March 2010 Blog Posts (139)

Previous statement… Posted yesterday.

“…the proposed research will not focus on the concepts of e-learning since I consider a fundamental difference between the learning practices and methods within web 2.0 social networks and the instructional nature

of e-learning methods. The concept of e-learning will however be

discussed and partly analyzed to emphasize the unique nature or learning

within web 2.0 social networking…

WONDERFUL AND CONGRATULATION !!
KISSES SUSANA MARCOS.

As part of our student interview series, Lucy Hurston—author, college professor, and niece of Zora Neale Hurston—will discuss her aunt’s work with Jennifer Hubbell and her English class at Marymount High School in Los Angeles.

Join us on March 25 at 5pm EST.

For this week's assignment in Educational Technology, I had to make a character posters using Microsoft Office's Excel program. My character poster included a picture of me as the background and a word that describes me along with its definition - both displayed somewhere on the poster.

To make the poster on Excel, I zoomed out to view the page at 25%, so that I was able to see the page lines (the…

I found that using Excel instead of Word to create the character poster was much easier. With word, if everything isn't in a straight line, it's hard to manipulate the pictures, text boxes, word art, etc. With Excel, there's no worry about trying to change the formatting of the picture so that you can get it just how you want it. It was very easy to insert the picture, and move it to whenever you want and then insert text boxes over the picture. I…

I used excel to make a poster. This poster has a word that describes me and…

kelsey.xls

The character poster is something neat that can be used in the classroom. Not only can character posters be made, but other things can be made as well that can be posted in a classroom. I enjoyed making the poster and although I had trouble figuring it out, I had fun. I think this would be fun to do with students, but only if they're old enough. But even if the students…

Picking a Lecture Capture product to test, with a focus on affordable entry and scalable tech and licensing.

Last week, in the 3rd post in…

These days, trust is not optional. Trust is a prerequisite.

This week, Dartmouth's Greg Wadlinger draws from personal experience, current events, and organizational theory to illustrate how Trust is a prerequisite for Change.…