Doing the daily deed

I've been engaging with the Ontario Extend daily tasks - called Daily Extends - since the kickoff event on March 6th. It's a manageable make on a daily basis. My hook into doing a daily deed. It's habit forming and I'm now looking forward to the prompts posted and then figuring out how to respond. Not always the correct ways, but they get the deed done! When I jump in early, it's sometimes easier but sometimes it's a bit more challenging so I'll wait till later in the day so I can see how others respond. Then I can 'riff off' of someone's post to create my own extensions.

There's a leader board but that has never been part of my purpose. It's the daily 'make me think' that keeps me coming back. Last year I participated in a daily doodle for a month. I know there's another doodle challenge going on right now, but this will have to wait until I've completed the daily extends. Only one daily thing can happen at a time - otherwise it's too distracting and nothing else will get done. So here's my daily extends - https://extend-daily.ecampusontario.ca/hashtags/hj_dewaard/

There may be nuggets of wisdom or just plain fun, but over the course of almost a month, there's certainly a trail of digital breadcrumbs, left out in the open, as I create, share and connect with others in this engaged, community space.

Keeping Track #OExtend - Daily extends week one

At the end of the first week as an Eastender Extender, I can honestly say I'm having fun. It's not quite a MOOC but it's got me doing things, creating things, building connections and getting feedback on what's happening.

First: the daily extenders. These are quick tweets done daily to connect to conversations about the topic of the day. These usually take a few minutes to create and then a quick check in a few times a day to see what others' are saying. So far, it's been an interesting conversation:

• oext103 - an everyday metaphor for extend [Metaphorically speaking!! Breaking out of the snow and cold!]
• oext104 - Fit a big ambition on a post it note [Build global digital citizenship understanding]
• oext105 - What can you say except.... You're welcome. Share something that deserves gratitude [Rules of Netiquette graphic]
• oext106 - Worst learning outcome statements [Worst Possible Outcome: Students comprehend & perceive critical thinking factors to know & be aware of, while values are accepted, apprehended and understood. They grasp, have knowledge of, and learn the core concepts in course content through assessments.]
• oext107 - Overload [Cognitive overloaded. My brain on overload - when I'm on the red line but the info I need is at the end of the green line!] Tweeted with an image of the Tokyo Subway system.]
• oext108 - Simple Sunday Extend: Sock share [two socks image attached to tweet - Colour Me Rad and eCampus Ontario socks make a perfect pair]
• oext109 - Seek some hidden curriculum [Not explicit, hidden under learning events = become a networked, connected educator. #NoMarksForThis #WIIFM Leave the course with your own #PLN to #KeepLearning]
• oext110 - Celebrate a technical accomplishment [Celebrating this 'union' of two great knowledge organizers! It's my contribution to @ontarioextend #oext110]
• oext111 - What don't I know? [Admitting it here first! I don't 'git' what the 'github' is all about? Would love to know, but it's all foreign like wiki wondering and html language to me!]  added a Power Ranger giphy.

If you want to see all 9 in one place, the Ontario Extend leaderboard links to the daily creations by each of those participating. Interesting way to keep things organized. You can see my leaderboard HERE.