These are my Jumptags for December 16th The Rules | Brain Rules | – Brain Rules by John J. Medina is a multimedia project explaining how the brain works. It includes a book, a feature-length documentary film, and a series of interactive tutorials. How To Design Custom PowerPoint Templates for E-Learning (Plus 8 Free Templates) » The Rapid eLearning Blog [...]

These are my Jumptags for December 14th through December 15th: http://www.GoogleLitTrips.com – This is the tips and how to page for Google Lit Trips. ICTAC MEMO iPhone Apps for Education – A list of iPod touch and iPhone applications for use with learning. Organized by different content areas, too. The myth of the page fold: evidence from user testing | [...]

These are my Jumptags for December 9th through December 10th: How To Explain To Clients That They Are Wrong – Smashing Magazine – GIFs of spinning s on the Contact us page. Common usability mistakes for the sake of visual appeal. Splash pages. Fancy search box. No whitespace. Music on page load…. How to Deal with Feature Creep | Webdesigner [...]

These are my Jumptags for December 10th through December 11th: Secrets of Steve Jobs – The audio to accompany the slides for Secrets of Steve Jobs. Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs – An extensive presentation on how to present like Steve Jobs. Great tips. YouTube – Google Docs: A love letter – hSee how one lovestruck student collaborates with Google [...]

These are my Jumptags for December 7th through December 9th: 25+ Useful Infographics for Web Designers | Webdesigner Depot – Infographics can be a great way to quickly reference information. Instead of pouring over figures and long reports to decipher data, an infographic can Google Wave Explained In Two Minutes (CLIP) (GOOG) – In the spirit of The Common Craft [...]

As students (or anyone) Google information on a specific subject, Wikipedia entries are usually at the top of the search, and, the information, is often trusted as fact.

(Even as I Google “Wikipedia Controversy,” the first entry was a Wikipedia entry! It is about a person who was editing on the popular site and wrote that a well-known journalist actually had been a suspect in the assignations of his friends JFK and Robert Kennedy, Jr. The post remained up on Wikipedia for four months, subsequently, tarnishing the journalist’s image-and hurting his feelings–of course. There are many more stories like this, most are quite entertaining. If you are bored, Google: “Erdosville, Nebraska” or “Shane Fitzgerald”.)

Well, now you can. Cloud computing has been a popular resource in the scientific research community because of its tremendous computing power. The amazing realm of cloud computing is now being used widely in the education sector. The reasons for its popularity are the ease of management, availability of consolidated resources and infinite computing power. Before we go any further about the aspects of cloud computing that make it an invaluable resource for education, let us find out what is cloud computing.

These are my Jumptags for November 24th through December 7th: Instructional Design and Development Blog » Blog Archive » Teaching Frustrations: Why Don’t Students Follow My (Clearly-Labeled, Logically Organized, and Bold/Highlighted/Flashing) Instructions? – Instructors who teach in online environments often devote extensive time and energy into designing a Web space that is inviting and useful to students. But frustration inevitably [...]

I just sent out my invitation for potential clients for IDT 7095-8095.  In the spring 2008 semester, the Instructional Design & Technology program launched a new course aimed at providing students project management and design team experiences.  In IDT 7095/8095, we are attempting to give students “real world” experiences with “live” clients. We will be offering this course again this [...]

I’ve had a really great time here at TETC in Nashville. The sessions on Wednesday went great. The feedback I received was really positive, and I hope the information was helpful to many of the teachers. Today, we’re going to be discussing two topics. The links and topics are below.