Nonverbal Communication in the NBA Finals! - A Neat Classroom Teaching Tool!

Readers,


Last week, I was very excited to receive the following article via e-mail from one of my former students - Dallas' Secret Weapon: High Fives. He was very excited to apply concepts from our interpersonal communication class to the sports environment! Since, I have been watching the NBA finals for the past two weeks, I was VERY excited to receive the article from him.





I think communication and sociology professors who are teaching nonverbal communication principles can use the following video in their face-to-face and online courses. Players in the NBA use positive communication to communicate with their peers, why is it so difficult for faculty? Maybe this will start a trend! :)


Sincerely,


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

Adopt This Technology - Corkboard.Me

Readers,

Recently, I started using corkboard.me for personal brainstorming purposes. I have also been searching for ways to use corkboard.me in face-to-face or online classroom environments.

Here's my current Corkboard - http://corkboard.me/fV3QTNo82u. Could you please contribute ways to use this technology in the higher education setting? Currently, I am thinking of in-class brainstorming sessions and organizing group workloads.

Thanks!

Sincerely,

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

Wandering Wednesday - EmergingEdTech: Engaging Student and Enhancing Learning Outcomes and Internet and Instructional Technologies

Readers,


Today's Wandering Wednesday website is the EmergingEdTech: Engaging Student and Enhancing Learning Outcomes and Internet and Instructional Technologies. I have subscribed to this website's RSS feed for the past year and I enjoy the updates, because they are always informative and educational!


Every weekend, the author researches a relevant topic, writes an article about that topic and then he creates a video focused on his selected topic. Here's an introductory video for his website:

The authors provides his readers with timely posts focused on relevant topics!

His "Posts Index" is very comprehensive and it focuses on the following:
- professional development
- educational technology inside and outside of the classroom
- the future of education technology
- specific technologies and products
- education technology organizations and sites
- special needs students


Check out his website!


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

Emerging from a LONG Break (Was It Really A Break)?

Readers,

Whew! The break between the fall and summer semesters has been filled with reading textbooks, gardening, organizing my home, and preparing for summer courses. Usually I write one or two articles over the break, but scholarly activities did not fill my schedule over the break. :( 

Yesterday, was my first day back in the office and I was excited! Most people leave the office for a few weeks and come back to total chaos, which may include a plethora of voice mail messages, e-mail messages, mail in the department mail box, and post-its filled with handwritten notes about an upcoming meeting or concern. Since, I am never really "away" from the office, I felt like I never left. Here's why:

GOOGLE VOICE:

Everyone who calls my office line has the option to send a text message or to call my Google Voice account to contact me when I am away from the office. However, work/life balance is very important and I only accept these calls within a specified time frame during my Monday through Friday schedule. 

EXCHANGE:

I receive and respond to e-mail messages via my iPad. In addition, all of my Blackboard e-mails are forwarded to my university exchange account and this is VERY handy when I am traveling and I do not have a chance to log in to blackboard.

COMMUNICATION WITH MY DEPARTMENT:

I always check-in with my department head at least one time every two weeks to see if anything new is happening in our wonderful department when I am away.

That's it! Monday was an extremely busy day and I had a long committee meeting and a great conference call with one of my state organizations! If I could just fit a workout activity in my summer schedule, I would experience peace! Perhaps yoga? I need to try the morning yoga class, because it is STILL 88 degrees in Texas and it is 8:30 p.m.

This summer WILL be productive! I cannot wait to "meet" the students in my online courses. :)

Have a great week!

Sincerely,

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