On Saturday, I’m going to TribeCamp. What’s TribeCamp? Here’s what the organizers have to say about it:
TribeCamp is a daylong conference with sessions about Web Content Creation, Social Media, Online Marketing, and “Tribes”, which are really professional groups of people with some commonality (think Designers, Entrepreneurs, Marketers, etc…). However, the sessions are just half of the day.
Tonight is the project showcase for my IDT 7095/8095: Developing Interactive Learning Environments II course. The overwhelming majority of this course is based in working with a “live” external client. At the beginning of the semester, student teams select clients from proposals I have received. Then students work all semester with the client to analyze, design, develop, implement and evaluate a solution to the proposed problem. As part of the showcase, student teams will present an executive summary of their projects’ problems, solutions and evaluations. This semester there are four strong teams.
Here goes. I’m going to do something unusual for me.
I’m going to tell a private story to the public.
When I was 16-years-old, I became very sick.
I lost 40 pounds without trying.
I experienced pain every night.
I lived with lots of embarrassing personal events.
I graduated high school, went to college, graduated with a BS then a Masters, and I still was sick without any real explanation.
Thanks to one of favorite feeds at Lifehacker, I found “So you need a typeface?” Designer Julian Hansen has come up with the choose-your-own-adventure-version of The Font Book. I encourage you to revel in the simplicity and inspriration. (Mrs. Leininger, this one is for you!)
Check out: http://julianhansen.com/index.php?/alternative-type-finder/
These are my Jumptags for April 19th through April 20th: Making Web 2.0 Work for Project Management – There’s much discussion around Web 2.0 technologies and using them for business purposes. Will these technologies actu Project Learning: Teachers Discuss the Daily Challenges | Edutopia – A team of eighth-grade teachers compare notes on the trials and rewards of working together [...]
These are my Jumptags for March 17th through April 13th: Problems with ADDIE – Moving Your WordPress Site and Database « Weblog Tools Collection – here comes a time you may have to leave one web host for another. No matter the reason the idea of relocating an entire website – especially one that has been online for sometime – [...]
I’m pleased to say that another book chapter in completed and onto the presses to be published. This one was with awesome collaborators, Dr. Drew Polly at University of North Carolina at Charlotte and Joanne Gikas (a doc student of mine), the Director of Online Programs at UofM. This chapter is on supporting technology integration in higher education. Together, the [...]
These are my Jumptags for February 9th through March 17th: Free and legal music downloads – Jamendo – Download and listen to over 20,000 albums, legally. Use BitTorrent or download directly to discover and share new artists. All content is Creative Commons or "Art Libre" licensed. Philip Hutchison Talks SCORM and E-Learning — Campus Technology – In this candid and [...]
Image via Wikipedia I have to admit, coming from a printing background, I am pretty sensitive to hype when it comes to Earth Day and environmentalism. In fact, my wife has made me even more sensitive. Recently, her new coming Allkidscrafts.com has had me brainstorming and testing recycling crafts for about a month now. Two recent articles, though, bring together [...]
Within our Instructional Design & Technology 7095/8095, project teams will be presenting synopses of their projects for this semester in a Project Showcase of live clients. Their work represents approximately $15,000 – 20,000 worth of instructional development. In the showcase, each team of students will present a 15-minute overview of their project and product.
