Well…it’s time to get back into the swing of the school year. One of my resolutions is to blog more regularly. On some level, I really need to use it as a reflective area for all the craziness I am doing. So, some of the stuff you will get rants, raves, and other reflections upon this spring:
- online readings about teaching and technology
- my Ocotillo R&D research, primarily about using Web 2.0 tools in teaching: this semester I’m playing with:
- MySpace as a course management system
- YouTube (it’s got some great videos of older films by women directors that are buried in university libraries, and of course, there are videos about shoes…(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYnn51C3X_w rated R for language and shoe fetishism!)
- Personal portals
- podcasting
- Other usual suspects: social bookmarking, blogging
- my Sandbox Workshop series, related to the Ocotillo R&D stuff
- finishing the dissertation
- planning a wedding (YES…I got engaged over the holidays)
- trying to get a new website/blog/server space up and running
- working with some part-time faculty with their first times teaching online
You know…the regular list of entirely too much to do. Stay tuned…
2 responses so far ↓
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Carolyn Campbell
// Jan 9, 2007 at 7:24 pm
Shelley, you’re doing some really innovative stuff! I’d definitely like to hear more about how you plan on using MySpace as a course management tool.
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Onita, from your ENG.111 class
// Jan 14, 2007 at 10:02 pm
Hi Shelley!
I have peered into your blog, I hope you don’t mind?
Big-time congrats to you and your partner, about the engagement and wedding!
I really won’t make a pest of myself, since you and I have no classes as student/teacher.
Only occasionally, will I comment on your blog. I, myself, will [as ususal!] be busy with my own classes!
All the best to ya!
Onita
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