Student Resources
I finally got some stuff up on the student resources page of this website. Although I still need to transfer and/or link material that I originally had up at my school website, I’m just glad to get real material on this page. I had forgotten that there was filler text! Eek!
I am, however, definitely looking for suggestions to add to the list. The current list is more or less the materials I list on my syllabus; however, I would love to see, hear, …
| October 11 2007 | CommentsPosted in
You Tube for Teaching Ideas
My colleague Biray blogged about websites that gave aerobics instructors ideas for adding new moves into their classes. She discussed a website that people use to go to and that the hits on that website were decreasing. She then looked to YouTube and found some people who were sharing some great move.
It got me thinking...are their teaching ideas on YouTube. I’m specifically thinking of tips or tricks to help lecturing, one of my weaknesses (I’m a constructivist learning …
...Continued | September 03 2007 | CommentsPosted in
Web vs. Databases vs. Blogs
(Remember, I teach first year composition courses. In these courses, especially the ones with research agendas, I have to teach information literacy.)
We are living in an age of information overload. You are probably already overloaded by all the of the information available on your general topic. To help you filter through that information, and to select some more reliable, and/or useful, sources, it helps to understand the distinction between the world wide web, library databases, and blogs.
The Web—The “world wide web” …
...Continued | February 09 2007 | CommentsPosted in Techno Tips
What/Why Furl/Social Bookmark?
(if you are using another bookmarking tool like del.icio.us or Digg just change some verbage below)
Furl is a social bookmarking website. If you’ve used “my favorites” in Internet Explorer, or bookmarks in Firefox, you will know the usefulness of bookmarks; however, bookmarks saved on your computer can not travel or be shared with anyone. For this course, you’ll primarily use bookmarking to help you keep track of the various resources you find while researching. You will want to “furl” or “bookmark” each online resource you …
...Continued | February 09 2007 | CommentsPosted in Techno Tips
Personal Portals
Personal portals allow individuals to construct an internet browser homepage (default page) with tools and links that are relevant and regularly used. Once you set up a personal portal account, you are able to customize your page/s with internet resources that are most useful to you. Most personal portal tools allow you to add specific windows, or flakes in Pageflakes, that are specialized tools. For example, you can have favorite links, to-do lists, note pad, important in materials from social bookmarking sites, social image (flickr) or video (YouTube) sites, etc. Once …
...Continued | February 09 2007 | CommentsPosted in Techno Tips
Computer File Suffixes
(I’m sure some of you are saying, “come on, do you really need to explain this?” And the answer is “yes.” As I love to harp, not all of my students are Educause’s “net generation.” And even some of those who are still do not necessarily understand all of these distinctions.)
Have you ever notices that computer files have three or four letter suffixes after their titles? Many audio files generally have mp3, wav, or wma. Digital image files usually have jpeg, gif, or tiff. Most …
...Continued | February 09 2007 | CommentsPosted in Techno Tips
Becoming a Collegial Mentor
Let’s be honest, the real reason I’ve gotten around to typing up these why/what blurbs has not been for my students (bad Shelley, baaaad Shelley); but, instead, for a group of part-time faculty in a program that is helping to “train” them to teach ENG102 (our second semester FYC course) online. Let me start by saying that I have thoroughly enjoyed working with my part-time colleagues. This solidifies what I’ve pretty much already know, I really dig doing professional development stuff. Although I’ve already done a bunch of professional development activities …
...Continued | January 29 2007 | CommentsPosted in Techno Tips