February 2012
4 posts
An Informal Learning Event: Technology Petting Zoo
Before Christmas a small group of staff got together to organize an event that was a little less formal, a lot more hands on and definitely revolved around fun. Once our planning started, a serendipitous email came from another colleague suggesting the following as a possible PD format:
Electronic Gadget Petting Zoo
And thus a theme was hatched for our event… :)
Yesterday (February...
Keep it simple...
I’m finding that its easier to create short videos when offering support to folks with tasks and questions they are having when using technology. I can create a short video clip using screen capture software (currently using Screencast-o-matic) and uploading the video to youtube.com where I’ve created a channel. Once the video clip is done I can simply send the link to the video in an...
Meaning... change... and shift...
Just got out of a course design meeting … it was one of those meetings where ideas were flowing, sharing was happening and you could feel a shift occurring. I wanted to put words to screen before it all got lost in the rest of the day…
The meeting began with a concrete starting place, we asked the subject matter expert to describe what we could expect of the learners at the end of...
I am happy to share...
A small group of faculty and myself are working to put together a professional learning ‘event’ where faculty are sharing and showing their colleagues how they are using technology to enhance learning in their classrooms and spaces.
The session is meant to be an informal and fun event where staff are encouraged to bring their own technology, try something new, or to begin the...
