – standard version  in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>http://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/02/09/eddl-5131-activity-6-situate-an-educational-graphic-within-online-learning-standard-version/#comment-56</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2022 02:28:22 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks Monika<br />
Good to know about the blog post, I will see what I can do about that.  Also great suggestion for the fill in the blanks portion.<br />
Jim</p>
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				<title>Monika commented on EDDL 5131  Activity 6: Situate an Educational Graphic Within Online Learning – standard version  in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>http://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/02/09/eddl-5131-activity-6-situate-an-educational-graphic-within-online-learning-standard-version/#comment-55</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2022 15:37:49 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hi Jim, I really appreciate that you included a link to the original graphic, the image in the blog is small and the text is not legible, but the linked graphic is excellent and I&#8217;m able to zoom in and see all the [&hellip;]</p>
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				<title>Keith Webster commented on EDDL 5131: Week 4:   Activity 2: Information Architecture   in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>https://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/01/29/eddl-5131-week-4-activity-2-information-architecture/#comment-54</link>
				<pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2022 05:47:36 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Jim,</p>
<p>Call-outs are a bit tricky in many platforms like WordPress or your typical LMS. They can be done wit a bit of HTML that can be worth tucking away to be re-used as needed. When you see something you [&hellip;]</p>
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				<title>Jim MacLean commented on EDDL 5131  Activity 6: Situate an Educational Graphic Within Online Learning – standard version  in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>http://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/02/09/eddl-5131-activity-6-situate-an-educational-graphic-within-online-learning-standard-version/#comment-53</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2022 22:16:09 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Carson</p>
<p>Thanks for your post.  For me, I think the strongest element of this graphic is that it helps illustrates the abstract concept of the cyclical nature of the heart beat.  I have observed that many of [&hellip;]</p>
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				<title>Carson Cardinal commented on EDDL 5131  Activity 6: Situate an Educational Graphic Within Online Learning – standard version  in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>http://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/02/09/eddl-5131-activity-6-situate-an-educational-graphic-within-online-learning-standard-version/#comment-52</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2022 19:14:38 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi there Jim, in your opinion, what is the most effective &#8216;area&#8217; of your chosen infographic? Is it that it has the capacity to connect to prior student learning or do you feel that it is its capacity to accurately [&hellip;]</p>
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				<title>Jim MacLean commented on EDDL 5131 Week 3:  Activity 3: Integrating UDL in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>http://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/01/22/eddl-5131-week-3-activity-3-integrating-udl/#comment-51</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 18:19:07 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Jenn<br />
Great idea having the students create a library of support material.<br />
I will try this.<br />
Thanks<br />
Jim</p>
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				<title>Jenn Scott commented on EDDL 5131 Week 3:  Activity 3: Integrating UDL in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>http://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/01/22/eddl-5131-week-3-activity-3-integrating-udl/#comment-50</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 03:56:37 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Jim!</p>
<p>As a relatively new teacher I can relate to the time constraints. I will admit that I have been lucky over the past 3 years to teach the same courses so each year I am afforded the time to add more [&hellip;]</p>
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				<title>ghamilton commented on EDDL 5131 Week 3:  Activity 3: Integrating UDL in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>https://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/01/22/eddl-5131-week-3-activity-3-integrating-udl/#comment-49</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 02:22:56 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Jim,</p>
<p>I also aim to encourage my Work Study Program students to set goals and self-manage. I assign them to choose and complete an approach to help them remember their responsibilities. Options to set [&hellip;]</p>
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				<title>Jim MacLean commented on EDDL 5131 Week 3:  Activity 3: Integrating UDL in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>https://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/01/22/eddl-5131-week-3-activity-3-integrating-udl/#comment-48</link>
				<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2022 20:26:15 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Kayleigh</p>
<p>Thanks for your thoughts, I also like the PhET simulations.  One of my favourites is the natural selection simulation with the wolves and the bunnies.  Great options to change the environment, [&hellip;]</p>
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				<title>Kayleigh McIntosh commented on EDDL 5131 Week 3:  Activity 3: Integrating UDL in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>http://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/01/22/eddl-5131-week-3-activity-3-integrating-udl/#comment-47</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2022 21:20:33 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Jim,</p>
<p>We teach the same subjects and are both relatively new teachers (year 3 here). </p>
<p>One thing I&#8217;ve found helpful for science are PhET simulations. There are many teacher resources and activities uploaded [&hellip;]</p>
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				<title>Jim MacLean commented on EDDL 5131 Week 3:  Activity 3: Integrating UDL in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>http://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/01/22/eddl-5131-week-3-activity-3-integrating-udl/#comment-46</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2022 01:33:37 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks Corey<br />
I actually have just discovered Khan academy, and am experimenting with it.  I like your idea of math games and puzzles.  I think chemistry would also lend itself to puzzles.<br />
Thanks again<br />
Jim</p>
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				<title>chermiston commented on EDDL 5131 Week 3:  Activity 3: Integrating UDL in the group Jim MacLean&#039;s Portfolio</title>
				<link>http://jmaclean-portfolio.eddl.tru.ca/2022/01/22/eddl-5131-week-3-activity-3-integrating-udl/#comment-45</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2022 22:15:37 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Jim,</p>
<p>One area of UDL to focus on is providing multiple means of engagement, i.e., providing multiple resources that contend with different learning methods and allowing students to choose which works best [&hellip;]</p>
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