Well to begin with I am doubtlessly the oldest member of this class. On the other hand, I may be the youngest person you will ever meet that lived during WWII. I was born a half and hour before the Japanese surrendered on August 14, 1945.
My job is here at UCM in the Information Services department. I am an Applications Manager responsible for several web-based applications as well as the ad-hoc reporting tool used by much of the campus community to report against the university data stored with our Banner system.
I received my MS in Information Technology in '07 and plan to finish the MS in Ed Tech degree in the fall. All this is in preparation to RETIRE. After I retire from UCM I plan to continue working, teaching online or F2F classes to adult learners.
Over the winter break I was able to read some interesting books.
- Brain rules: 12 principles for surviving and thriving at work, home, and school by John Medina. brainrules.net
- Teach beyond your reach: an instructor's guide to developing and running successful distance learning classes, workshops, training sessions and more by Robin Neidorf, FreePint.com website. I could never access the book's advertised companion website electric-muse.com
- Make money teaching online: how to land your first academic job, build credibility, and earn a six-figure salary by Danielle Babb teachonlinebook.com
- slide:ology: the art and science of creating great presentations by Nancy Durante. Nancy's blog blog.duarte.com/. Nancy and Garr [see below] are part of a mutual admiration society.
- And what I think should be a required read before granting a PowerPoint “driver’s license” -- Presentation zen: simple ideas on presentation design and delivery by Garr Reynolds. presentationzen.com. Here's a YouTube video of a presentation that Garr gave to Google's staff
That is VERY interesting about the WWII connection. I, on the other hand, may be one of the youngest in this course. Sorry, no hard feelings.
ReplyDeleteI think I am going to check out the Presentation Zen book. During my BS degree I used PowerPoint but did not learn all that it has to offer. Sounds like it has some great information in there. Thank you for the heads up.
Jim,
ReplyDeleteSince you work in the I.S. department at UCM can we (other students) have permission to blame any technology problems with this course, or any other UCM online course we are taking, on you?