Dave Eveland's Blog – January 2009 Archive (2)

Class begins tomorrow... somewhat new.

Aside from the fact that our country will have a new President and a new administration at nearly this time tomorrow, my greatest concern is in what I can impact and work with in the here and now - and what's closest to me - that being the Introduction to Educational Technology course I teach each semester.

I have to say that teaching this course for me is very exciting - because it's in this course that I can engage up and-coming teaching… Continue

Added by Dave Eveland on January 19, 2009 at 9:00am — 1 Comment

Reflecting more often...

So I've been thinking about life - well life and how I reflect on it, and one of the ways that helps me to reflect is writing.

I specifically want to become better - more consistent at posting what I discover and think about - esp. with regard to technology.

My undergraduate studies stated that learners retain and think more clearly when done based on periods of metacognitive thought - that is thinking about thinking, and in this case, me thinking about my own… Continue

Added by Dave Eveland on January 13, 2009 at 9:31am — 1 Comment