SAGE Open - A New Program from Sage Publications

Dear Reader,


I hope you are having a great break (or a calm before next week's storm)! Over the break, I received this e-mail about a new service from SAGE publications. Please let me know what you think!


Sincerely,


J. Edwards

SAGE is extending you a special invitation to be among the first to publish in SAGE Open – our new open access publication launching January 1, 2011.

SAGE Open will publish peer-reviewed, original research and review articles in an interactive, open access format. Articles may span the full spectrum of the social and behavioral sciences and the humanities. Find out more at www.sageopen.com.

Why publish in SAGE Open?

• Quick review and decision times for authors
• Speedy, continuous-publication online format
• Global distribution of your research via SAGE Journals Online, including enhanced online features such as: public usage metrics, comments features, subject categories, and article ranking and recommendations
• Professional copyediting and typesetting of your article
• $195 introductory author acceptance fee (discounted from the regular price of $695)

Consider publishing in SAGE Open if you want your article to receive:

• Quality reviews and efficient production, ensuring the quickest publication time
• Free, broad, and global distribution on a powerful, highly discoverable publishing platform
• Branding and marketing by a world-leading social science publisher, including promotion of your article via publicity and social media channels
• Open access publication due to university or government mandates

Manuscript submissions will be handled online through SAGE Track, SAGE's web-based peer review and submission system, powered by ScholarOne Manuscripts™.

Bookmark http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/sageopen — manuscripts may be submitted starting January 1, 2011. Click here for full manuscript submission guidelines.

Sincerely,

Bob Howard
Director, Social Science Journals

Please direct any inquiries to sageopen@sagepub.com 

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

My First Visit to the Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Readers,


Good morning! I am having a great time in Austin, TX at the TACUSPA board meeting. Yesterday, we visited the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) and we searched through over 85 years of TACUSPA history. We found some AMAZING items ranging from notepads created in the 1940s to conference books from the 1980s. Amazing information!


We were all responsible for a box (or two) of material and we had to write down information pertaining to past TACUSPA conferences. This information included the dates, location, themes, and keynote speakers. My TASK for the next few days will be to type all information we gathered pertaining to the conferences in a Google Document.


This was an amazing opportunity that I was glad to share with some amazing leaders from across the state of Texas!


Although this facility is about four hours away from my university, this would be a great opportunity for undergraduate students to discover Texas State History (or the history of your state). You would have to call the facility in advance, but they are very friendly and I think undergraduate students would benefit greatly from this experience!


Sincerely,


J. Edwards


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

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.