Checklists are a real time-saver. They help you remember the most important steps of a process, they make it so you don’t forget important things, they help you complete tasks in the most sensible order, and they make you feel like you have accomplished something when you can check it off the list! I have…
Category: Teaching and Learning
The 15-Minute Rule for Problem-Solving
After 15 minutes of focus, trying to figure something out (that includes experimentation, research on Google, looking at examples, etc.), try formulating a question about your problem and get it ready for a discussion board post or email. Don’t post or send it just yet! Take a little 2-minute walk, stand up and stretch, or…
Start of Summer 2022 Classes Version 942.8
Our summer semester of online courses started this week. I have revamped my Technology in the Classroom course, again. Our college has a movement of Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI). The Japanese call it the Kaisan Method. The way I implement it, my friend calls it “reinventing the wheel.” I have certainly done that with my…
NineTips for Moving from Face-To-Face (F2F) to Online Classes
COVID-19 has brought about many changes for us in the educational field. In a very short time, teachers were asked to completely change their instructional strategies and adapt their F2F classrooms to an online delivery format. Some teachers had little or no experience with online teaching or learning, and sadly — some were not given…
Grammarly Makes Your Writing Smooth
You might once have been a great speller, but now do you rely heavily on that little red underline and autocorrect? Well, you’re not alone! Recently, I stumbled across Grammarly Apps that connects to Google Chrome, Microsoft Office, and Windows. As you are typing, Grammarly is hard at work making sure what you are typing makes sense…
Presentations, Elevator Speech, Fear of Public Speaking
I had the privilege of meeting Fred Miller when he spoke at a National Collegiate Conference for the Association of Information Technology Professionals. He had just written his first book, No Sweat Public Speaking!. From his website (https://nosweatpublicspeaking.com/) I see that he has written a few more: No Sweat Elevator Speech!, No Sweat! The Fear of…
The Noun Project
Do you need a quick graphic? Maybe the Noun Project is for you. I was introduced to the Noun Project in Tony Vincent’s Classy Graphics class that I took last summer. It is a great place to find very simple graphics. I was able to use them in some projects, giving attribution to the Noun…
Automated Chat Worked Like a Charm!
Well, the Twitter Chat Using Twittimer worked great for sending out the automatic tweets with the questions. I could not have asked for a better moderator! Once again, I learned that with my classes; asynchronous communication is the best. Like some of my online orientation chats where I am alone in that chat room, I…
Twitter Chat Scheduled — Twittimer Set Up to Fire Off Questions
Well, it is time to experiment! The Twitter Chat has been scheduled! It has also been scheduled using Twittimer so that the questions will fire off in 5 minute increments. I hope you will join me for this experiment, check it out live or “after the fact.” Also, check back here tomorrow for a reflection…
Hosting an Unattended Educational Twitter Chat
I have attended several educational Twitter Chats in the past. I decided to host my own. My schedule is so unpredictable at the moment that I am not sure that I will be available online when I want the Twitter Chat to occur. So, I am planning an “unattended” Educational Twitter Chat. Hopefully, I will…