One of my students in my Technology in the Classroom course introduced me to Coggle It! I am a big fan of mindmapping, and this is a tool I had not used before. Check it out!
Category: Teaching and Learning
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,…
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…
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…
Publish to Facebook from Jing
Check out this link to learn more about using Jing for screen capture videos that can be published directly to Facebook with the click of a button! The Facebook Button – Jing Help Center
A Kindle is in my Future
My very near future… like Monday! I had ordered three $100 gift certificates from my daughter’s school fundraising program. With just $99 more, that Kindle was in my Shopping Cart — and then the order was confirmed! I have written a grant to try to use in my classes for my students. I am particularly…
Readers and Scanners
GoToWebinar : Webinars & Web Events Made Easy. Award-Winning Web Casting & Online Seminar Hosting Software My colleague and friend Steve Holland did this demo using SoftChalk. He made some interesting points on designing content for eLearning (but it really goes for printed reports and websites, too) “Readers” and “Scanners.” He showed how the newspaper…
Gaming in Teacher Ed
I thought the SimSchool and VirtualU projects sounded fantastic for teaching new teachers. First of all, I never trained to be a college instructor! I was a product of an A.A.S. degree at the community college, and I went to work immediately – actually while still attending school full time! I saw that advancement in…
Critical Friends
We had a unique experience last night in our weekly meeting in SL. After our group discussion, we broke into two groups. My group went off to discuss our projects using a technique called “Critical Friends.” In our group, one person “talked” (we used text chat so that we could log our discussion easily —…
Cognititon and Gaming
As I read through Chapters 5-6 of the Gibson et al text, I collected these thoughts: 3D Learning Environments — depending upon age and computer experience; learners have different ways of understanind a 3D learning environment. For the Gen Y’ers it is second nature to them — intuitively understood. For the newest generation, I am…