Help! My Computer Exploded! Now What?

The Scenario: At the front of the classroom is a Tyrannosaurus Rex. The kids’ eyes are glued on its movements, ducking slightly when it swings towards them. Suddenly, the room goes black! Some kids are screaming. Some are yelling at you, “What happened to the dinosaur?” You’re asking yourself, “What happened to my digital projector? [...]

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Teaching Online Through Conversation

Sometimes when I tell people that I design online courses, I get a response like, “Well, computers will never replace teachers. Hrmph.” Many people have an idea of online learning as an isolating experience, where students interact with a computer but no one else. When I run into someone with that limited idea of what’s [...]

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Integrating Technology in the Classroom: Where do we start?

What media are you most comfortable with?

Breakfast time, when I was a child, was a quiet time when everyone read the morning paper or a book. When we eat breakfast at my house today, my husband and I talk about what we plan to do that day. We don’t read an actual paper, [...]

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Sharing the Wealth

This month the Online Course Development Team is sharing “the wealth of knowledge” available on the web. Each week during the month of June, we’ll highlight an online article that we found worthy of discussion, particularly interesting or profound. Okay… maybe not profound, but definitely interesting!
As you already know, collaboration is a big part of how we [...]

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Educating the Net Generation

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In the month of May we reviewed new and upcoming online courses. We also shared the process of online course development from concept to actualization.  The last course up for review is Educating the Net Generation Online ™.
Educating the Net Generation (ENG) helps educators gain some [...]

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