toolbelt
Welcome to the end of slideshows!
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008Are you kind of like me; do you know when a slide-show presentation is just not hitting the mark but don’t have the creative skill or TIME to dedicate to make it pop? I recognize that part of the challenge is that my photography skills are <ahem> limited and no amount of Photoshop know-how will [...]
“Right now” v. back then
Friday, February 15th, 2008I just read a great post by Melanie McBride about Twitter, del.icio.us, and participatory learning. I recommend reading it if your curious about a how one professor took the plunge and began ‘doing’ engagement technology. Read her post – she has a few stories from the trenches including an interview with one of her [...]
Blogs are to dinner conversation as Twitter is to….
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008I cross-posted this on the KSC Academic Affairs blog 2/4/08:
Twitter is a microblogging tool that lets you post brief updates about your everyday thoughts and activities to the web, cell phone, or instant messenger. The messages are limited to 140 characters, so they lean toward pithy, haiku-like utterances. The fringe appeal is now becoming mainstream [...]
Del.icio.us Tagging
Friday, September 21st, 2007I’m always interested in learning what others say about what the ‘best’ technology tools are for teaching and learning. It depends on who you ask and what their reference point is but it seems that these days, unlike 2001 where the tool of choice was a laptop (still a great tool but we’ve really moved [...]