My Goals for 2011! - Five Simple Things to Make Me Happy!

Readers,

I finally decided to write my New Year's goals for 2011 on my blog!

New Year's Goal #1 - To write at least one journal article every two months.


New Year's Goal #2 - To read at least one non-fiction book a week.


New Year's Goal #3 - To promote my blog and to gain at least 50 additional followers.
(I will need some help with this one).


New Year's Goal #4 - To promote my business and to gain at least 5 additional speaking engagements this year.


New Year's Goal #5 - To lose at least 10 pounds by next December (to accomplish this, I am giving up bread for Lent and beyond)...

That's it! Just five! We shall revisit this in December 2011! If you can help me accomplish ANY of my goals, please let me know! :) No bread please. :)

Sincerely,

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

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.