EdVentures in Technology
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March 6, 2007 at 6:36 pm · Filed under Readings, TechTalk
For those who actually view my blog and don’t rely solely upon my RSS feed, you will begin to notice some significant makeover work occurring on this site. Turns out that Internet Explorer doesn’t play nice with my current theme and I’m beginning to include more resources in my sidebar than a two column theme can provide. So I am trying out a new theme, a modified version of Fjords01, that I hope will better display the resources that I’m trying to share. Thanks also to Doug Belshaw for his hint on including shared Google Reader feeds. This will give me a reminder of the things I need to follow up on and allow others a glimpse into the topics that I think we should be paying more attention to.
So bear with me and hopefully this will be a relatively painless process. Dang it there is no wood on my keyboard! Oh well, you get the idea.
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November 5, 2006 at 10:17 pm · Filed under Creativity, Readings, TechTalk
I picked up a copy of this book at Borders (which I didn’t realize was tied to Amazon.com until I went to add it’s URL) in Concord a week ago for a few reasons. One was that I wanted to get back in touch with what the industry was providing for HTML references. I was also curious to see how different XHTML was from HTML since my first HTML class was taken in the mid-90’s and I hadn’t really done anything formal to update my skills since. I also wanted to learn more about CSS and was looking for a book that might explain it in such a way that my faculty and students would understand it.
I found all of that thank to Kathy Sierra and her Head First series of guides to programming. This book was written by Elisabeth & Eric Freeman and in the style of the rest of the series, explains its content in an irreverent but coherent and enjoyable conversation. What’s more, their use of relevant examples places the learning in a context which makes sense to the learner. Many of the HTML texts I’ve seen are typically a simple listing of HTML tags isolated from real-world application. The HeadFirst series uses a number of different examples wrapped up in a story line which draws the learner in and personalizes their experience. It is perhaps this use of storytelling which sells me the most on this book.
Printed by O’Reilly, this book is available just about everywhere and I highly recommend it for those who want more than cookie cutter templates and have a desire to learn HTML, XHTML and CSS. It’s done wonders for my comprehension of CSS and allowed me to refine my coding. Now it’s time to hack my blog theme CSS!
October 25, 2006 at 8:29 pm · Filed under Higher Education, Readings
Authored by Kaye Shelton and George Saltsman, this book is part of the USDLA series on Distance Learning, this book discusses issues surrounding the logistics, practices and politics of administering an online education program.
An Administrator’s Guide to Online Education
ISBN: 1-59311-424-9
Technorati Tags: OnlineEd, reading, online, education, administrator
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October 25, 2006 at 8:06 pm · Filed under Higher Education, Readings
In my role as Coordinator of Learning Technologies, one of my primary responsibilities is the management and campus support for our LMS, WebCT Blackboard. I also serve on a number of committees that revolve around technology and pedagogy. I strive to stay on top of trends and best practices in my field to varying degrees of success.
That said, I am going to begin documenting the books and articles I come across that support me and others in similar roles. These will be tagged “OnlineEd” and categorized under “Readings.”
Technorati Tags: learning, technology, OnlineEd, education
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