Readers,
I incorporate Twitter in each of my online and hybrid courses. However, most of this communication is optional and takes place through extra credit assignments. In a recent post by the Chronicle of Higher Education, David Silver wrote about his classroom experiences with Twitter. Silver requires his students to create a twitter account and to use the account to communicate with him and their peers.
The most interested part of this article when Silver explains that another professor contacted him through Twitter to find out more about his assignment. Then, this professor adopted the assignment for her classroom. Read about their experience here - Twitter Meets the Breakfast Club.
I hope to write a book about Twitter in the classroom and how to incorporate this communication technology in online and hybrid courses.
Sincerely,
Millennial Professor - Jennifer T. Edwards, Ed.D.
Readers,
During Environmental Communication Week 2011, formed co-sponsorships with the Dick Smith Library, the University's Staff Council, and various local businesses in the Stephenville area. However, when we released the first "call for papers", we did not receive any proposals for workshops or paper submissions. This was not a positive start to a week-long program! As a result, we began looking for free webinars online.
Since we were focusing on environmental communication and my husband is a science teacher who is very interested in STEM education, we started looking for STEM resources. We found the Siemens STEM Academy's website - http://siemensstemacademy.com. Since we were hosting a week-long event, we found a webinar focused on environmental education that occurred during ECW 2011, Earth Day: The Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill One Year Later with Jeff Corwin".
At first, I was reluctant to choose a webinar from this website because its primary audience was junior high and high school students. However, the information was VERY informative and our audience (myself included) throughly enjoyed the presentation! I would definitely recommendation this wonderful resource for other college classes who are interested in environmental education/environmental communication.
Sincerely,
Millennial Professor - Jennifer T. Edwards, Ed.D.
Readers,
As a professor-on-the-go, I strive to create healthy meals for my family. However, my crazy schedule only enables me to go shopping at our local Kroger store only one time a week. To make my life easier, I purchase frozen skillet meals (i.e. PF Changs, and Romanos Macaroni Grill, and Stouffers) and seasoning packets for my fresh meats and garden veggies.
Recently, I discovered a free sample from Emeril's and I look forwarding to using this seasoning packet with a future meal! :) Enjoy!
Sincerely,
Millennial Professor - Jennifer T. Edwards, Ed.D.
Readers,
Since last summer, I have been a huge fan of the Teaching, Learning, and Technology (TLT Group). I visit their website almost every week and I faithfully read their blog. They usually host free workshops, like last week's "FridayLive Twitter: Forbid It, Ignore It, or Use It?" - http://tltgroup.roundtablelive.org/events?eventId=310889&EventViewMode=EventDetails.
In addition to their wonderful free workshops, they also have a great blog, "TLT-SWG". Recently, this blog featured a post titled, "A Course is Not a Pizza", which focuses on the importance of interaction in online courses - http://tlt-swg.blogspot.com/2011/05/course-is-not-pizza.html.
Check out their website as well! http://www.tltgroup.org/
Enjoy!
Millennial Professor - Jennifer T. Edwards, Ed.D.
