I've never blogged in my life; I've never really read blogs, either. However, I see a value in a blog such as this, especially for my faculty members at NEIU. Right now I am in a session at the FSI at U of I. I can't wait to bring the technologies I'm learning back to NEIU, especially during our No Professor Left Behind (name coined by Professor Jane Peller in Social Work at NEIU) bootcamp this summer.
What am I learning? Voice tools, online polling, voicethread, avatars, online design techniques, how to use YouTube, TeacherTube, and dozens of other web 2.0 technologies.
I hope to embed this blog on our Center for Teaching & Learning webpage so that when I start sending out a monthly post with a really awesome technology that can be used face to face and online, that faculty members can share how they're using these technologies, or others, to improve their practice.
'till next time,
Angela
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Hi Angela,
ReplyDeleteI started using blogging as a means of connecting teachers across schools in one of my grant programs with one another and for the purpose of reflecting on professional development sessions (2005-2008). We were able to use the blogs as part of our qualitative data. It was new to the majority of our participants at the time. I realy like it and when framed well find it very useful.
Wendy
P.S. At our Chicago GEAR UP Alliance meeting this past Tuesday, we had a session on creating blogs!
Thanks, Wendy!
ReplyDeleteHi Angela,
ReplyDeleteYour blog is a great idea. Thanks for posting the links to some tremendous resources we saw at FSI. I know I'll use them. Hope you had a safe trip home.
Mary Ellen