CAPP130--Computer Applications

Life is Like a Cup of Coffee

2011-06-03T13:12:00.001-07:00

CAS Interview at Portland Community College

2011-04-08T08:29:00.000-07:00

Today, I have the opportunity to interview for a CAS Instructor position at Portland Community College on the Sylvania Campus of PCC. This campus is located just 10 minutes from downtown in southwest Portland. As part of the interview process, I taught a short lesson in Excel on relative and absolute cell references. At the end of the demonstration, I would like the members of the interview

Personal Learning Networks

2010-03-14T11:55:00.000-07:00

In the classroom, I have been sharing with students the importance of developing a Personal Learning Network to learn from peer and colleagues in their future occupation. Students can also reap the benefits of tapping into their PLNs. Here is a wonderful video called “The Networked Student” that shows how on-line networking can enhance students’ 21st century skills. Also I have presented

State of Blogosphere - MakeUseOf.com

2010-02-25T15:47:00.001-08:00

Making Curriculum Pop--Ben Harper "I'll Rise"

2010-01-18T07:42:00.000-08:00

Twitter and Seniors

2009-11-23T13:58:00.001-08:00

This clip was shown on the Jay Leno show. Thought the business educators who are learning about Twitter and their PLN would enjoy:

Great Presentation About Shifting to 21st Century Learning

2009-11-22T11:18:00.001-08:00

An Introduction to the Principles of 21st Century Learning and Web 2.0View more presentations from Credenda.

Twitter in the classroom

2009-11-21T17:57:00.000-08:00

Thanks to those teachers who attended my presentation at the BMIT Conference in Indy today. Here is a link to the video interviewing the principal who encourages his teachers to use Twitter in the classroom.

Blogging resources for the classroom

2009-11-21T03:20:00.000-08:00

During a recent presentation at IBEA's state conference, I presented web 2.0 tools for teachers. Here are some additional resources for blogs in the classroom:Learningweb2 - table of tools for blogs & wikisMiddleWeb - has a list of middle school blogs to follow and a simple guide to RSS feedersAdditional (school-friendly) sites to create blogs:21ClassesGaggle BlogsEducation 2.0-Edmodo A private

Using a Wiimote as a Whiteboard

2009-11-21T03:11:00.000-08:00

One of my favorite blogs to follow is Free Technology for Teachers written by Richard Byrne. Recently, there was a post of Johnny Lee presenting how to take a Wiimote and turn it into a whiteboard. Amazing!! For about $50 in hardware and a projector and laptop, you can have a whiteboard. For details, go to Johnny Lee's website or check out this video of his presentation at TED.

Example of an Animoto video--Web 2.0

2009-11-19T16:40:00.000-08:00

I am presenting at the BMIT Conference in Indianapolis on Saturday, November 21. This is a sample video to show the attendees how easy it is to create a video with Animoto. The presentation is call, Building a PLN with Web 2.0 Tools

Student Video Production

2009-11-18T17:29:00.000-08:00

Check out this student created video recently posted to YouTube.

Strengths listed in student evaluations

2009-11-02T06:51:00.000-08:00

This semester I am working to refine the CAPP130 course. Recently, I gave an online mid-term evaluation using a form created in Google Doc. One of the questions in most evaluations is professor's strengths. This is a word picture of what the students wrote on the evaluations. Sometimes we need to remember our strengths:

Mobile Searching using ChaCha

2009-10-03T06:50:00.000-07:00

Blogging

2009-10-02T12:52:00.001-07:00

Blogging is therefore to writing what extreme sports are to athletics: more free-form, more accident-prone, less formal, more alive. It is, in many ways, writing out loud.Andrew Sullivanwww.theatlantic.com/doc/200811/andrew-sullivan-why-i-blogwww.flickr.com/photos/adampiggott/2562599160

Say goodbye to a great show.......

2009-09-12T12:43:00.000-07:00

Butterfly in the sky, I can go twice as high,Take a look, it's in a book—a reading rainbow...How many of you grew up watching this popular children's show. According to a recent interview in usnews.com Reading Rainbow will end its 26-year run. I know my children learned "Why" reading was fun through this show.

Generation Y

2009-09-12T09:28:00.000-07:00

i m gen YView more presentations from drtrupti patel.

The Amazing Internet

2009-09-04T06:34:00.000-07:00

The Amazing Internet- Watch more Videos at Vodpod.

