Lessons learned from teaching (and learning) with technology

Final exams started on Friday. Tomorrow, I present my final, final project, so I finally have time to reflect on the semester. I took courses on Advanced Instructional Design, Instructional Video Production, and Distance Education. I taught courses on Educational Psychology and Instructional Technology in Teaching. The classes I took were [...]

The real point of the party

Looking over my Google Reader today and yesterday as well as my limited twitter traffic, it seems that the edublogging community is up in arms about this post by Jon Becker. I suspected something was up when I read Clarence Fisher’s post about the Ed Tech Cocktail Party. Then I read [...]

Joy in my life again

When I broke down and bought my first cell phone four years ago, I was amazed that I could choose real songs as my ring tone and even choose multiple ring tones. Since I am cheap, I only bought one. The ring tone that I chose was Three Dog Night’s “Joy to the [...]

Instructional Psychology and Technology

I am working on a PhD in Instructional Psychology and Technology. Technology and Psychology don’t always seem to have a lot to do with one another, but sometimes the connection between the two seems a little more clear. I had an experience this week that made me consider the role of technology in motivation.
This past [...]