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ITMA Project Finished!

July 30th, 2010 · 7 Comments · Professional Development, Technology, Web 2.0, Wikis

I am very pleased to announce that my ITMA project is finished. I have turned it in and am just awaiting the feedback. If you would like to check out the finished product, visit the wiki. The first thing I thought when I woke up this morning is that I didn’t have to work on [...]

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ITMA Project Update

June 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Blogging, Professional Development, Reflection, Technology, Web 2.0, Wikis

I apologize if you’re getting tired of these project updates. This ITMA project IS my summer, apparently, so I’m not really working on anything else to reflect on. Since my last update on June 18, I’ve done a lot. The first objective in the professional development wiki I’m creating is for the learners to create [...]

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ITMA Project Progress Report

June 18th, 2010 · No Comments · Blogging, Professional Development, Reflection, Technology, Web 2.0, Wikis

Are you getting tired of my progress reports on this project? I hope not! It’s all I’m doing aside from summer stuff—reading good books I don’t have the time to read during the school year, making pies for the family reunion, trying to figure out if the oven is broken (it’s not), and updating WordPress. [...]

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ITMA Project Update

June 14th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Blogging, Professional Development, Technology, Web 2.0, Wikis

I am making some good progress on my ITMA project. You can read my project proposal here. I finished my instructional analysis, which was a lot of work, but valuable for planning. I have just begun creating the actual project. I have been having a lot of fun with the project. So far, I have [...]

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Project and Report Proposal

June 5th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Blogging, Professional Development, Technology, Web 2.0, Wikis

This summer I am taking a course called Project and Report as part of my instructional technology program. The goal of the course is to select a topic of interest and spend approximately 150 hours developing a project. My proposal was approved, and my adviser seem enthusiastic about it. Here is my proposal. Project Description [...]

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Instructional Technology

May 8th, 2010 · 9 Comments · Professional Development, Technology

What do you think an instructional technologist’s role is? I am asking the question in all seriousness because I expect to have a master’s degree in instructional technology in December. To my thinking, the role of an instructional technologist usually includes the following: Working with teachers to integrate technology. Helping teachers and students learn how [...]

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Professional Organizations for Instructional Technologists

April 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Professional Development, Technology

Early on, the IT blogosphere seemed to be populated with folks who were members of ISTE. When I started my ITMA program at VA Tech, I joined ISTE, but I didn’t join any of the other educational technology organizations. My last assignment for Instructional Media included some reading in our text about different organizations. Some [...]

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Hanging Out a Shingle

April 4th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Professional Development, Technology, Web 2.0

I have begun research into consulting, and I have decided to hang out my shingle as a consultant in integrating technology (especially Web 2.0 tools) into instruction and perhaps backwards design planning. I registered a domain for my Web site, which I began building using iWeb. I may play around with Dreamweaver or do some [...]

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Grad School!

April 2nd, 2008 · 9 Comments · Professional Development, Technology

I am excited to share that I have received official acceptance to Virginia Tech’s Instructional Technology Master of Arts degree program!  I start this fall.  My coursework will be completed online through Blackboard, so I will be able to remain in Georgia while attending school.

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Graduate School

January 31st, 2008 · 5 Comments · Technology

I took a step and applied to Virginia Tech’s online graduate school to earn an Instructional Technology Master of Arts degree.  It looks like a good program, and I can do all of my studying online, which will help me a great deal, as I have small children at home and a full time job [...]

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