Category: design
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So many CMS options: Why I mainly invest in WordPress and Google Sites
I do not consider myself a web design guru, but I’ve created a fair number of websites in the past fifteen years or so and continue to dabble with website design. One of the biggest changes which has taken place in the past five years or so, from my vantage point, is the transition away…
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Notes from Peter H. Reynolds at CCDC09
These are my notes from Peter H. Reynolds’ closing commentary at the 4th Annual Constructivist Celebration We are really whole brain people – I know everyone in this room believes in the whole brain concept, we are not easily labeled – some courses like to label kids, and measure kid with data Great teaching is…
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Making the case for blended learning, thinking about designs for modern learning spaces
I’m continuing to prepare for a day-long workshop in Amarillo next Saturday on “Powerful Ingredients for Digitally Interactive Learning,” and I came across the video “21st century schools” from Dr. Stephen Heppell today on the Shanghai Learning 2.0 Ning. I’ve added this to my “Videos for PD” blog page. Being a big fan of railroads…
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Podcast305: Science Education from a Technology Leader’s Perspective by Dr. David Thornburg
This podcast is a recording of Dr. David Thorburg’s presentation “Science Education from a Technology Leader’s Perspective” at the 2009 CoSN Conference on March 11, 2009. The official conference program description of this session was: K-12 education science, technology, engineering and mathematics is a hot topic today, with conversations spanning from the classroom to the…
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Science Education from a Technology Leader’s Perspective by David Thornburg
These are my notes from David Thornburg‘s presentation “Science Education from a Technology Leader’s Perspective” at the CoSN 2009 conference in Austin, Texas. He shared this presentation on 11 March 2009. Isn’t it amazing we’ve gone from looking for cool ballpoint pens at conferences from looking for 1 GB pen drives Now 3M has a…
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Doodle 4 Google: Dream, Design, Win
Google is looking for some creative student designers in their “Doodle 4 Google” contest: Welcome to Doodle 4 Google, a competition where we invite K-12 students to play around with our homepage logo and see what new designs they come up with. This year we’re inviting U.S. kids to join in the doodling fun, around…
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One of the best visual presentations I’ve ever seen
Last week at eTechOhio2009 I had a wonderful opportunity to see and hear Alvin Trusty present a session on multimedia design tips and copyright titled “How to Create a Great PowerPoint Without Breaking the Law: Take 2.0.” I posted my own audio recording of that session as well as session text notes last week. Alvin…
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Podcast301: How to Create a Great PowerPoint Without Breaking the Law: Take 2.0 by Alvin Trusty
This presentation was shared by Dr. Alvin Trusty at eTechOhio 2009 on February 2, 2009, in Columbus. The official session description was: This is a followup to last year’s presentation of this topic. Learn how to create an engaging presentation using free resources and established techniques in visual design. How much does “fair use” protect…
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How to Create a Great PowerPoint Without Breaking the Law: Take 2.0 by Alvin Trusty
These are my notes from How to Create a Great PowerPoint Without Breaking the Law: Take 2.0 by Alvin Trusty at the eTechOhio 2009 conference on Feb 2nd. MY REFLECTIONS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. Alvin is at The University of Findlay (trusty [at] findlay [dot] edu) The number of sites in my presentation…
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A Creative Designer’s Solicitation for Employment via StopMotion
Judson Collier, a “16 year old high schooler from Florida [and] Advocate of Blogging and Social Media” (according to his Flickr profile) created a very creative, funny, and effective three minute video on Vimeo titled “Stop-Motion App-uh-lu-cat-ion” to market both his own graphic design skills as well as the website CrowdSpring: Stop-Motion App-uh-lu-cat-ion from Judson…