Last week I did a presentation for some faculty at San Juan Community College in Farmington, New Mexico about our 9x9x25 Challenge. It was part of their Technology Innovations conference that was followed the next day by a Canvas conference.
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Two Years of 9x9x25 = 323 Posts
Well, just by the number of participants this time around I vote we were successful and I have high hopes for next year. We changed things up a bit and I think that the commenting week went ok. I liked
What Todd Learned in His Classroom Management Class
Truth is, Todd never took a class called “Classroom Management.” He took a class called “Group Processes” that was all about how groups work and how we can make groups work better. For some reason, the state of Arizona allowed
All Bells & Whistles and No Place to Go
A while back I was invited to talk with the Maricopa Community College faculty at their “Canvas Conversations” daylong conference. It would be similar to Yavapai having a Blackboard Conversations day where faculty would share the good things they do
What Does “A Culture of Learning” Look Like?
I want you to describe for me the elements that are active in a college where there is a clear “culture of learning” among faculty. Ok, go ahead. (time passes and you think about the question above and even have
Don’t Take Your LMS to the Zoo
When you leave the school grounds with students you are out there in the wide open. Anything can happen! And when you take the class to the zoo, there are all kinds of different activities to do and strange and
Baden-Powell all the Boys and Betty Crocker all the Girls
Thanks to Mark Shelley’s post about grading. “Examinations are of use only so far as they test the child’s fitness for social life and reveal the place in which he can be of most service and where he can receive
Getting Some QM Rolling Along
Last week we had 18 faculty in a seven hour workshop about Quality Matters. The title of the workshop was “Applying the Quality Matters Rubric.” It is described by QM as, “The Applying the Quality Matters Rubric (APPQMR) workshop is
Them “Bells and Whistles”
I am working on a presentation titled, “Bells and Whistles.” I am working on it as I write. Who knows, maybe writing this will help clarify some of the thoughts I have? I have an idea looking at technology in
Oh Where (OER) Oh Where (OER)
This week was the OpenEd Conference in Utah. Last year I remember watching Gardner Campbell’s keynote and thinking “Oh man, another “Bag of Gold story” and that it was another idea that would take me a long time to figure
Mirror Mirror
Mirrors are pretty powerful. Sometimes they show us what we don’t want to see and other times they might reward us for perfectly reflecting the person we believe ourselves to be. We know the reflection is unbiased, and unable, to
EDUCAUSE 2013 Overall Reflection
It was great to be in the environment. By that I mean there were ideas wandering around and people who had little to do other than wonder about them. I was able to spark up many conversations before sessions, after