e-Learning
Painting by Cranach the Elder
My usage of educational technology took earnest flight when I served as a writing center resource specialist for an exclusively online university from May 2009 to January 2012. For two years after my online writing lab (OWL) experience, I served as the Assistant Director for Instructional Design at the Paul C. Reinert, S.J. Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning at Saint Louis University, where I had the good fortune of collaborating with faculty and staff to think intentionally and creatively about course design in the contemporary college learning environment. Then in January 2014, my professional dream came true: I now teach full-time as an English instructor at St. Louis Community College-Meramec, where I routinely teach using blogging, web-based writing and research projects, and conducting and presenting oral history projects with a variety of media.
Some of my favorite learning technologies include (updated on 21 February 2014):
Some examples of my work include:
Some of my favorite learning technologies include (updated on 21 February 2014):
- PechaKucha isn't a learning technology, yet this image-based format helps students focus on presenting their viewpoints in concise and creative ways
- iMovie, what's not to love about the ease, simplicity, and beauty of this beginner's tool for movie-making?
- Jing and Camtasia Studio 7.1, Screencasting, I love thee! Let me count the ways...
- Adobe Captivate, relatively easy-to-use software that also makes tutorials interactive
- Adobe Connect, Fuze Meeting, or Google Hangouts: synchronous tutoring and virtual office hour's best software friend
- Audacity, the best, free audio editor and recorder, hands-down
- Twitter, especially live chats such as #FYCchat and #engchat. I also love how Storify teaches students the importance of curating the Web
- Pinterest, This online site serves as an exceptional site for curating creative projects, inspirations, and more.
- Prezi, because let's be honest: PowerPoint is Prezi's frumpy, bookish older sister (so says the bookish older sister)
- Blogging, because it typically helps students visualize and interact with audience in authentic, multimodal ways
- VoiceThreads, I have used VoiceThreads with my first-year composition students, and I enjoy hearing how students connect, process, and generate ideas and content
Some examples of my work include:
- Universal Design and Web Accessibility Webinar for the St. Louis Instructional Designers and Technologists Group (co-facilitated with Ame Mead-Roach in June 2012): Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5
- Voice Lessons: Personalizing the Writing Experience, my contribution to The Notebook, a quarterly publication of the Reinert Center for Teaching Excellence (Volume 14, Issue 3, Winter 2012: "Writing to Learn")
- Writing Center Resource Retrospective for 2010
- Adobe Captivate tutorial on Citation 101 for the Kaplan University Writing Center
- Prezi and Jing Pro presentation edited in Camtasia Studio 7.1 for the Kaplan University General Education Conference
- Lo-fi Classroom/MLA How-to Announcement for English 101 students at St. Louis Community College at Meramec
- Twitter Collaborative Narrative via VoiceThread for the NCTE National Day on Writing (October 20, 2009)
