Wol - Blog Posts
Various doodles I’ve posted to my Twitter circle in the past few days! feat. Sena (my main WoL) and Gulshan (DnD / RP character - he works for the evil RPG church and hates his job).
tempted to make a sideblog for my wol. azu the world
Starlight raining over me
like drifting through a memory…
I had a great chat with a colleague of mine who works for Gabelli IT this afternoon about creating a collaborative group made up of representatives of all of the different groups helping faculty. Our focus would be to 1. share resources 2. create a unified message 3. support each other.
This project would have a website that can provide a framework for developing our PLNs at Fordham, helping to break down the silos among us.
Seize the day
One of my favorite sci fi books of all time is Dune by Frank Herbert. So many great quotes, like this one: “Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken”
today’s momentum page (free chrome extension)
As I said in my last post, this is a time of crisis and opportunity. What’s one thing that has changed for the better in your life in these times? It’s so easy to focus on problems, sometimes it helps to think on the positive side.
Here’s some Productivity, Positivity, and Creativity for your day.
be well
k
Netflix party of 1
Decided to splurge and buy Galaxy Quest (Amazon) for $2- I had a $3 credit and the sale price was $5. Good deal either way! It’s a fun movie!
Zoom Projects
I’m working on a couple of projects. One of them is to organize some zoom lunches, dinners, netflixparties, art nights, and other fun social activities on zoom. I need to fix the survey on the new page of my website, stay tuned.
Zoom Art Night: 4-5 people, 60 minutes, theme #1 Collage Night Collect papers you like, or magazines More directions to follow
Some thoughts
If you write it down you are more likely to do it
Community, Care, and Communication
New workshops coming in April
Working on an AI bot to support scalable, effective online learning
Teachers touch tomorrow today
Wikipedia updates soon
#WOL
The night before, I reflect on what are my top three goals the next day, and before starting to work, take 10 minutes to reflect on what I need to do and when I need to do it by. Work in order of priorities.
Fake it until you make it
These are difficult times, but in time of crisis is also a time of great opportunity. The field of education, and of education technology, has a lot of change in a short amount of time through the ages.
link to full size map by Vicky Earl
link to full size image from tweet by @justintarte
And here is a timeline I created based off of an article on EDUCAUSE that highlights one new technology or trend.
link to full size image from Flickr
I have a set of slides I use at the beginning of most of my presentations. It starts with a timeline that gives an overview of the information ages, and puts into context, just how new the age of the Internet is. This is the Wild, Wild West. As an instructional technologist I help guide faculty through their own explorations of leveraging tech.
link to larger image from Flickr
Note, I plan to use this and other updated graphics in the sequel to the Tech Trends talk (fordham.edu/techtrends) I gave last year. Working title: A New Information Age.
I’ll also be talking about things like growing your PLN, using curation tools, the history of online learning at Fordham, effective pedagogy, hybrid/online learning, and more.
One more teaser.... YouTube channel launch coming soon...
Recent Recipe
I made during the last Zoom Dinner I had and it was delicious! Can’t wait to make it again.
Fish, adobo light, cracked lemon pepper, garlic olive oil spray, garlic powder in the nuwave Toasted, with a little melted butter Light mayo/sour cream + lots of relish Lemon juice
Optional: With a raw pepper in place of cheese
I’ll leave you with a quote from Galaxy Quest
Never give up. Never surrender.
be well, k
My sweet baby of Light- I love him, he is the light of my life 💜