The National Broadcast Plan

For information about the U.S. Federal Communication Commission’s National Broadcast Plan, go to http://www.broadband.gov/. On that website you can test your broadband speed and help the FCC research broadband availability patterns.

Online teaching certificate

I have completed requirements for a Master Online Teacher certificate from the University of Illinois’ Illinois Online Network.

Web 2.0 Tools

Attended Illinois Community Colleges Online’s webinar conference “Growing Online Learning 2011: Open Education Resources,” April 19-21, 2011. Learned about some great Web 2.0 tools, including Poll Everywhere, Dipity, Mindomo, Gliffy, Wordle, and more.

Genealogy article published

My article titled “Pointers for Editing a Genealogy Website” has been published in the Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly, March 2011 edition.

My avatar intro for Comm/170 class at U. of Phoenix

I have created a brief introduction in the form of an online avatar video for new students in my next Comm/170 class at the University of Phoenix. Just click on this link, and after the page loads, then click the play button.
Welcome to Comm/180: Elements of University Composition and Communication 1

Interactive census data map

The New York Times has posted a detailed, innovative online “mashup” map of U.S. census data at http://projects.nytimes.com/census/2010/explorer?ref=us

Online technology for educators

A Malaysian educator has posted a detailed, interesting slide presentation on how educators can use online technologies. (You may need to sign up for a free slideshare.net account in order to view this presentation.)

Voki adds blog

Voki, the free avatar-creation site, has started a blog for educators using Voki.
See it at http://blog.voki.com/

Join Me

Join Me is a new free online conference tool: https://join.me/

Economics course uses Seinfeld clips

Short video clips from Seinfeld are used on this unique web site to illustrate various principles of economics: http://yadayadayadaecon.com/