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I Don’t Like TED Talks

I realize I might be one of the few individuals in this country to not be in love with TED (and TEDx) Talks. It seems that people swarm to them on YouTube like ants to a summer picnic, but if I’m being honest, they generally don’t “do it” for me. I wish I were an English major(…) Continue reading

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GEDI Reflection

After Wednesday night’s class I wanted to take a moment to reflect over the semester in GEDI. I remember when I first came into the class, I had a sense of anxiety and uncertainty: Would I be torn apart for not … Continue reading Continue reading

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Faculty free speech?

Folks, we’re going to delve into something pretty dicey here, so as famous sorority chick at University of Maryland said, “Strap yourself down to your chair, this is going to be a rough ride” (in so many words). I want … Continue reading Continue reading

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iPad review and suggestion

I dropped my loaner iPad the other day and it is dented. How? Maybe it has to deal with the device being front operated grass, with rear operated stability. You hold it like a book, except the book has a slippery curved back side. As someone who has dr… Continue reading

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iPad review and suggestion

I dropped my loaner iPad the other day and it is dented. How? Maybe it has to deal with the device being front operated grass, with rear operated stability. You hold it like a book, except the book has a slippery curved back side. As someone who has dr… Continue reading

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iPad Adventures

Thanks to my Contemporary Pedagogy instructor being able to rent out iPads to all of us ‘unfortunate’ graduate students without one of our very own, I have had access to this device for the past semester. Initially, I was pretty excited but also a bit cautious. Why cautious? Well, I didn’t want to become reliant(…) Continue reading

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Disconnect to connect.

So I came across this picture the other day, and thought it was tragically hilarious. Funny, right? Or maybe, too honest. Example: I literally almost ran over a student on main street this weekend who was crossing the road on … Continue reading Continue reading

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Turning "real life" into a PBL assignment

This week’s presentations made me realize the importance of audience teacher relationships. I enjoyed the aspect of presentations that made students feel welcomed; those presentations that produced a want to learn. There was a certain room sh… Continue reading

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Turning "real life" into a PBL assignment

This week’s presentations made me realize the importance of audience teacher relationships. I enjoyed the aspect of presentations that made students feel welcomed; those presentations that produced a want to learn. There was a certain room sh… Continue reading

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Multitasking- It is hard to be a Woman!!

  I really enjoyed the multitasking exercise that we did in our GEDI class; it helped me to realized  about the difference between mental and physical multitasking, the former does not improve our performance ( I thought it did) , and the latter is sort of automatic and mechanical ,something that  we (women) are used […] Continue reading

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