Freebie Friday - Scotch-Brand Office Supply Coupons (Expires June 2011)

Readers,

The Freebie Friday is more of a Discount Friday this week! Using these coupons, you will be able to save money on your Scotch-brand office supplies! Each of the coupons are available in PDF format and they expire on June 30, 2011.

Here's the link - http://www.scotchbrand.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/ScotchBrand/Scotch/Offers/One/

Save 75¢
off any one Scotch® Pop-Up Tape Dispenser or Handheld Dispenser

Save 50¢
off one roll of Scotch® Double-Sided Tape

Save $1.00
off any one package of Scotch® Clear Reusable Strips, Tabs or Sheet

Save 50¢
off any one Scotch® Advanced Formula Super Glue Gel or Liquid

Save 75¢
off one Scotch™ Precision Cutter

Save 50¢
off one roll of Scotch® Packaging Tape

Save 50¢
off one package of Scotch® Foam Mounting Squares

Save 75¢
off Scotch® Easy-Grip Packaging Tape Dispenser

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

Tweeting During an Academic Conference...

Readers,


I attend a few conferences every year and I enjoy opening my iPad and tweeting throughout the span of the conference. As a result, I am always on the lookout for great ways to promote my tweets and my website.


I enjoy meeting different people through Twitter and participating in actual Tweet-ups at conferences. Here is a great article for educational bloggers who post during conferences. 


Mark Stelzner's article, "How to Live Tweet a Conference", focuses on the following aspects of posting tweets during conferences:


Pre-Event
- Get a Press Pass
- Verify WiFi/Cell Coverage
- Confirm the Hashtag
- Configure Your Applications
- Bring Your Charger


"Live At The..."
- Be Wallflower
- Set the Stage
- Use Attribution
- Follow Others
- Perpetuate the Conversation


The Post-Event Wrap Up
- Measure Your Success
- Blog Content
- Thank Your Hosts
- Thank Your Followers


His article is available at this link - http://inflexionadvisors.com/blog/2010/05/13/how-to-live-tweet-a-conference/ 
Millennial Professor - Jennifer T. Edwards, Ed.D.

Prezi - A Free, Online Presentation Tool!

Readers,


Earlier this semester, I was asked to serve on a search committee for one of the new english professors. During her presentation, the candidate opened my world to Prezi! This is an awesome online website for presentations! This website saves all of your presentations and introduces them to your audience members using an innovative format.


As a communication studies professor, I cannot wait use this website in my personal presentations and to introduce my students to the website!


Such a wonderful, free online teaching tool!


Sincerely,


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

2011 Horizon Report: Six Technologies in Higher Education (Time-to-Adoption)

Readers,

Technology in higher education both in student affairs and in the academic setting is very important to me. Personally, I feel that technology is going to lead higher education in a direction that higher education professionals are not anticipating (yielding both positive and negative results).

Here's an interesting article from the Chronicle of Higher Education's Wired Edition titled "Six Top Tech Trends on the Horizon for Higher Education". According to this article, here are the top tech trends:

1 - Mobile Devices (i.e. - learning via iPad or iPad 2)
2 - Game-Based Learning (i.e. - interacting with avatars to learn the interview process)
3 - Learning Analytics (i.e. - great for assessment and evaluations)
4 - Electronic Books (i.e. - textbooks on the Kindle)
5 - Augmented Reality (i.e. - a mobile-based museum map, etc.)
6 - Gesture-Based Computing (i.e. - practicing surgery via the Nintendo Wii)

To read more about each of these technologies, you can access the report here - http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/HR2011.pdf

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