“All good things arrive unto them that wait–and don’t die in the meantime.” – Mark Twain in letter to Orion and Jane Clemens, 1889 I wish I had learned things earlier in life that required patience. As a kid I
Author: Todd Conaway
Some Presentations about Presentations about Presentations
Over the last year I have been asked to do a few short “How to make/deliver a presentation” presentations for some nursing classes. Originally, the request was for some Pecha Kucha sort of presentations, but the last two have been
2017 UW | Bothell eLearning Symposium
We completed our Third Annual eLearning Symposium yesterday here at UW | Bothell. We had about twenty faculty and staff from not only the Bothell campus, but Seattle too. It was great to see our colleagues from UW take the
Of Vinyl Signs and Other Signs
I am lucky to be able to walk to work. I do. Everyday. I walk along a river and through a park. It is beautiful. Today, when I reached the campus I made a short detour and stopped by the
When You Plan for Fun Activities but Just Keep Talking
Last week, I attended the Building Bridges conference in Spokane, Washington. The conference is regional, always located in the Pacific Northwest states, and it brought a variety of people in the education landscape to the beautiful downtown area of Spokane.
Our New 20 Minute a Day Canvas Workout!
This should be fun! Along with sort of moderating it, I just finished two presentations for next month. One is about changing our professional development model from a static resource and one hour workshop to some longer events. The other
Story: The Gift that Keeps on Giving
A huge hero of mine has taken the day off from all this electric rectangular bright and chaotic mumbo jumbo. In fact, he is taking the year off. That is an interesting idea. To me anyway. I remember thinking as
Hello there #openlearning17
Hello! I am participating in the class to find some more awesome “faculty development” ideas. Just the #openlearning17 course itself is a good opportunity I can share with faculty here. I need those. I am an instructional designer these last
When Will We Give Up the Brown Bag?
Well, we likely never will give up on them completely. They do serve a population and a purpose. I think. And we have been asking the same question for years. I am hoping that we move to a yearly plan
Share Everything
The first rule in Robert Fulghum’s All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten is this: SHARE EVERYTHING Opened16 ends today. I figure for this post I would share what the many people attending the event have shared.
Where is Your Frontier?
Last week the person the Quality Matters Twitter account direct messaged me three questions. They said, “We want to know what YOU think! Help set the stage for our intrepid, seasoned panelists who will engage with a set of questions
Reminders to Myself
I suppose there are a lot of reasons why it has come to this point. Why we still settle for passive classrooms full of students asked to do little more than listen for an hour a week or more. Why