Adopt This Technology! - An Online Egg Timer for In-Class Activities and Presentations!

Readers,

As a speech teacher, I always have a timer in my briefcase. Sometimes the timer becomes a distraction because it constantly beeps as I walk across campus. To solve this small problem and to help me reach my time management goals for 2011, I plan to use the Online Egg Timer. This awesome program enables users to have THREE timers running at one time! Amazing! My regular kitchen timer only has TWO timers.

Here are five ways to use this program:

1. Timing in-class group activities on the data projector.

2. Grading papers in 30 minute segments (first timer) and then allowing yourself to have a five minute break (second timer).

3. Timing student speeches and the time between the speeches.

4. Hosting in-class consultation sessions with students (about their papers or presentations) and limiting the consultation sessions to only five to seven minutes per paper.

5. Giving the students a one-minute mental break in class.

I hope these ideas help you! Let me know if you have any additional ideas and I will add them to the list!

Sincerely,

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

Twitter and the TRUE Demographics - 8% of Online Americans Use Twitter (Pew Research Center)

Readers,

Recently, the Pew Internet and American Life Project (A Project of the Pew Research Center), released a report titled, "8% of Online Americans Use Twitter". More women than men use twitter and more 18-29 year olds use Twitter more than any subsequent age group, and most of live in urban environments. Here's the surprising part, most of the Twitter users are minorities (Black and Hispanic) and most of the users make less than $30,000 and between $50,000 and $74,999.

I wonder how many professors from historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) AND Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) use Twitter in their classrooms.

Here's the link to the report - 8% of Online Americans Use Twitter.

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

#EDUSOCMEDIA - A Neat Resource for Higher Education Faculty and Technology Professionals...

Readers,

Today, I found such an incredible resource titled "#EDUSOCMEDIA: The Social Media Resource for Higher Ed". This resource actually emerged through my numerous daily alerts from "Google Alerts" (which is another incredible resource).

This website features a twitter feed, videos, a wiki, and various additional resources. In fact, Pretty neat! This website was created as a Twitter hashtag resource for last year's EDUCAUSE conference, but it was so great that the authors decided to keep the resource updated and available after the conference. Here's a sample post, "The Five Considerations of Social Media" - http://www.edusocmedia.org/2010/10/the-five-considerations/"


After viewing each of the website's resources, I became very excited about submitting my first proposal to EDUCAUSE 2011. I hope that my proposal will be accepted... I love Ed Tech/Comm. Tech!

Sincerely,

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

Tech Tips for Educators - UW Stout, Wisconsin's Polytechnic University

Readers,

Today, I discovered the "Millennial Professor" blog was selected as one of the "Top 8 Education Blogs to Inspire and Inform" by the University of Wisconsin-Stout. Here's the link to their top picks - LINK. In addition to this blog, one of my friends' blogs, "Communication and Higher Education: Life on the Tenure-Track at a Teaching Institution", was also selected as a top blog. Dr. Lora Helvie-Mason from Southern University New Orleans writes about her celebrations and trials on the tenure track.

Yay! Thank you Ms. Karen Franker from the University of Wisconsin-Stout! I appreciate you!

Sincerely,

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

Register for the Prepárate Conference - March 10th & 11th

Readers,

Prepárate™ brings together professionals from higher education, secondary schools, middle schools and community-based organizations, with the common goal of increasing Latino student access to and success in college. The conference will be held March 10–11, 2011 at the Hyatt Regency San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas.

Please follow the link below to view the flyer for more information.

http://www.naspa.org/regions/regioniii/Preparate%202011%20Flyer%20(1).pdf

You may contact Dr. Alderman for any additional information.

Here's the link to the conference - Prepárate Conference - Schedule & Session Information

Rosalind V. Alderman, Ph.D.

Assistant Vice President for Retention Management

St. Mary's University

One Camino Santa Maria

San Antonio, TX 78228

210 436-3995 office

210 431-8038 direct

210 431-8020 fax

ralderman@stmarytx.edu

www.stmarytx.edu/retention

Jennifer T. Edwards, Ed.D. - Vice President of Education and Professional Development

The Baylor Graduate Research, Advancement, and Development Conference - January 27-28, 2011

Readers,

I am Vice-President for Education and Professional Development for the Texas Association for College and University Student Personnel Administrators. This year, we are a sponsor of the Baylor GRAD Conference. Here's some information. :)

ATTEND and/or PRESENT at the Baylor Graduate Research, Advancement, and Development Conference on January 27-28, 2011. This conference is sponsored by TACUSPA.

What is the GRAD Conference?

- A two-day professional development opportunity for students, program directors, and faculty members from Higher Education and Student Affairs graduate programs across the state of Texas. We invite you to participate in this exciting opportunity to network, present research, and discuss relevant issues to your campus and your future in higher education.

Cost

The registration for this conference is ONLY $20.00 and the registration deadline is Friday, January 21, 2011.

Call for Papers/Call for Programs

- Program proposals will be accepted through Friday, January 14, 2011 and will be included in registration materials and on the Baylor HESA website. In addition, any student presenting at a national conference in the spring will have an opportunity to present their program at the GRAD conference AUTOMATICALLY.

Are you interested?

- Please contact buhesa@gmail.com or click this link - http://www.baylor.edu/soe/studentaffairs. You can also join the GRAD conversation on Twitter @baylorhesa and #gradconf.

Click here for the conference flyer - http://tinyurl.com/BaylorGRADConference

Jennifer T. Edwards, Ed.D.

TACUSA Vice-President for Education and Professional Development

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