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Guide to Multimedia Proficiency

This reporters' guide to multimedia proficiency isn't just for reporters--lots of good tips for IDT-types as well. Now available in a handy single PDF: http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2009/now-printable-reporters-guide-to-multimedia-proficiency/ Continue

Added by Aaron Sumner on September 7, 2009 at 10:45am — 1 Comment

Big game on Saturday! Go Hokies!

Go Virginia Tech Hokies! Crush Alabama. A webcam pic from the Visser Hall office.

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Added by Marcus Childress on September 4, 2009 at 3:54pm — 4 Comments

Valai Christiansen T.A.L.L. and English as a Second Language Learners

I am an English as a Second Language teacher. I want to know how Instructional Design and Technology can assist my students in improving their learning performance. A few months ago, our school tried using a T.A.L.L. program. (Technology Assisted Language Learning). My students seemed to like how the program was self-paced and that they could review the vocabulary and retest until they understood the vocabulary. In my opinion, they missed out on the conversation aspect. Since they were on the co… Continue

Added by Valai Christiansen on August 24, 2009 at 7:33pm — No Comments

New Email

So is anyone else out there excited about the new version of email ESU has now. If I could just figure out how to stop all the automatic emails. Continue

Added by Joshua Ehret on August 20, 2009 at 8:30pm — No Comments

The Big Picture

There are many excellent photo coverag.Is my favorite Web sites. http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/ Continue

Added by Xin Wang on August 19, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Using Twitter at conferences

Those of you heading to SIDLIT next week might be interested in a blog post I just wrote about how I use Twitter at conferences. I kind of got tired of the too-academic suggestions the conference organizers were sharing. Continue

Added by Aaron Sumner on July 24, 2009 at 10:57am — No Comments

Technology and classroom cheating

Watching the movie Doubt the other night, I got to thinking about how "technology" has been used to "cheat" in the classroom throughout time. Musings on my blog. Continue

Added by Aaron Sumner on June 24, 2009 at 2:22pm — No Comments

ESU Presentations at SIDLIT 2009

Below is a list of ESU presentations (lead presenter names) at this year's SIDLIT 2009 Conference. I also know that several of IDT individuals are co-presenters. (Note to those students/alumni listing other organizations as their affiliation - Once ESU IDT, Always ESU IDT :) Emporia State University Presentations at SIDLIT 2009 *- ESU IDT Faculty/Student/Alum. #- ESU Staff Delivering Custom Apps Using Rapid Application Frameworks Aaron Sumner* 100 Ways You Can Use Google (besides Searc… Continue

Added by Marcus Childress on June 22, 2009 at 11:00am — 1 Comment

Photos from a whirlwind tour of Kansas

I thought some of you might be interested in seeing these, especially if you're a distance learner who's never stepped foot in the state of Kansas. Last week my girlfriend and I took a tour of some of the out-of-the-way things to see in the state. Below is a slide show of some of the things we saw:

You can also see the images and read the descriptions on my Flickr account. Hope you like them! Continue

Added by Aaron Sumner on June 19, 2009 at 3:40am — No Comments

Apprehending the Future: Emerging Technologies, from Science Fiction to Campus Reality

Interesting article discussing the ways we learn about new technologies in order to decide whether or not to support and implement. Includes an "Evolution of the Online Ecosystem" diagram on page 24. Continue

Added by Zeni Colorado on June 15, 2009 at 3:35pm — No Comments

Wolfram Alpha - math engine

A realy cool math engine - Wolfram Alpha A great learning tool. Some math professors/instructors will hate this. What do you think? Continue

Added by Marcus Childress on June 12, 2009 at 11:27am — 3 Comments

Japan tests cell phones to stop pandemics

A few years ago, there was a small simulation about virus transmissions that could be conducted with Palm handhelds. This takes it to another level - those brilliant Japanese! Japan tests cell phones to stop pandemics Continue

Added by Marcus Childress on June 9, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

Keep up with IDT@ESU on your mobile phone!

I just learned that Ning now makes it easy to keep up with your social networks on a mobile device (must have a web browser). On your iPhone/Windows Mobile/Blackberry/whatever, just load up http://idtesu.ning.com/m Continue

Added by Aaron Sumner on March 5, 2009 at 2:16pm — No Comments

2009 Horizon Report on emerging technologies

Each year, the report identifies and describes six areas of emerging technology likely to have a significant impact on teaching, learning, or creative expression in higher education within three adoption horizons: a year or less, two to three years, and four to five years. Which technologies do think will have the greatest impact on teaching and learning? http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/CSD5612.pdf The annual Horizon Repo… Continue

Added by Marcus Childress on January 30, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Economy and the Public School System

I like this website because they focus on the positives of the public school system without ignoring the challenges. They also explain things very well. http://www.publicschoolinsights.org/node/2292 Continue

Added by Ken Morrison on December 21, 2008 at 7:44am — No Comments

TOO EASY!

Perhaps everybody else knows this; but I did not. Ken I got this from tuaw.com TUAW stands for "The unofficial Apple webblog". Mac 101: Finder window preferences by Dave Caolo on Jul 1st 2008 at 11:00AM As we know, the Finder offers four ways to display your files. Namely icon view, list view, column view, and Cover Flow. Perhaps you prefer one over the others (let's say column view), but your windows open to icon view by default. That can be annoying but here's how to fix it. First, open a… Continue

Added by Ken Morrison on December 12, 2008 at 1:01pm — No Comments

So, I got a Kindle

Is this thing on? I picked up a Kindle yesterday and am putting it through its paces at work. Read along at http://blog.stratepedia.org/category/special-interests/kindle-diaries/ (my work blog). Continue

Added by Aaron Sumner on June 18, 2008 at 7:44pm — No Comments

Blackboard integrating with Facebook

I bag on Blackboard as much as the next guy, but I have to admit this is a great idea. Blackboard Unveils Application to Bring Course Updates to Facebook (Wired Campus) Continue

Added by Aaron Sumner on May 14, 2008 at 9:40am — No Comments

Does Udutu mark the death of instructional design?

I'm in a handful of Ning communities, including Internet Time, which focuses largely on informal learning in corporate settings. The other day someone posted "Uduntu killed the Instructional Designer" in the blog there. Udutu ("You Do Too") is an online learning platform; they just released a free course builder component that exports to any SCORM-compliant

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Added by Aaron Sumner on March 18, 2008 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Sprout: Super-easy online Flash builder

Need a quick little Flash widget or mini-site? Check out Sprout! Sprout is a free, web-based, simple Flash builder that doesn't require you to actually own Flash. It's currently in beta, but if you register with them you should get access in a day or so. I put together this little number, with a couple of buttons, a slide show, and an audio file, in about 15 minutes (unfortunately it's too wide for Ning's column width--but until I do some… Continue

Added by Aaron Sumner on February 24, 2008 at 2:06pm — 3 Comments