The MOOC I mentioned a few days ago is starting today! I encourage you all to join me and then watch for ideas and comments here at ed.tech.for.me. Join in on the conversation and let us all know what you think! I’m taking a MOOC: “Tools for Humanizing Your Online Course” – Join Me …
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Oct 16 2013
Pinterest Drives More Traffic to Publishers Than Twitter, LinkedIn, Reddit Combined
Mashable reported yesterday that Pinterest drives more users to websites than any other social network, except for Facebook. This was actually news to me. I knew Pinterest was popular, but so popular that Twitter, LinkedIn and Reddit combined don’t even touch it?! What do you think? Do you use Pinterest? If so, do you use …
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Oct 15 2013
Recent Updates
If you’re a frequenter of the site, you may have noticed just a few small quality-of-life improvements of the site lately. I have a new & improved Twitter feed widget to the right, which automatically cycles through the most recent tweets, and a new social media sharing tool that will not only provide you with …
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Oct 15 2013
Envisioning the Future of Education
A colleague of mine shared this infographic with me: Envisioning the Future of Education, presented by Envisioning.io (or envisioningtech.com). One thing that I take away from this vision of the future of education is not all of the fancy technology (although that is obviously the point of the graphic), but rather that we’re seeing a …
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Oct 14 2013
Need to learn how to teach online?
Sorry for the late notice, but I just learned of a MOOC that is opening today entitled, “Online Instruction for Open Educators,” hosted for free on D2L’s open couseware site. As with most MOOCs, how much you get out of it will depend greatly on how much you put into it. Also, as per usual, …
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Oct 12 2013
How do you make your online course feel “human”?
Do you struggle with connecting with your students online? Do you wish you could develop the same meaningful relationships with them online as you do in a traditional classroom? Lots of teachers struggle with these concepts, because like or not, teaching online IS more difficult in terms of keeping education personal and “human.” I have …
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Oct 11 2013
Featured on about.me
I’m so excited! My about.me page was featured on the about.me blog page, and tweeted out to the world! I’m also going to take this opportunity to mention that I plan to start doing some occasional blogging again, as a way to share what I learn and hopefully create a dialog about issues and trends …
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Oct 24 2012
iPad Mini & e-learning
So yesterday, Apple announced the new iPad Mini. For the naysayers, it is indeed essentially an iPad 2 shrunk down to a screen size of 7.9″. This alone is better than it sounds, because since it keeps the same screen resolution but shrinks the screen dimensions, the screen will actually “look better.” It’s not a …
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Apr 26 2012
Survey closed!
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Apr 18 2012
Assessment Technology
This article is cross-posted from my class blog, Spring 2012. Reading through what the U.S. Department of Education considers the direction that we should be heading with the use of technology to aid in student assessment, I am reminded of just how far we still have to go with technological advancements in this country. The …
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