Learn By Doing

A Lifelong Learner Shares Thoughts About Education

Category: Life

  • Incredible & Educational Virtual Tours

    Image via Wikipedia From an OnlineUniversities posting entitled 100 Incredible & Educational Virtual Tours You Don’t Want to Miss.  These virtual tours are opportunities to see things that are absolutely amazing.  I was fortunate enough to actually work on early versions of virtual tours that were simply not as good as these.  Take one of…

  • Google Apps Speeds Knowledge Sharing

    One of the items which slowed posts this month is our school implementing Google Apps across most of our departments.  We provided each of our an account and the stories of actual changes are amazing, encouraging, and worthy. A recent development trying to implement a new electronic grading system with no training left us unable…

  • Workflow to Catch or Stay Up with Videos

    I know, there are so many great resources to read, or watch, or learn about, where to start. Let me tell you about my workflow to catch or stay up with videos about Technology and Media.  First find a great web site that has a long list of videos that someone has a clear purpose…

  • Look Here for a New Job in Education

    Be it your first job out of college or a job change, eventually most people will have to look through job postings. You can try searching the general job posting websites like Monster, but those sites are often cluttered with jobs in the “education” category that aren’t really the kind of teaching job for which…

  • Cool Down: Getting Further by Going Slower

    Cool Down: Getting Further by Going Slower I am not sure that I am going to read this book, but I really like the Overview in any event.  It gives one pause to think. Tap into the power that cool thinking generates—learn how going slower can actually help you get more done, faster. Before you…