Please view the brief Prezi presentation I made to present my EAP writing lesson plan (with TED Talk, infographics, guest speaker, discussion/writing activities, and interactive engagement strategies). Note: This is only my third-ever Prezi! For Love or Money? The Power of Passion Thanks, Shawn
Daily Archives: Tuesday, June 3, 2014
The Latest-Generation Video Game Consoles: How Much Energy Do They Waste When Youre Not Playing?
This is a very interesting blog about how much energy is wasted by leaving the game consoles on when no one is playing any games. I could not think of the energy consumption for video games to be this costly. Posted May 16, 2014 in Curbing Pollution, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming Tags: […]
6 Ways to Save Your Life — and Your Company | LinkedIn
6 Ways to Save Your Life — and Your Company | LinkedIn. During the year I served as Valencia’s Faculty Council president, I found myself missing the fifteen or so hours per week I was walking around a classroom. After just two months of sitting in meetings and at my office computers I had gained […]
The future of the tech industry: Buy your own or universal access | LinkedIn
The future of the tech industry: Buy your own or universal access | LinkedIn. Courtesy of the “Technology-Using Professors” group on LinkedIn.com, this short article discusses the possibilities provided by a “sharing” economy. Citing examples of direct sharing services like Airbnb and Uber, free Wi-Fi provided by communication companies and businesses and other examples of […]
Leadership in the Classroom | LinkedIn
Leadership in the Classroom | LinkedIn. This short article comes courtesy of the “Technology-Using Professors” group on LinkedIn.com. It gives a succinct description for some of the ways you can lead your students to success.
Public Speaking and Presentation Blogs
I found this great location for locating and identifying all types of blogs and resources on public speaking and teaching public speaking which includes blogs, infographics, presi presentations and more! If you are interested in adding various tools to your public speaking bag, this is one super place to hangout! http://sixminutes.dlugan.com/public-speaking-blogs/
How to Train Students to Use Technology Appropriately
Most students have easy access to laptops, smart phones, or other technological devices. They know how to use technology outside of the classroom, but do they know how to use technology in the classroom? This blog post contains a summary of ways that technology can be used as a learning tool inside and outside […]
Mangos – Final Project
Jan Mangos Title: The Past and Future of New Product Development – Edsels to iPads Class: MAR 2011 (Principles of Marketing). On-ground format. Time Frame: Evening Class Introduction: New product development (NPD) is an integral part of the study of Marketing, and students seem to enjoy the topic. It’s a consideration of the past, present, […]
Effective Lesson Planning
This summer, I have been learning how to incorporate technology into my courses. The culminating project of the Circles of Innovation professional development course is to devise a threaded lesson plan. While working on my final lesson plan, I found this 4-step guide to effective lesson planning which also incorporates technology. Hopefully, this article and infographic […]
Musical Microbiology: A Happy Mix
Music videos are great in a science class. It can be used as ice-breakers at the beginning of a lesson, such as this one on Food Safety. Food borne diseases are frequently reported in the news media. Many of these ailments are of microbial causation. You might have heard some people complaining about abdominal pain […]
How to Improve English Reading Skills
Usually, students, and especially ESL students, find reading boring and, therefore, difficult. This blog discusses some of the problems with reading and shares some tips to help students to improve their reading skills. It discusses how reading can affect one’s grammar, writing, and vocabulary, and how it can help ESL students use English vocabulary […]
The 50 Best Humanities Blog
This is a good blog for any humanities teacher interested in a wide variety of subjects from medicine to the typical art magazine. I liked this blog because if a student or a teacher needed to find articles on artists or movement from long ago or for more recent dates this is a good start. […]
Citizen CPR- Helps EMTs Save Lives
For the EMT Program Introduction: EMT students enter the EMT Program certified with the American Heart Association Healthcare Provider card. While they all have had the course, many of them do not truly understand the importance of early recognition of cardiac arrest and early CPR. Many people tend to think that Emergency Medical Service jobs are all […]
Google Car
Introductory Video Shoot a video introducing the topic and provide purpose of lesson. Create accounts with YouTube Capture and Amara.org. You Tube Capture allows sharing of video, and Amara allows captioning. Word 2013 will allow translation of text into multiple languages, so that it can be copied and pasted into Amara captioning. Introduction Google Inc. announced […]
Cleopatra didn’t burn her bra . . . or did she?
Here is an infographic from our first week. I like this graphic because it very easily highlighted interesting and influential women. Enjoy!