Have you ever thought about making a video introduction to your online class? What if you could make the video and turn it into an auto-graded video quiz that would let you know that your students had watched it and learned from it. Or Perhaps you have Youtube Videos that you use in class. Would […]
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Expedited Keyword Search in Google Chrome
There are many reasons why Google Chrome is my go to browser. This little trick is high on the list of those reasons. This trick saves me quite a bit of time searching for stuff. When I search in Chrome, I simply type a key letter and a keyword or topic that I am looking […]
Metaphors Be With You!
For those of you who attended our February session of Circles on Creativity, you may remember the TEDx talk we used featuring Graham Shaw. In that video, Graham showed us how all of us can be artists if we learn a basic process for drawing. Below you will find another TEDx talk by Graham. This […]
Enhance Discussions with Kaltura
Special thanks to Jeff Hogan for sharing this training video with the Circles team. In the short video below, Jeff demonstrates how to use Kaltura which is a new tool for both teachers and students that can be found in the BlackBoard Mashups area. This tool allows students to easily and safely record videos and […]
Screencast Tag
Tag You’re It Hello and welcome! This page was designed to help you learn a free and easy tool that will allow you to better communicate the things you do on your computer. Do you use a computer? Do you ever need to teach someone or share something that you are doing on your computer? […]
Embedding 101
Special thanks to the inaugural participants of the TED Talks Faculty Development Course. I made this video, in large part, due to their questions related to embedding content. I realize now, after creating the video and the title for this post, that I probably should have called this “Advanced Embedding” because I already made a basic […]
Digital Learning Strategies: PCCUA STEM Summit
Thank you for coming to our session at the STEM Summit. If you would like to contact us to ask any follow up questions, you can email us here. As promised, here is your outsourced memory. In the fall of 2013, a new course was piloted on the East Campus of Valencia College in Orlando, […]
Destination 2015: Focusing on Active Learning through Reflective Practice
Our Prezi Reflective Practitioner Infographic YouTube Videos Readings What is Active Learning Active Learning Activities Assignment for Week 2 We hope you enjoyed our first session and found it valuable and applicable to your practice. Here is the homework assignment for Week 2: Print out learning outcomes for courses you commonly […]
Using Movie Trailers with Generation C
Are you ready for Destination 2015? This post was written as both as a demo/reminder for Destination 2015 – Flipped Learning and to share a teaching strategy for engaging Generation C, but before we get into that, have you had a chance to see our video trailer? Remember, it’s still not too late to […]
If-Else Construct – A C Programming Selection Structure
I teach information technology (IT) courses including programming courses. One of the programming languages I teach is C, and one of the first constructs the students need learn is the if-else construct, which is a selection-type programming structure. Selections allow the program to branch in different directions based on a condition, which usually has to […]
