Wow, what an honor! I received the Course Director Award this month for my course with Dr. Christopher Deason's EDE Course.
And here I was just trying to pass. Thank you FSO colleagues for your recommendations, and especially to Dr. D who was so patient with me through that Ning app tutorial on IChat. :-D
I need to thank you my FSO buddies, Rene Stofflett, Kimberly Young, Stephanie Layne, Laura Rebecca, Kristen Willerton and Tessa Smoot... we've weathered it all and I'm pretty sure that one if not all of you guys will get one through the course of the journey.
Thank you for being some of my critical friends, and of course, Thanks Tracy for bearing with me during crunch time.
and....Oh brother! enough of the mushy stuff!
I'd also like to congratulate
Margaret Campbell and Janice Rovira Ratka on being recipients of the CD Award as well. :-D
Last, but certainly NOT LEAST, I'd like to thank God for giving me the wisdom and fortitude to keep going even when I was too tired to continue, feeling too uncertain, and just plain confused. thanks for sending me mini angels in the form of my friends near and far. :-D
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Lego Robotics: Lego Mind Storm
In the reading we had for our Boas group,
I came across a section that briefly went over the
evolving of the original Lego brick to one that can be programmable.
It's not has difficult as it my seem. I used to teach Lego Robotics
several years ago, and we all had a blast!
Check out Lego Mind Storms, and you may find yourself a new hobby!
I came across a section that briefly went over the
evolving of the original Lego brick to one that can be programmable.
It's not has difficult as it my seem. I used to teach Lego Robotics
several years ago, and we all had a blast!
Check out Lego Mind Storms, and you may find yourself a new hobby!
Monday, August 3, 2009
Interesting Twitter follower
I've got a new follower on Twitter!
Yourlogoblows.com:
This site raises some really good questions about your logo.
But really, it all comes down to the taste of your client.
I have some logos that if I could do them over again my way,
I'd change practically everything about it.
Some people don't know what's good for them and take your four years
of schooling as transient and irrelevant.
I became a designer to help make the world a prettier place...but not
just pretty... Functional within that beautiful aesthetic.
Check out Your logo blows
For a little inspiration.
Yourlogoblows.com:
This site raises some really good questions about your logo.
But really, it all comes down to the taste of your client.
I have some logos that if I could do them over again my way,
I'd change practically everything about it.
Some people don't know what's good for them and take your four years
of schooling as transient and irrelevant.
I became a designer to help make the world a prettier place...but not
just pretty... Functional within that beautiful aesthetic.
Check out Your logo blows
For a little inspiration.
New Tutorial Blog
Hello yet again, world.
I've had this idea brewing for ages now, and it's finally reached fruition.
Please take a look at my new blog dedicated to helping people learn the
Adobe software that I'm familiar with:
Photoshop, Flash, Illustrator and Dreamweaver.
http://mysolopro.blogspot.com/
Just one post for now, more to come.
I've had this idea brewing for ages now, and it's finally reached fruition.
Please take a look at my new blog dedicated to helping people learn the
Adobe software that I'm familiar with:
Photoshop, Flash, Illustrator and Dreamweaver.
http://mysolopro.blogspot.com/
Just one post for now, more to come.
Month 3-New Group
Boy! That month 2 flew by so quickly!
And I can't believe the sheer speed in which Beth graded our assigments!
Moving right along.....
So I checked my email yesterday, and Dr. Deason sent us a welcome letter. It looked more like an agenda to me lol but that's alright too. He just wants to prepare us for what's ahead. What I was happy about was the fact that we would be in teams again (yes!)
But what I wasn't so thrilled about was the prospect of working with people you yourself did not choose (no!).
This is a part of the Real world component though...and I LOVE it!
in the work world, we all will be forced to adjust and adapt to people we are not familiar with. This helps us to become prepared for such events. :-D
Gladly, I learned that I was thrown in a group of awesomeness! These ladies have contributed enormously to group posts and Wimba discussions and I am pleased as peaches to be working with them!
And I can't believe the sheer speed in which Beth graded our assigments!
Moving right along.....
So I checked my email yesterday, and Dr. Deason sent us a welcome letter. It looked more like an agenda to me lol but that's alright too. He just wants to prepare us for what's ahead. What I was happy about was the fact that we would be in teams again (yes!)
But what I wasn't so thrilled about was the prospect of working with people you yourself did not choose (no!).
