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Serengeti National Park Road – National Geographic Blog August 2010

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/08/100817-science-environment-wildebeest-migration-tanzania-road/

Athletic Business: Scissor Lift Death, October 27, 2010
http://athleticbusiness.com/editors/blog/default.aspx?id=314&t=Videographers-Death-Calls-Scissor-Lift

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After conducting a straw poll of senior students in a Fall 2008 course, and learning that not one of them knew what a wiki was, and that none of them were “bloggers”, I decided to make a major change to my syllabus for RTD 483; a blog was added as one of the major assignments.

During the first few weeks of class, a lab training session was held.  Some students caught on right away and have been very creative with their blogs.  Others struggled and have attended office hours or stayed after class to ask questions.  All however, have managed to get their BGSU blogs up and running and are at least using them to post reflections about class materials.  So far, the blogs are a success because the students are learning new technology and they are engaging more fully with the course content.

Fall 2009 represents the second semester of this process and it is going well.  I’m also realizing two other benfits; a reduction in paper waste and interactive grading.  I can post comments and encourage students responses.  This facilitates deeper critical thinking and …  35 students x 10 assignments = 1 ream of paper saved!

This video is a classic example of my philosophy of teaching and learning; it has to be fun and there is always a way to make it more memorable.  This video clip of the Anamaniacs is a favorite of my daughter who easily memorized the song as a way to learn the nations of the world.  A goal in all of the classes that I teach is to find ways to bring basic concepts in the curriculum to life.  Tours, guest speakers, videos, and variances in class designs are all means through which I do this at BGSU.