In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, I thought I would share this information graphic (infographic) that provides quite a bit of demographic details into the teachers of our children.  I hope you enjoy. And if you are a teacher (and that includes college faculty members, Sunday School/religion teachers, homeschooling parents), then I salute you, and say, “Thank you for your [...]

Good morning! I just wanted to reminder everyone that Wednesday, November 16, 2011, is ‘My Twitter Story’ day! This grew out of a conversation with a student of mine in one of my online courses and some follow up conversations about how we really should be sharing our stories of professional development for others. I would really like to share [...]

I’ve had a couple of folks ask me about the presentations I gave at the Midsouth Technology Conference (#mstc2010) last week. So, I wanted to go ahead and provide those links and slides.  This first one is for beginners and is about Web 2.0. I’m also providing the links to my resources that go with this presentations, so you can [...]

I had the distinct honor to be included in Connie Malamed’s list of 12 Unique Blogs Are Written By Professors over at the eLearning Coach blog. To follow the Oscar sentiment of “It’s an honor to be nominated,” it certainly was an honor to be included on Connie’s list. It was equally humbling to see the others on the list as well, such as George, David, Scott, and Michael. (I do know it sounds a little shallow to also hear “It’s an honor to be included with the other nominees,” as well.) …

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 just wanted to offer a quick, “Hello” to those of you who are in Dr. Clifford’s courses at Union University.  I know you guys will be dropping by, and I will be dropping  by to see you all tomorrow.  I hope you find the posts interesting and insightful.  Be sure to check out my bookmarks at the top of [...]

Dr. Bill Taylor, a Professor of Political Science at Oakton Community College, wrote a letter to his students regarding academic integrity. I think this is awesome. It spells out exceptionally well what he expects of his students and what elements of integrity they should expect out of him. It makes his procedures for assessment and professionalism transparent to the student. I think in teacher education, we would also liken this to dispositions. But Dr. Taylor does a masterful job of explaining why academic integrity is important to him as an individual and why it should be respected by a profession…

These are my Jumptags for January 21st through January 22nd: Lesson planning tool: Learning Score – Learning Score is an amazing multimedia lesson-planning and delivery tool that uses a music score metaphor to show the range of planned activities for a lesson as a graphical time line. Mockingbird | Wireframes on the fly – Mockingbird is a free-for-now app for [...]

I’m so excited to go back to Union University today. Dr. Anna Clifford and her students invite me from time to time to come and spend some time with them talking about Google and Web 2.0. We always have so much fun. (Anna always remembers that M&Ms are my favorite treats, too.) Today, I have the pleasure of Joanne G. coming with me to share her expertise as well. She’s a former middle school teacher with Memphis City Schools and has a wealth of real-world knowledge that can be sure with Anna’s preservice teachers. I don’t know if we’ll get everything that we want to talk about in or not, though.

It’s going to be a great Saturday morning! I get to spend the morning with some awesome teachers at Union University in Jackson, TN. So, “Good morning, Union!” or maybe it should be, “Google morning, Union!” They are taking a weekend class with my dear friend Dr. Anna Clifford, and she asks me from time to time to come spend some time playing with them. I’m so honored that I get to come. I love sharing and I get to learn something, too…