Developing your Personal Learning Network (PLN)

2009-09-04T06:20:00.000-07:00

There is a lot of discussion today about developing a personal learning network. Through many social network sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Nings, wikis, blogs, and more, students and teachers are able to connect with other in their field and share resources. This summer, one of the ways I have expanded my social network has been using Twitter, wikis and Ning. I am a member of a wiki called

Welcome new students in CAPP130

2009-08-29T20:28:00.000-07:00

One of the first sites we visited this semester was wordle.net. Students created wordles including their names and other terms to describe themselves. This wordle was created from the course syllabus.

Are social networks making students more narcissistic?

2009-08-25T07:12:00.000-07:00

In a recent article in USA today, the author believes that social networks are adding to the narcissistic attitudes in college students.Take the narcissistic personality test to see for yourself.

reBlog from Kristin Hokanson: The Connected Classroom

2009-08-15T08:44:00.001-07:00

I found this fascinating quote today:I have to be honest, the more summer professional development I do, and the more in-service workshops I do, the more I worry about this. I spend a day or two, sometimes a week “teaching folks to swim.” I give them the skills and we go SLOW. We work on voice threads, and wikis…easy entry points. I model (swim along with them) give them support (sometimes

Blog Cartoon--Blackmail

2009-07-09T10:40:00.000-07:00

Inbox Zero

2009-07-01T15:28:00.001-07:00

As I am working on professional development during the summer, one of the most time consuming tasks can be email. I have viewed several presentations on the concept of Inbox Zero--good tool for joining the world of business.Inbox Zero: Action-Based EmailView more presentations from merlinmann.

25 Tools: A Toolbox for Professionals

2009-06-09T10:07:00.000-07:00

Check out this presentation taken from England of the top 25 tools for professionals:25 Tools: A Toolbox for Learning Professionals 2009View more OpenOffice presentations from Jane Hart.

Develop your Personal Learning Community

2009-04-24T10:29:00.000-07:00

As students are preparing for future careers, one of the goals of this class is to help you develop your Personal Learning Community. The Web 2.0 tools you have used in this course will be valuable for your continued learning. This picture is a graphical representation of what your PLC might look like. You can see that your continued education will be enhanced using these tools and resources.

Semester is coming to an end!!

2009-04-19T21:45:00.000-07:00

Our class is working on PowerPoint projects this week. Since this is the last week of classes, an integrated project is assigned as a final project. The project will include Word, Excel and Access activities. The goal this semesters was to increase your knowledge of Office 2007 skills for business and personal use. In addition, you should have gained some computer concepts knowledge. Finally

Easter Week

2009-04-05T20:39:00.001-07:00

Only three days of classes this week!

Welcome business education teachers

2009-04-01T07:20:00.000-07:00

This is one of the blogs which I use in my computer applications class at Bethel College. All of my students create blogs at the beginning of the semester. Throughout the semester, they blog several times about various topics or articles from the internet. For some of the students, this is their first experience writing on the web (the read-write Web 2.0). In this course, we cover Office 2007

Putting Images in your Word Clouds

2009-03-20T10:30:00.000-07:00

Check out this article which explains how to add images to your Wordle word clouds.by Angela Maiers- Educational Consultant

Brain Rules for Presenters

2009-02-04T13:10:00.001-08:00

Check out this SlideShare Presentation: Brain Rules for PresentersView more presentations from garr. (tags: reynolds garr)

Using some of the Web 2.0 applications

2009-02-02T10:36:00.001-08:00

Today we will be exploring some of the social web applications such as social bookmarking, photosharing apps, and RSS sites. We will be adding to our blog how these applications can be useful. Some useful articles for teachers include:http://www.teachingtips.com/blog/2008/07/21/50-useful-blogging-tools-for-teachers/create an Avatar siteList of top bookmarking sites

Using Widgets for your Blog

2009-01-29T05:32:00.000-08:00

According to Wikipedia widgets are:"Embeddable chunks of code have existed since the start of the World Wide Web. Web developers have long sought and used third party code chunks in their pages. It could be said that the original web widgets were the link counters and advertising banners that grew up alongside the early web.A widget is anything that can be embedded within a page of HTML, i.e. a

Welcome CAPP130 students!

2009-01-06T14:24:00.000-08:00

Welcome students to my blog. I will post throughout the semester along with you. I hope you enjoy your adventure to blogging.

Countdown

2008-12-13T23:12:00.000-08:00

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