Posted by: Mary Alice Anderson on: August 26, 2011
“2/3 of teachers believe digital resources help them differentiate learning for individual students.” Teachers also like short video segments and believe videos stimulate discussion video comment stimulate discussion. <Eschool News March 2011 > The Library of Congress American Memory Collections have videos ranging from the Coca Cola Advertising Collection to Early Edison films and Presidents. Did [...]
Posted by: Mary Alice Anderson on: May 2, 2011
A technology integration teacher wrote: I love the Library of Congress resources and have used the American Memory Collections? Where do you suggest start when I plan summer workshop for the teachers in my district? The good news is that the Library of Congress is making it easy for educators to deliver quality professional [...]
Posted by: Mary Alice Anderson on: April 25, 2010
Discovering the “facts” behind historical fiction captures my attention. When I read Jamie Ford’s The Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet I began searching Ansel Adams Manzanar photos to find photos representative of scenes described in the Minidoka internment camp portion of the novel. I got excited when I learned the Hotel is [...]
Posted by: Mary Alice Anderson on: July 27, 2009
It seems like “everyone” I talk to these days is taking online classes, teaching online, or wanting to know more about online learning. I’ve been honored this summer to work and learn with a practicum student in the elearning program offered by the University of Wisconsin-Stout. This final course in the 5 taught program is [...]
Posted by: Mary Alice Anderson on: January 28, 2009
I’m back to attempt another go-around of 23 things. I just viewed the clip by the author of Here comes everybody, a book that’s been on my ” to read” list for a while. Some of the “things” I first explored a year ago are now routine–Delicious, Picture Trail, and Google Docs, especially. [...]
Posted by: Mary Alice Anderson on: March 25, 2008
I’m meeting my original goal–getting my feet wet, picking up some new ideas for online teaching and trying to figure out which options are the most workable both for me and busy adult students. As I explored the 23 Things on a Stick Wiki I noticed the value of transferrable skills and how the editing [...]
Posted by: Mary Alice Anderson on: January 21, 2008
As I begin another exciting adventure in online teaching I’ve been reflecting on how my childhood and teenage interests have reemerged in new ways. I had many snail mail pen pals as a teenager and remained in contact with two of them well into adulthood. I loved communicating with friends from “far away” and getting [...]
