I created and uploaded a presentation today on “Create, Connect, Collect, Share: Web-based Tools for Learning.” I believe instructors need to understand the “why” behind social media tools before they implement them with learners. I also believe every individual has a unique experience with the tools and connections, and narratives are vital to [...]
Last Thursday I attempted to log into my Second Life account during my Show and Tell session and was unable to connect. I assumed it was because I was a few versions behind, and so I completed the update and tried again, without success. I thought maybe I was using the wrong password, so I [...]
I am not my blog, it is simply a place to put a few of my thoughts. I sometimes wonder how much people assume about me based on my digital footprint. In actuality, what I write is only definitive of my mind at the time I write it. If you go back in time, you [...]
I’ve started to feel a bit like the above image the last few months. I am, by nature, a quiet, introverted person. Though it has been wonderful to meet so many talented and brilliant educators, I find myself drawing away and feeling the need to clip some connections and start fresh. I [...]
If you are in the field of eLearning, you are probably being inundated with blogs, articles and broadcasts about fuel prices driving people to eLearning. You may have read testimonials about students whose gas budgets are now matching their grocery spending. You’re probably receiving questions from administrators about your soaring online enrollment numbers. [...]
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I am thinking about social networking and how the balance of our attention shifts back and forth between people and tools. I have tried many visualization tools that produce pretty graphs of my network. The images offer evidence of connections between myself and others and provide a [...]
If you are new to microblogging or have found yourself stumped by the tools and the process, this post could be your jump start to success. You may have attended workshops or conference sessions where presenters introduced their ‘network’ and demonstrated a hearty, global greeting from dozens of individuals who seemed poised on the [...]
I have a new eLearning designer starting soon and I’ve sent her links to blogs and will be ramping her up in the whole social medial thing. I started thinking about my own blog and discovered it probably makes no sense to people who are new to social media. As I look around at the [...]
I used to read a lot of books. I’m a fast reader and could go through a few in a weekend. I think I slowed down on the reading when I became a mother and never had enough time to really get into anything. I like to read in one sitting or [...]
I think this social networking thing we have going on is more about brain chemistry and less about technology. We are making social connections, but I feel we are also making new internal brain connections, stimulating endocrine production and by nature, changing our personalities. The visual and audio cues we feed off create [...]