TCI 505: Foundations of Technology in Education

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

oscheck07Course Description This course is an overview of technology in education, including expanding skills in common classroom applications and developing skills and understanding in the use of learning management systems. Educators will apply technology skills to improve their teaching performance. Learning Goals Upon the successful completion of this course, you will be able ...

Presenting with Dots

Monday, May 11th, 2009

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Stop Killing Students With PowerPoint

Friday, January 16th, 2009

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Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?

Sunday, December 7th, 2008

Sir Ken Robinson is author of Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative, and a leading expert on innovation and human resources. In this talk, he makes an entertaining (and profoundly moving) case for creating an education system that nurtures creativity, rather than undermining it. (Recorded ...

Cultures on the Edge with Wade Davis

Sunday, December 7th, 2008

I watched Wade Davis' Cultures on the Edge presentation yesterday and it has impacted me tremendously. I in one fell swoop have changed my view of story telling and it necessity in the world. Wade is a persuasive and polished presenter. His simple stand and deliver approach is ...

Creating Presentations That Don't Suck

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

We have all been stuck in slide show presentations that could not have been more stale or boring. I mean, it seemed at times that they were engineered to confound the mind. Well, research seems to confirm what we felt; slide shows can interfere with learning. Imagine a ...