Spring Break is Here! - Incorporating Spring Break Pictures in Class Lectures

Readers,

We are preparing for spring break and I am very excited about traveling for non-conference purposes! Here's the interesting part of non-conference travel...I am always THINKING of examples for my courses: interpersonal communication, organizational communication, and intercultural communication. As I travel, I take pictures of artifacts (both cultural and organizational) to incorporate on my presentation slides.

Here are some pictures from my past travel adventures:

Sincerely,

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

iPad2 - The Sequel (Communication Technology at Its Best!)

Readers,

I have to tell all of you about my wonderful husband! On iPad Friday, my husband was determined to purchase an iPad2 for my birthday! After working all day teaching at a local high school, he stood outside of the Apple Store for two hours! Amazing man!



However, his efforts were in vain because these new devices sold out within a 30 minute time frame! So, on Saturday, we spent SIX hours driving around the DFW area to find a 3G iPad2. Best Buy decided to capitalize on the high demand and low supply of the iPad2 and they implemented the reservation program! For $100.00, customers could reserve an iPad2 and the company would call you when a product arrived. Yes, this sounded like a great idea at the time so we went for it!

On the way back to the car, I had a bright idea to call the AT&T Stores in the area and each of the stores in Dallas and Fort Worth were completely sold out! On a whim, I decided to call the AT&T Store in the town in which my university is housed (which is an hour an a half outside of the DFW area) and they had FOUR iPads left! I wish that I would have known this very important fact before I left work on Friday! :) I was very excited to drive to that AT&T Store to purchase my iPad2! It is amazing!



Five Features that I LOVE about the iPad2:

1 - It is available in white! I think this looks a little more professional than the black.
2 - It has a camera and a video camera!
3 - It has FACETIME! - This will be great for videoconferencing or virtual office hours on the go!
4 - It is slender and lighter than the original.
5 - I LOVE the new cover!

I really think that the iPad is the ultimate communication technology tool!

Sincerely,

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

Freebie Friday - Adobe Connect (Webinar Software)

Readers,


In this week's posts, I wrote about undergraduate research and ways to help undergraduate students disperse their research. Recently I discovered Adobe Connect on my iPad. This is a wonderful software system that enables presenters to upload their power point slides into Adobe Connect to provide viewers with an interactive presentation. 


Here's the free aspect. Adobe Connect is offering a free 30 day trial! - http://connect.webinar.us.sem.adobe.com/content/try?sdid=IEBDP&skwcid=TC|22191|webinar||S|p|5894734222






I plan to activate their FREE 30 day trial next month to provide my undergraduate students with an interactive forum to disperse their research. Now, I have to worry about the technological capabilities at my university and what our current classroom will enable us to do. I might have to switch classrooms for our presentation day! :)


Have a great week! Enjoy the free product for 30 days!

Sincerely,


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

This Semester's Undergraduate Research Project (Spring 2011) - Organizational Communication

Readers,

This semester we are STILL working on undergraduate research papers in my upper-level communication courses (organizational communication and interpersonal communication). This year, they chose some very interesting topics!

Organizational Communication Topics:

Millennial Undergraduate Students' Expectations of Workplace Benefits

Millennial Undergraduate Students' Perceptions of Etiquette on Social Networking Websites

Millennial Undergraduate Students' Perceptions of the Dangers of Social Networking

Millennial Undergraduate Students' Perceptions of Work-Life Balance (My Sample Document for the Students)

They are excited about submitted their projects to a journal! :)

Sincerely,

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