Hello Fall 2011 - Post 5/5 - It's Friday! Reserve Your Free Breakfast Entree at Chick-Fil-A!

Readers,

This week, I am super excited about the opportunity to RSVP for the Chick-Fil-A Free Breakfast Entree next week! I drive by a Chick-Fil-A every morning on my way to the university and I cannot wait to take advantage of this free offer. Use this website link to RSVP - http://www.chick-fil-aforbreakfast.com/Start. I just sent this message to my students as well! :)

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

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Hello Fall 2011 - Post 4/5 - My Personal and Professional Goals for Fall 2011!

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Readers,

Here are the goals for this semester! Keep me accountable!

Professional Goals:

1 - Help at least four student groups submit their research papers for publication.

2 - Help at least six student groups submit their research papers for the various symposiums this semester.

3 - Submit at least three of my own articles for publication.

4 - Write at least three articles this semester.

5 - Plan the "Social Media Conference 2011"! :)

6 - Keep my blog updated.

Personal Goals:

1 - Save, save, save! :)

2 - Start fall/winter garden.

3 - Cook meals at home instead of eating out.

4 - Serve the college student ministry at our church!

5 - Build better interpersonal relationships!

Sincerely,

J. Edwards

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

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Hello Fall 2011 - Post 3/5 - Wandering Wednesdays - The Theatre Prof Blog

Readers,

This is been a great week! In addition, to the amazing first week of classes, I also found a great blog to follow! This blog is called The Theatre Prof and Prof. Michelle Stephens seems to be a very active user of social media in her personal life and in her classes. :)

She is active on Google Plus and I hope to learn A LOT from her about this software, because I am LOST on Google Plus! :)

Here are her most recent posts on teaching in higher education...

10 Ways to Use Google Plus in the Classroom

Dear Parent of a College-Bound Child

Report from the Trenches: Evaluating GooglePlus for Online Learning

Week Zero: Why You Should Engage Students Before Classes Start

Check Out Michelle's Blog! - http://www.theatreprof.com/

Sincerely,

J. Edwards

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

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Hello Fall 2011 (2/5) - Time Management Strategies for the Semester (Responding to E-mail)

Readers,

This semester, I decided that I need to refine my time management skills and to establish a better balance between work and personal life. I usually respond to messages from my online and face-to-face classes within an hour (or two), but this year, I think that I am going to move to a 12 hour time frame. Responding to e-mail messages can become a very time consuming process and I have to reduce the amount of time that I spend typing and retyping replies to e-mail messages.

Here are some time management strategies that I currently use:

1 - When a few students have the same question, I send the students an initial response and then I send the response to all students in a question and answer format.

2 - I save ALL of my received messages and sent messages every semester. The pdf documents from each semester have helped me to form a wonderful repository of message replies. Then, I copy and paste the answers to questions that I typically encounter every semester. :)

Here are some time management strategies that I plan to use:

1 - Replying to students within a 12 hour time frame (while I am at work and during office hours at home).

2  - Typing responses on my iPad. For some reason, I dislike my pop-up iPad keyboard and I started using the Apple bluetooth keyboard instead of the keyboard on the screen. I love this keyboard MUCH better than the keyboard on the screen!

Do you have any suggestions for me? I value your suggestions! :)

Sincerely,

J. Edwards

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

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