This is a part of the Real world component though...and I LOVE it!
in the work world, we all will be forced to adjust and adapt to people we are not familiar with. This helps us to become prepared for such events. :-D
Gladly, I learned that I was thrown in a group of awesomeness! These ladies have contributed enormously to group posts and Wimba discussions and I am pleased as peaches to be working with them!
Month 1- APA Rants and Final Project
APA who? APA what? LOL I had no idea what I was in for! I scrutinized everything almost to the point of over-analyzing. and you know what happens when you're too close to something? You end up seeing the pixels...Blurry, unfocused pools of color muddled and mixed up together like huge overlapping dots that spin your head into a tizzy. Guess what happens when you step back? Everything comes into focus.
My team members were:
Kimberly Young
Stephanie Layne
Rene Stofflett
These chicas are awesome! We fearlessly braved our way through Second Life, learning its various features and stumbling along the way. This final piece issued to us by the AWESOME Doctor Wyly, was an assignment in which we had to speak on the topic of Science Education within the Second Life context. Kim and I had a simultaneous revelation about using avatars to present the project. I guess great minds think alike!
Stephanie was awesome in getting supporting screenshots and pics for me to piece together...They were super fast in getting the mp4's of their voices over to me.
My only disdain is that KeyNote DOES NOT offer the option of embedding a flash file directly into the slideshow....and to the best of my knowledge, it doesn't allow one to reference an interactive remotely hosted flash file, so when the slideshow opens, it could still play the flash moview WITH THE INTERACTIVITY IN TACT, like how it effortlessly allows for the integration of Youtube videos.
Month 1 Final Project: http://media2point0.comxa.com
My team members were:
Kimberly Young
Stephanie Layne
Rene Stofflett
These chicas are awesome! We fearlessly braved our way through Second Life, learning its various features and stumbling along the way. This final piece issued to us by the AWESOME Doctor Wyly, was an assignment in which we had to speak on the topic of Science Education within the Second Life context. Kim and I had a simultaneous revelation about using avatars to present the project. I guess great minds think alike!
Stephanie was awesome in getting supporting screenshots and pics for me to piece together...They were super fast in getting the mp4's of their voices over to me.
My only disdain is that KeyNote DOES NOT offer the option of embedding a flash file directly into the slideshow....and to the best of my knowledge, it doesn't allow one to reference an interactive remotely hosted flash file, so when the slideshow opens, it could still play the flash moview WITH THE INTERACTIVITY IN TACT, like how it effortlessly allows for the integration of Youtube videos.
Month 1 Final Project: http://media2point0.comxa.com
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Month 3 - Education Design and Evaluation
Well. today is officially the first day of class. And I'm upset with myself for not creating this blog sooner. I've got plenty of archived notes and screenshots though, so I may be able to reflect on them and revisit the past and reflect accordingly.
I'm enjoying the ride though. I created a Facebook account today specifically for school earlier, and I've been mulling over the options outlined in the syllabus for project delivery.
Ning? I'm not a huge fan of Ning. I believe it's an awesome concept, and the creators are filthy rich because of it, but in terms of its flexibility, I don't see it as a viable option.
For instance, if one is a seasoned programmer or has access to programmers, and would like to take the Ning framework and expand upon it...they (Ning) won't offer support. Just the script...and you're on your own and also not privy to future releases/upgrades of the framework. If, however, you decide to stick with their limiting framework...you can go ahead, as most people do. (Ugh!)
If I am thrown into a team of Ning fans, I am worried that I will have to reluctantly comply ad end up being the tech person to suffer through the annoyance of working around a Ning site. But, I'll take one for the team ;-)
I'm enjoying the ride though. I created a Facebook account today specifically for school earlier, and I've been mulling over the options outlined in the syllabus for project delivery.
Ning? I'm not a huge fan of Ning. I believe it's an awesome concept, and the creators are filthy rich because of it, but in terms of its flexibility, I don't see it as a viable option.
For instance, if one is a seasoned programmer or has access to programmers, and would like to take the Ning framework and expand upon it...they (Ning) won't offer support. Just the script...and you're on your own and also not privy to future releases/upgrades of the framework. If, however, you decide to stick with their limiting framework...you can go ahead, as most people do. (Ugh!)
If I am thrown into a team of Ning fans, I am worried that I will have to reluctantly comply ad end up being the tech person to suffer through the annoyance of working around a Ning site. But, I'll take one for the team ;-)
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