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A Student’s Guide to Paper.li: Arianna’s Experience

We are currently examining different content curation services as to their strengths, weaknesses, ease of use, and usefulness to students. A very good guide to content curation developed by others can...

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Changes: How much tinkering should one do with a course that seems to work well?

Carroll has become a special place to me. I have been influenced greatly by its students, faculty, staff, administration, and alumni. By its traditions, theater productions and its music. There are...

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A Student-Generated WordPress Tutorial for My Carroll Students

Recently there has been a campus-wide discussion about the need to include writing experiences across the curriculum and across a student’s learning years here. I’ve become a strong believer in giving...

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Teaching Tools: SPSS, InStat, StarQuiz, Camtasia, and Research Randomizer.

  I am moving towards requiring that all my students demonstrate to me minimal mastery of the use of the technology-based teaching and learning tools I introduce into the classroom (e.g. Quizlet,...

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In Search of the “Best” Screencasting Software

  When I am especially busy, I encourage my student research team to use their creativity to surprise me. Here is their preliminary work for an ebook we are writing that will give student guides to...

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Rediscovering VoiceThread

    I continue to be alerted to so many good ideas via my the personal learning resources on my twitter feed. Today I was reminded of the valuable potential of a learning tool I abandoned  and  hadn’t...

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Curious David Revisits His Global Outreach Attempts

It’s past time for a more systematic global outreach by me and my students. Today I met briefly with some visitors from China. I wished them a Happy New Year of the Monkey. Then I began setting up...

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On “Flow,”“Presence,”“Self-Actualization” and Constructive Mania

  I seem to be having an unusually productive day today. I am in a state of “Flow, “Presence,—self-actualization? I seem to be fully charged even though Leo the Great and I went outside at 2:00 a.m....

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Heartfelt thanks to all my teachers I have never personally met—and one in...

Winding up; winding down. As I shoveled cleaned out  organized books, folders, software, and files in my office today I came across materials from the First-Year Seminar “Pioneering Web 2.0 Learning...

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Using Internet Tools to Maximize My Effectiveness Inside and Outside the...

Earlier this morning I had a team meeting with two of my student research assistants before leaving for an off-campus meeting with my Schneider Consulting business partners, Jane and Greg Schneider. I...

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Bridging the Academic and Business Worlds

In my teaching, research, writing and consulting I try to be a bridge-builder across admittedly different disciplines, cultures, and age groups. I enjoy reading the Harvard Business Review as well as...

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Revisiting my Tool Box Tool by Tool: Take 5

Twitter: I often learn about a new technology learning tool here through selectively identifying “thought leaders.” I try to reciprocate with something that they might find of interest...

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A Student-Generated WordPress Tutorial for My Carroll Students

Recently there has been a campus-wide discussion about the need to include writing experiences across the curriculum and across a student’s learning years here. I’ve become a strong believer in giving...

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Teaching Tools: SPSS, InStat, StarQuiz, Camtasia, and Research Randomizer.

  I am moving towards requiring that all my students demonstrate to me minimal mastery of the use of the technology-based teaching and learning tools I introduce into the classroom (e.g. Quizlet,...

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In Search of the “Best” Screencasting Software

  When I am especially busy, I encourage my student research team to use their creativity to surprise me. Here is their preliminary work for an ebook we are writing that will give student guides to...

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Rediscovering VoiceThread

    I continue to be alerted to so many good ideas via my the personal learning resources on my twitter feed. Today I was reminded of the valuable potential of a learning tool I abandoned  and  hadn’t...

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Curious David Revisits His Global Outreach Attempts

It’s past time for a more systematic global outreach by me and my students. Today I met briefly with some visitors from China. I wished them a Happy New Year of the Monkey. Then I began setting up...

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Exceeding my Expectations: My Students Explore Book Writing

Throughout the 2015-2016 school year, we four undergraduate research assistants in “Dr. Simpson’s Neighborhood” have been familiarizing ourselves with several different learning tools described on...

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Rediscovering Apps Buried on My Laptop

In preparation for contributing my suggestions to Jane Hart for her “Top 100 Tools for Learning” list  I am systematically examining (and in many cases rediscovering:)) apps on my MacBook Pro.  Jane...

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What are YOUR favorite technology learning tools?

What are your favorite technology learning tools? Now (until September 23) is a good time to send your recommendations to Jane Hart (see this link) as she for the 10th year finishes compiling...

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