Narrating and Demonstrating the Work We Do
In 2013, I was part way through my M.Ed degree and enrolled in EDUC 5030 Curriculum, Teaching & Learning. I was fortunate enough to have two stellar profs one of which was the one-and-only Dr. Jack Miller a.k.a. 70 year old ultra marathon runner, ex military, and avid square dancer, but I’ll save the J.M. […]Read Post ›
Change….it happens whether you want it to or not. For the most part I feel I deal fairly well with it, but lately I’ve been struggling with it. Change has been coming at us fast and furious. Some of the changes have been great, and I love it. Others…well, others have been more challenging. Having […]
To be honest, this is my first assignment for the YouShow I feel like I actually completed from start to finish. While writing my previous blog post was a whole lot of fun, I thought it might be time for…
A recent article at The Chronicle (5 min read) highlighted what I think is the essence of using photography and imagery in a blog post. All learning environments are mediated in one form or another and distance learning environments are mediated in such a way that personalities are invisible. In the same way that Lang […]
I work with a lot of intelligent, powerful women which can be both uplifting and intimidating all at once. Trying to appear confident and composed like the dignified lion rather than the eager yet exasperating Boston Terrier well… it’s a struggle. Luckily, I’ve composed a list of Do’s and Don’ts to help any animal find […]Read Post ›
To mac track or not to mac track, that is the question? I am going to start off by saying that food tracking is NOT for everyone. If you are neurotic, have a pattern of disordered eating, are slightly obsessive compulsive, hate preparation, have a…
After our great workshop today about finding Creative Commons images (among other things) to use in our YouShow blogs I thought I would share this awesome WordPress plugin that helps you do just that! Here’s the description right from the […]
Trying out creating a media gallery…my hsuband took all pics of flowers and I took the bridge in Pennsylvania last Nov. after OpenEd 2014 conference.
Better Photos? – A Haiku Deck by J R Radney: Less than serious treatment of tripod photography
Haiku Deck is a free and easy way to compose slide presentations with impact. Several tools for uploading and gleaning creative commons pictures for slides a…
TRU has been blessed to have @cogdog visiting us since the end of October-ish, and he and @brlamb have been work/playing with an idea called SPLOT. creative commons licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by Brett Jordan The idea is to create very simple tools that students can use without logins or any need […]