It’s one of the best kept secrets! CareerCoach! Start by doing a Career Assessment — trust me, take the long version (about 20 minutes). It will give you insights into the best career opportunities for you. Search out the careers that interest you under the Career Tab and match those to the Education you need….
Author: Lori
Join the Twitter #EDU255Chat March 7th at 10:15am (Central)
Yes, you can use Twitter to hold a live chat session. Here are some tips to keep up with the conversation: Use some Twitter Tool for the chat (I use TweetDeck). Introduce yourself When the question graphic comes up, re-tweet it, quote it, then type A1: #EDU255CHAT – you will use A1,…
Track Google Contacts Interactions
It must be my day to find Google gold nuggets! I accidentally clicked on one of my Google Contact names and found something very useful: a history of interactions! Some contacts have more information on them than others, and you might have to scroll down to get going, but if you do – you will…
Google Keep
Google Keep is one of the lesser-known members of the Google Family. It is similar to MS OneNote or even the Windows Sticky Notes. When I opened up a document that someone had shared with me today, I followed a pop-up tip that showed me that you could drag and drop comments from Google Keep into…
Do Life
I have an addiction. I’m addicted to learning. Not just liking to learn new things, but a real obsession. I found Overdrive at our library. I find wonderful non-fiction audio books that I listen to during my short work commute. The last book I consumed was Do Life. While it talked about a journey from…
Making Laundry Soap
I have been making my own HE laundry soap for quite some time now. Here us the “recipe” I use; 7 oz finely grated Ivory soap 1c washing soda 1 c Borax 1/2 c OxyClean (Use 1t per load of above mixture) My washing soda was a bit lumpy, so I hit the side of…
Got an iPad and I’m Ready to Go!
Our department was given an iPad to use in order to share its educational application with our colleagues. Thankfully, it ended up in my hands…and I’m not letting go! Since I already own an iPhone, the transition to the iPad was an easy one. I noticed a few standard things missing from the standard iPhone…
Google+ Hangouts
Hangouts is another new feature of Google+ that has many applications to learning, especially for online classes. Many times, in an online class, students want to meet up synchronously. This new Google tool allows just that. The “face-to-face” aspect of a traditional classroom is accomplished by the use of video cameras — up to nine…
Get notified When Changes are Made on the Web
I have been using Google Alerts for many years — I have my name and email address set as alerts sot that anytime something is posted using them, I get an email message alert. I strongly recommend doing this to see what is being posted about “you” on the web. In viewing the Archive page…
Click and Shop
These days, I find it easier to let my “fingers do the walking” when shopping for school supplies. Amazon has just made it easier. For college students, check out: It is also required by law now that our college list textbooks that are to be used in our courses so that students can “shop” around…