A quick explanation showing the process behind students sharing standard written journals through cameraphone imagery. It's a presentation made during the 2021 CESICON in Ireland that recaps successful integration of Microsoft Teams, Class Notebooks, and Moodle to complement taskings set on Moodle.

1. JOURNALING
THROUGH A PINHOLE CAMERA
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2. Case Study at Third Level
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Students demonstrated massive
improvements in their digital skills
in less than three weeks.

3. TL;DR
Environment.
Third level creative writing
module that pivoted during
COVID-19 lockdown.
Tasks.
10 pieces of writing
complemented by single page
journal entries.
B6 Journals.
30 or more pages released under
Creative Commons.
Online Classes.
Microsoft Teams four hours a
week. Used Moodle, OneNote,
and Stream.
Result!
Students wrote, journaled,
shared, and debriefed.
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4. Environment
We converted to
emergency remote
teaching and learning
shortly after starting fall
semester 2020.
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5. Tasks
• 10 pieces of writing in
OneNote.
• Collaborative writing in Class
Notebook.
• 30 pages in a journal.
• Two cameraphone scans of
journal pages.
• Syndication through Creative
Commons.
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6. B6 Journals
Hard Cover Journals
Some pages snapped to share.
Viewed online.
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• Two hour sessions twice a week.
• Some students had much better home tech
and internet connectivity.
• Classes had structured Rundown Lists.
Online Classes

8. Essential Digital Tools
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9. Teams, Files, Channels
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10. Value of Traditional Journals
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11. Microsoft Tools = OneStop Study Space
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Students insisted on joined-up calendaring,
files management, and rapid direct chats.

12. Checklists Help
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Casual chats
inside Teams Huddles
improve mental heath.

14. Results
• More creative writing.
• Highly sophisticated
critical appraisals.
• Pride in presentation.
• Independent learning.
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15. Journaling with Pinhole Camera
Brief
Moodle tasks.
Checklist inside
OneNote.
OneNote
Personal space.
Collaboration
Space
Content Library.
Teams
Essential two-
way learning.
Huddles
Social learning.
Collaboration.
Moodle
Calendar.
Marks.
Feedback.
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16. Journaling with Pinhole Camera
Sharing
During teams
and Huddles.
Collab
Asynchronous
OneNote.
Also real-time
Huddles.
Syndicating
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Flickr Media
Writing Group.
Archive
Auto-saved by
Teams and
SharePoint.
Clips on Stream.
Result!
Exceeded
learning
objectives.
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17. 17
https://youtu.be/0tBM0mTwI04

18. Success in
lockdown
We pivoted to an
emergency mode in
teaching and
learning.
We learned to
enhance traditional
learning.
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19. Case Study Validation
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We will integrate lessons learned
to our traditional and blended programmes.
Listening to #MIEExpert tweetstreams.

20. #CLONMELDIGITAL
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Honours Degrees for Creative Media Design, Digital
Animation, Game Art Design, and VFX.
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21. Bernie is
@topgold
Creative
Media Lecturer
#ictedu Advocate
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