I have heard so many people say that their children only need to learn in the classroom. Kids don't want to do homework, because it isn't fun. "Fun" which is also another word for "engaging". Those of us working in the education field know everyone is trying to find ways to "engage" students more and most people are looking to technology such as mobile devices, social networks, and modernized
Friday, 28 September 2012
Just A Few Technology Jobs in Education
Posted on 05:41 by Unknown
With so many people looking for jobs and so many different places to look for jobs online today, I thought I would do another post to list a newer jobs opportunities I have heard about.
To start with if you haven't signed up for the Slate conference, which is October 11-12, you should! It has a impressive conference schedule listed and would be a great opportunity to network with vendors. Click
To start with if you haven't signed up for the Slate conference, which is October 11-12, you should! It has a impressive conference schedule listed and would be a great opportunity to network with vendors. Click
Wednesday, 26 September 2012
CourseSmart To Host LMS Integration Webinars
Posted on 07:55 by Unknown
CourseSmart claims to be "the only company that provides services and access to the world's largest online library of eTextbooks and digital learning products to almost everyone in higher education – all in one place. We're privileged to serve millions of users including students, faculty, colleges and institutions. Founded in 2007 and supported by the leading publishers in North American higher
Tuesday, 25 September 2012
Bb Promotes Digital Content Use In LEARN LMS
Posted on 03:55 by Unknown
Blackboard, Inc. (www.blackboard.com) is taking digital content and the use of it seriously in the classroom. This became clear as I listed to Katie Blot, Bb's President of Global Services Division, as the keynote at the Virginia Blackboard Users Group (VaBUG) on Friday, 9/21 at George Mason University. Katie talked about the amount of research Blackboard (Bb) and publishers has done on the
Monday, 24 September 2012
Leveraging the Waypoint2 Bb Building Block to Advance Writing Across the Curriculum
Posted on 10:51 by Unknown
Writing skills are, more than ever, a crucial outcome of a college
education. But teaching writing, and grading all those papers, is not
easy. Neither is gleaning wisdom on learning outcomes for internal
innovation and external accreditation reporting.
Blackboard will be hosting a FREE webinar that will help get you thinking more deeply about writing across the curriculum
pedagogy and
education. But teaching writing, and grading all those papers, is not
easy. Neither is gleaning wisdom on learning outcomes for internal
innovation and external accreditation reporting.
Blackboard will be hosting a FREE webinar that will help get you thinking more deeply about writing across the curriculum
pedagogy and
Thursday, 20 September 2012
Thursday's Topic Scramble
Posted on 08:14 by Unknown
Thursday, September 20, 2012
By Melissa Stange
T
he implementation of a mobile
fingerprint-based time and attendance system has made it easier for Working on Fire (WoF) to verify days
on duty to facilitate payment of the 4700-plus fire fighters operating from 160
bases countrywide. The system is supplied by ERS Biometrics. Click here to read more from
Wednesday, 19 September 2012
Helping Vendor or Sneaky Vendor?
Posted on 12:33 by Unknown
I often talk about the things going on with the Blackboard learning management system (LMS) Learn, the Blackboard (Bb) company, or one of the Blackboard partners. I proudly was introduced to blogging by Blackboard through their VIP Blogger contest. Having used Blackboard on the student side, faculty side, and administrative support side; I feel I know the product well and watched the company
Math Anxiety?
Posted on 04:34 by Unknown
Yesterday, I talked about classrooms being homogenized and how that does not allow for an instructor's natural abilities to be used. Click here to read that post. It also does something else, it causes students who cannot learn in the homogenized format to stress and things like math anxiety may develop or be discovered. I was surprised to find out how many people have a fear of math and I never
Tuesday, 18 September 2012
Is society teaching students to think for themselves or not?
Posted on 07:21 by Unknown
On Monday,September 17, 2012 Lynda C. Lambert published an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education titled "So Many Hands to Hold in the Classroom", this article shows how more and more instructors are seeing students who do not know how or a so unused to thinking, they do not know how to handle it when they get an instructor who expects it. I myself have a problem with this and am growing
Thursday, 13 September 2012
ConnectYard Could Extend Your Blackboard LMS
Posted on 07:39 by Unknown
If you are using Blackboard Learn LMS and your school signs a contract with a company call ConnectYard, your Bb Learn system could integrate with two-way communications. This would that make it easy for faculty to engage, connect and alert students; one to one or one to many all from inside Bb with the help of ConnectYard's building block. Keeping all personal information totally private,
Wednesday, 12 September 2012
Learn how technology is spurring innovation in teaching & learning on 9/13/12 from MIT
Posted on 12:46 by Unknown
NBC Learn has announced that they are teaming up with Education Nation to produce a LIVE Technology in the Classroom Town Hall on September 13th at 3:00 PM, Eastern USA Time! The
Town Hall is hosted by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and sponsored by Dell. Streaming live from
the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, this exciting discussion will explore
how technology is spurring
Tuesday, 11 September 2012
Why don't more companies use design anthropology?
Posted on 09:36 by Unknown
I was reading the August 2012 version of Mechanical Engineering published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) organization. There was an article by Alan S. Brown titled "Designing for Technology's Unknown Tribes". The article starts off by talking about when an electronic company wanted to design a product, an MP3 player, specifically for athletes. The company's market
Monday, 10 September 2012
Plagiarism Checkers: SafeAssign By Bb and TurnItIn
Posted on 10:01 by Unknown
Plagiarism is a real concern for Shenandoah University as I am sure with other education organizations. While many students don't really understand plagiarism and that it can be check. There are organizations like Plagiarism.org and Watch Know Learn to help address the topic.
TurnItIn (www.turnitin.com) has been a trusted plagiarism checking site for years by instructors. It can be accessed
Wednesday, 5 September 2012
Listen to Educators Who Have Done F2F, Blended & Online Teaching and Learning
Posted on 13:18 by Unknown
SoftChalk will be supporting the following educator presentations through their "Innovators Series". This series is comprised of five sessions, each with a different
panel of educators who will examine the many issues surrounding teaching
in these environments. Topics range from institutional concerns to
learning style issues to personal experiences to hard data comparisons. If you went to
panel of educators who will examine the many issues surrounding teaching
in these environments. Topics range from institutional concerns to
learning style issues to personal experiences to hard data comparisons. If you went to
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