What if a class included an assignment which no one really knew how to accomplish?
I suppose that’d be one way to describe the current web site project in class. The assignment seemed simple: create a personal web page and send a link to the professor. The requirements were clear as were the tasks needed in [...]
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Web Page Woes
Posted in LTEC3440, Tools on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Listen, Read or Both?
Posted in LTEC3440 on November 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The question posed this week is in regard to Podcasts vs Text and which is the preferred manner of absorbing information for each person. My answer is simply, “It depends.” I would also say that, “Both” is an applicable answer as well. How’s that for ambiguity?
There are a number of factors that will weigh into [...]
Copyright Infringement – A Personal View
Posted in LTEC3440 on November 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Until 1999, I never really gave much thought to copyright-related issues. After 1999, my views changed somewhat. In July of that year I published my first book. Oddly enough, it’s still listed on Amazon. It went to press the same week I passed the Routing and Switching CCIE Exam after two years of preparation. Suffice to [...]
Web 2.0 and Education
Posted in Collaboration, LTEC3440, Web 2.0 on October 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Part of our assignment this week for class included commenting on some video content posted on the our professor’s blog. She posted three different videos in order to solicit comments. The first two videos were put together by Michael Wesch from the University of Kansas. He’s a very well respected and outspoken [...]
Video Production
Posted in LTEC3440, Technology on October 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Among the topics covered in my LTEC 3040 class is the use of video in a classroom environment. While it’s been discussed previously, the project for this week is to create a framework for a PowerPoint presentation which will instruct teachers on the creation of a video for their own use whether it be [...]
ADDIE vs MRK
Posted in LTEC3440 on October 1, 2008 | 3 Comments »
In creating the exercises on modeling with ADDIE vs MRK, I found that I liked aspects of both and disliked aspects of both. How’s that for ambiguity?
ADDIE – Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, Evaluate is a great tool for a free thinker. That is, it provides a basic framework around which to wrap a [...]
Excel Grade Book
Posted in LTEC3440, Tools on September 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Another project for the LTEC 3440 course is the creation of an Excel-based grade book. Building a web-based grade book was also an option, but I preferred the Excel approach. Here’s a partial screenshot of the gradebook:
It takes into account quizzes, exams and assignments. Each of those three categories is weighted as [...]
Transforming Business Through Unified Communications
Posted in LTEC3440, Unified Communications on September 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Note: I see that the formatting isn’t great on this one. I’ll fix it eventually.
In a competitive technological landscape such as the one in which we live, it is imperative that technological concepts be comprehensible. This means that people want to see what you’re proposing. Any technology company that doesn’t utilize its own [...]
Lesson Planning
Posted in LTEC3440 on September 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The next assignment due in the LTEC 3440 class is a lesson plan. Typically, a lesson plan would be a five minute job. However, my topic is one I’m a bit more passionate about than say, The Mating Cycles of Angry Chilean Sea Bass. Interesting, though it may be, I’ll stick to [...]
Designing For Learners
Posted in LTEC3440 on September 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The assignment for this week in LTEC 3440 was relatively simple to complete. While I didn’t necessarily agree with the results of the various surveys in which we took part and discussed, they did provide some insight. In addition to those, we were asked, “Aside from learning styles and preferences, what else should [...]
