Things that don't fit into the other categories go here. :-)
| Topic | Description | Resources |
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| Searching Teaching Professor or Online Classroom Newsletters | Learn how to sign up to receive the current issues of these valuable newsletters and how to search their archives for topics of interest to you. | Access Teaching Professor or Online Classroom |
| Death by Meeting | Learn strategies for leading meetings that are more focused and effective. Templates for recording outcomes (aka minutes) and tips for making DL meetings more inclusive for remote site attendees also included. | Death by Meeting Seminar Recording (coming soon) Death by Meeting presentation & Resources Six Thinking Hats Meeting Strategy Notes Six Thinking Hats Alternative Sequences Four Meeting Types (Lencioni) Weekly Tactical Tool Monthly Strategic Planning Worksheet Meeting Minutes Template |
| Making Time, Saving Time | Avoid overload by devising efficient systems that save time or make time when performing teaching tasks, such as grading, managing new info, giving feedback to students, etc. Tips from Robertson book and each other! | Time Analysis Worksheet Ideas for Making Time/Saving Time Next Action Sheets |
| myBlackHawk & WebCT Troubleshooting | myBlackHawk & WebCT Troubleshooting | Handling myBlackHawk & WebCT Troubleshooting.ppt |
| Bookmarking and Tagging | Have you been thinking about putting your bookmarks/favorites into de.lic.ious.com so that you can access them from any computer? This session will review (1) how to do that and also demonstrate how to (2) effectively “tag” your bookmarks so they are easier to find by others and (3) automatically receive notice when others post bookmarks consistent with your interests. | Bookmarking and Tagging (.ppt) |
| Finding Stuff | This series looks at finding learning objects, images, video e-clips, and podcasts, all potential elements that can enhance Web-based learning of all kinds. |
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| Finding (Free) Stuff: Learning Objects | What are learning objects? How can I use them to enhance my classes? Where do I find good ones that others have created? Can I make my own? | |
| Finding (free) Stuff: All Types of Images, ARTstor | Looking for some new and exciting visual resources for your classes? The ARTstor online database, available to all of us through the BHC Library, contains hundreds of thousands of art images. But ARTstor also has complete collections of scanned documents and historical photos, Civil War cartoons, sheet music, ornithology books, illuminated manuscripts, theatre scenery, medical illustrations, advertisements, and much more! Find out how to take advantage of ARTstor for your class. A handout of additional sources of searchable, free images will also be provided. | ARTstor (.ppt) |
| Finding (free) Stuff: Video e-clips | Thousands (millions?) of video clips are available online for educators like yourself to use in your face-to-face, hybrid or online classes. This session will help you locate key sources of good ones for your classes and learn about the Creative Commons license for using them. | Finding Video Eclips (.ppt) |
| Finding (free) Stuff: Podcasts | Individual podcasts are available (learn how to find them), but also, many podcasts are published on a recurring basis. This session will focus on where to find interesting podcasts by topic and by free subscription, as well as how to access or download them for use in your classes or your own professional development. |