The Next Big Thing in Digital Education: The Blackboard and McGraw-Hill Higher Education Partnership

Readers - Here is a great resource for those of you who are interested in "the next big thing in digital education". :) Enjoy!

Millennial Professor

Jennifer T. Edwards, Ed.D.

The Next Big Thing in Digital Education: The Blackboard and McGraw-Hill  Higher Education Partnership Thursday, February 17th @  2:00pm Eastern The evolution of mobile and digital technology has reached its next milestone  within education – interactive, digital content – only a few, simple clicks away.  Recent data shows that Amazon sold more eBooks than printed. And, the  increasing popularity of smart devices and mobile tablets (iPads) enable quick  and effortless, mobile consumption of content. The confluence of these  technologies with education is leading educators to the next frontier in how  they use technology in the classrooms. The next big thing in digital education  will allow educators to pull content – eTexts, video, labeling exercises, and more  - from proven learning object repositories directly into their courses with just  two or three clicks. During this insightful webinar, Katie Blot, Senior Vice President of Consulting  at Blackboard and a former CIO at the U.S. Department of Education, will lead  the conversation on technology changes within education and how  technology can: Shape the daily lives of educators and learners Promote student success, educator efficiency and thriving institutions Plus, take a look inside Blackboard and McGraw-Hill’s new, integrated solution.  The solution makes McGraw-Hill Connect®, a leading homework management  system in the publishing industry, and McGraw-Hill CreateTM, a tool to create  custom textbooks and eBooks, accessible from within the Blackboard LearnTM  Platform. It represents the deepest, state-of-the-art integration of  publisher content within a learning management system, to date. This  Webinar is sponsored by Blackboard and hosted by The Chronicle of Higher  Education. All content presented during the event is provided by Blackboard.

Valentine's Day is 10 DAYS AWAY!!!

Readers,

I am VERY happy that Valentine's Day is coming up in 10 days! February, the second month of the year, is always a rough month filled with midterm planning, tax preparation, helping students with their undergraduate research papers, and spending time with family.

However, Valentine's Day occurs during this month and I always look forward to this day! Usually, I bring a big basket of candy to class for the students and I place Valentine's Day cards in the boxes of all of the family members in my department. Even though some people feel that Valentine's Day is a day for manufacturers, I think Valentine's Day is a great day for professors to let students know that we care about them!

Need ideas for Valentine's Day? Check out these links!


Valentine cards to http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/valentines-day-cards-and-stationery
Birthday invitations to http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/birthday-invitation
Valentine’s gifts to http://www.shutterfly.com/photo-gifts
photo mugs to http://www.shutterfly.com/photo-gifts/photo-mugs
Thank you cards to http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/thank-you-cards

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

Happy Four Days of Snow!!!

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Readers,

Texas is covered in a blanket of snow and my husband and I have been out of school for the past FOUR days! One of today's news stories focused on cabin fever. No, I will admit that we do not have cabin fever yet. Nor, do I think that I will ever get cabin fever on a snow day. :)

During our snow days, my daily schedule included: 

1. updating blackboard
2. responding to e-mail
3. updating my students' help documents for their research papers
4. conducting office hours
5. researching protection motivation theory
6. cleaning the house
7. conducting research and dating the library databases again... (it is a love-hate relationship, because I love logging on to the databases, but I hate them because I end up spending hours upon hours on the databases finding interesting articles).
8. AND keeping a cheerful attitude while being a great wife and mommy to my dog.

Snow days are fun, but I am almost caught up with my grading and I cannot wait to finally finish grading papers tomorrow (so I can finish my non-fiction book this week... I am very behind in my book club). :)

Take care & stay warm!

Sincerely,

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

Freebie Wednesday! - Chili's: Free Brownie Sundae with Entree Purchase

Readers,

If you have a week filled with meetings next week, try moving one of your meetings to Chili's Restaurant. It is a fun and welcoming atmosphere for meeting with groups of students or faculty. Plus, there is at least one Chili's restaurant in almost every college town.

Here is a coupon for ONE FREE BROWNIE SUNDAE with entree purchase - LINK. This coupon expires on February 10, 2011.

Plus, I tell my students about any simple discounts for their Valentine's dates. They really appreciate the tip and it is interesting that they view you as an actual human if you are striving the save money - because they are on a limited budget as well. :)

Thanks Coupon Cravings!

Enjoy!

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