Ask a Millennial Professor Friday - Youtube and Classroom-Based Public Speaking

Readers,


I received this question via e-mail this week:

Jennifer,

How did you get your UTube account for your class? I want to use a flip camera and tape the student speeches in Public Speaking, then load them up to an account that the students can access. I will then have them do self-evaluations and peer-evaluations."

[Name of Sender]

Here's my reply:


Hello Sender!


Okay - Here's the skinny on Youtube. Anyone can create the account, but here's the scary part. I have the students upload their own speeches on Youtube and the students make their links private (only available to the people they add). As for the speech competition (last year), the students for which we uploaded videos had to give us written permission to do so. A lot of the students do not want to have their speeches available to the public. Just ask them... maybe they are a little different.


I think the self-evaluations are an awesome teaching tool, but there are some privacy issues as well. :( Let me know what you think!


Sincerely,


Jennifer


Millennial Professor - Jennifer T. Edwards, Ed.D.

Digital Literacy - A Short Video to Help Millennial College Students Learn About Identity Theft on the Internet

Readers,

Good morning! I thought that this video was very interesting. Although I tend to release a significant amount of information online, I try to protect the "important information" (like the information in this video).

I think it would be a good practice to show this video to our students. It provides a great history of the social security number process and the video gives the viewer a good sense of what potential damage can be done when people release personal information on the internet.

What do you think?

Sincerely,

Millennial Professor - Jennifer T. Edwards, Ed.D.

Post-it® Keep Organization Simple

Readers,

Are you preparing for the Spring 2011 semester? One of my favorite products to use in my office are Post-it brand tabs! I use a sharpie marker to write the appropriate label on each tab and affix the tab to my textbook (to identify each chapter). This is definitely more effective than regular Post-it notes which tear and are not water resistant.

Try a free sample of Post-it durable tabs! - LINK.

Enjoy!

Post-it® Keep Organization Simple

Millennial Professor - Jennifer T. Edwards, Ed.D.

International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education - IJTLHE New Issue: 22(1)

Readers,


As all of you know, I LOVE reading journal articles for fun! Well, it IS fun to discover effective ways to use technology and to use new teaching methods in the classroom. Here is a list of articles from the recent issue of the International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Enjoy! 


Here's the link to the journal - http://www.isetl.org/ijtlhe/current.cfm


Balancing Theory and Practical Work in a Humanoid Robotics Course
» » Krister Wolff; Mattias Wahde;

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Co-Creating Metaphor in the Classroom for Deeper Learning: Graduate Student Reflections
» » Ashlee Cunsolo Willox; Sherilee Harper; Dawson Bridger; Stephanie Morton; Ariella Orbach; Silvia Sarapura;

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Developing an Undergraduate Global Citizenship Program: Challenges of Definition and Assessment
» » Jill Sperandio; Magdalena Grudzinski-Hall; Hannah Stewart-Gambino;

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Exploring Leadership as a Phenomenon in an Educational Leadership Paper: An Innovative Pedagogical Approach Opens the Unexpected
» » David Giles; Michele Morrison;

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How Prepared are the U.S. Preservice Teachers to Teach English Language Learners?
» » Aydin Yucesan Durgunoglu; Trudie Hughes;

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Inquiry Based Method: A Case Study to Reduce Levels of Resistance
» » Shirley Mthethwa-Sommers;

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Introducing Students to Ways of Thinking and Acting Like a Researcher: A Case Study of Research-led Education in the Sciences
» » Krisztina Valter; Gerlese Akerlind;

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Linking Communalism to Achievement Correlates for Black and White Undergraduates
» » Kenneth Tyler; Keisha Love; Carrie Brown; Clarissa Roan-Belle; Denela Thomas; Patton Garriott;

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Master’s Degree “Educating in Diversity” (MDED): Toward Inclusion Education Quality
» » Olga M. Alegre; Luis M. Villar;

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Performance Assessment: Lessons from Performers
» » Kelly A. Parkes;

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Perspective-Taking in Structured and Unstructured Online Discussions
» » Scott Chadwick; Ekaterina Ralston;

Millennial Professor - Jennifer T. Edwards, Ed.D.