Party like it's 1999

EEK! I just looked at the last time I posted and it appears that I've allowed this place to go fallow -- so much for the "post at least once a week" wisdom that old-school bloggers used to share (actually, I think it was once a day!). Anyway, I took the leap and, over a couple of nights and a couple of beers, put together this video résumé to throw out there to prospective employers:


Many thanks to Stevie Wonder and the Red Hot Chili Peppers for "Higher Ground" -- please don't come after me for royalties, I need a job!

 Maybe I'm being too tough on myself, saying that I've partied like it's 1999 (never considered using THAT song, frankly) by creating a video résumé and posting it on YouTube, for all 11 viewers I've had to see, because I don't think their are a bunch of people doing what I just did. Yeah, I'm no pioneer but it amazes me that more people aren't taking advantage of the technology that's available -- free (for the most part), easy to use and engaging.

The video was created using PowerPoint and converted to an MP4. I played with it in Camtasia and Articulate but I didn't see that those programs added anything to it, so this is what you get. Occam's Razor and all of that.

Par-TAY!!!

Cross-posted at #The Firebird Suite

Assessment in Adult Education

Well hello, it has been a little while since I posted on here, actually an entire class! I have been quite busy personally and just keeping up with the requirements of class has kept me busy. Well, enough about me... The current class (ending today) is all about assessment and evaluation. I thought I knew assessment but there is so much more than I realized which has provided me with valuable information in my job position. Well, Jim and I were assigned to be on a learning team together this class with another student, Tamela. I wanted to post this awesome PowerPoint we put together earlier in class. The assignment was to interview at least five adult educators in various types of learning about assessment. Jim designed the PowerPoint, we all worked on content, and I offered the voice. We hope you enjoy (sorry the sound quality is not the best)!

Please share, educators!

I'm a little frustrated, right now.

My wife forwarded me an announcement for a web presentation through ASTD, titled, "Using gamification and serious games in learning," and I was hoping to watch it. I don't have time to watch it at the moment but I thought that, if I archived it or better yet, embedded the video here, I could watch it at my convenience, when I finally found the time. The added benefit? All of you would get to watch it as well.

Bupkis. No repost on YouTube or anywhere else (if I couldn't embed it, I'd at least link it), no, I have to register at the ASTD site, jump through hoops, agree to allow my spam folder get heavier due to the ASTD "sponsor" getting my email address and then sending me loads of crap, advertisements for doo-dads and programs I have no money for.

Holding information proprietary is decidedly not a 21st-century or Web 2.0 approach (I'm not talking about widget designs, OK?) and the best way to move us forward is to disseminate information in the most efficient, expedient way possible.

Share it!

Friday night Happy Hour

... a long tradition with teachers and so, it should be no different here.

I stumbled across this bit of fun a few months back while I was searching videos for PBOs and it came up on the right side of the YouTube page where the "recommends" are located, at the top.

I'm still not sure what it has to do with Bloom's Taxonomy, frankly, but it's a fun way to kill a few minutes on a Friday night (with a cold one in hand, of course).

Cheers!