New Year’s Resolutions

One of the first things many people do in the new year is make New Year’s resolutions. These resolutions are about a wide range of subjects. They can be very formal (I am resolved to do…) or they can be less formal (This year I want to do…). In either case, although people often . . . → Read More: New Year’s Resolutions

Happy New Year

Hello 2009. Happy new year to all.

The new year is a time for new adventures and new commitments. One of my new adventures in 2009 is starting to use WordPress as my blogging platform. One new commitment I am making is to write at least three posts for my blog each week. I . . . → Read More: Happy New Year

Welcome back to the bloggisphere

Hello all.

After a (another) long hiatus, I am back once again writing a blog posting. I took most of the spring, summer, and now into the fall off from writing. I have been doing much reading and processing of information. Now it is time for me to try and make valuable contributions through . . . → Read More: Welcome back to the bloggisphere

Is ISD Needed

The Learning Circuits Blog big question for February is Instructional Design – If, When and How Much? The question, in a more detailed form, is “For a given project, how do you determine if, when and how much an instructional designer and instructional design is needed?” As many suggested, the big question has a . . . → Read More: Is ISD Needed

More Social Networking

I’m here at the monthly meeting of Austin Bloggers which I found out about yesterday on Upcoming. The leader is Chip Rosenthal, writer of It’s Just this Little Chromium Switch Here. Also in attendance is Jette Kernion, writer of Slackerwood, a blog “devoted to reporting and reviewing all aspects of Austin film”. Just arrived . . . → Read More: More Social Networking

Social Networking

Yesterday evening I was reading a blog post over at edtechpost about ”where can I meet you”. In it, Scott mentioned a program to use for personal and event planning – Upcoming. I decided to click on the link and check it out. Apart from the fact the page opened up customized for where . . . → Read More: Social Networking

Communication and Collaboration Tools

I do quite a bit of my work remotely. I tend to sit in my home office and work, sometimes late into the evenings like today. Also, much of the work I do is with groups of people spread all across the country or even in several different countries. Right now I am involved . . . → Read More: Communication and Collaboration Tools

Information Management

I am trying to write my blog at least several days a week; it will be great if I can write at least every week day. Writing helps me reflect on what I have read from others and helps clarify and solidify my learning. Reading what others have written, however, can be an increasingly . . . → Read More: Information Management

Personal Learning and Productivity

I did not intentionally list the tools I mentioned as my Top 10 Tools for Learning in any particular order as to how much I like them, how often I use them, or how important I view them as aides to learning. Rather, I just listed them more or less randomly. I used the . . . → Read More: Personal Learning and Productivity

more_about_my_top10

Jane Hart added my Top 10 Tools to her listing, viewable here, over at the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies. Sweet. I wanted to take a few moments and expand on how I use the tools in my list a little here. Jane only wanted a single tool for each of the top . . . → Read More: more_about_my_top10