I am a big fan of Jennifer Gonzalez and her site Cult of Pedagogy. I follow her on Facebook, Twitter, Podcasts, and email. She gives very practical tips and is down to earth. If you don't follow her, you should. Last... Continue Reading →
For module 7, the task was to create a screencast of how to do something I learned in this course. I chose to re-do the quick screencast I had done previously of how to customize the menu bar in WordPress.... Continue Reading →
For this module, I chose to make a Quizlet. I've seen the site before, but never actually used it, so this module gave me the kick that I needed to do it. I found the site really easy to use.... Continue Reading →
Module 5 is about getting social- on social media. I'm already fairly active on Facebook, but I haven't gotten on Twitter yet. I have been thinking about it lately, and I'm glad for this push to get on. When I... Continue Reading →
For part 3, I am embedding a SlideShare created by someone else. I don't really use a lot of powerpoints in my teaching, but I do use interactive whiteboards and I save my presentations as PDFs. I suppose I could... Continue Reading →
For this part, I am adding a ThingLink, which is an online interactive poster. I can see many uses for this in classes. Students can create presentations for review concepts. I could also scan responses and students could add comments... Continue Reading →
For this module, I need to practice embedding content into a website. This part is for a Vimeo video. I chose a video by The Starfish Project, which is a jewelry company in China very near and dear to my... Continue Reading →
