Each week BTC eLearning hosts an online Show and Tell session using Elluminate Live! Everyone is invited, so feel free to pass on the information. The eLearning department will spend a few minutes sharing new tools and resources, and then turn the time over to participants. Come prepared to share resources, links, projects, ideas, questions [...]
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 [...]
I am not opposed to using Web-based tools. I think they absolutely should be used appropriately for teaching and learning, professional development and in the work place. However, the current tools and infrastructure will not be around five years from now. I am opposed to telling students, teachers and parents that these tools are our [...]
I can’t cook. It’s an open confession I’ve made on Twitter many times. I even know why I can’t cook. It’s because I follow the directions. That probably sounds ridiculous, but it is true. The directions are only a basic framework for cooking. The recipe doesn’t take into consideration the type of pan, gas or [...]
Each week BTC hosts an online Show and Tell session using Elluminate Live! Everyone is invited, so feel free to pass on the information. The eLearning department will spend a few minutes sharing new tools and resources, and then turn the time over to participants. Come prepared to share resources, links, projects, ideas, questions and [...]
Each week BTC hosts an online Show and Tell session using Elluminate Live! Everyone is invited, so feel free to pass on the information. The eLearning department will spend a few minutes sharing new tools and resources, and then turn the time over to participants. Come prepared to share resources, links, projects, ideas, questions and [...]
This is the message I sent out to our campus. Feel free to invite your educator friends!
Greetings, eLearners! Tomorrow, Thursday, July 31, we will again hold our 11:00 AM Elluminate Live! online Show and Tell Session. Elluminate Live! is a tool for delivering presentations and communicating in a live online environment. [...]
We’ll be holding our online Show and Tell session in Elluminate on Thursday, 7/24 at 11:00 PST. Sessions usually last about 45 minutes. I spend a few minutes sharing something I’m working on or something interesting I’ve found and then turn it over to participants. Please bring links, projects, questions, files, or anything you can [...]
On my campus, we’re trying to define the roles of IT and eLearning. To me, it just seems so clear. To IT, it’s not. The hard thing is that I am best known for saying instructors can use whatever tools they want. I will look at their objectives, share options I think will work best [...]
Greetings, eLearners! Each week we hold an online Show and Tell session using Elluminate Live!, our web conferencing software. I spend a few minutes sharing things I’ve been working on, interesting new tools, or great Web sites I’ve found. Then I turn it over to the audience to share their finds. I invite our instructors, [...]