Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month

I did not ever think of myself as a poster child (or poster adult) for a disease of the month, but apparently that is the challenge I am facing right now. Of course the internet provides lots of opportunities to learn more and connect with other people who have this condition. June is MG Awareness month. Really, I am fortunate, because I seem to have a mild case. Medications are helping a lot. This summer I plan to focus on health, rest, and decreasing stress.

Thursday, May 14, 2009

My Courses This Summer

Advanced Teaching with Technologies
This course is provided to prepare working educators to be effective users of technology in their teaching. The class focuses on current technologies and strategies used in today's classrooms and also covers future advances that will likely impact teachers sometime soon. You will leave this course armed with new skills in several computer applications, but more importantly you will leave feeling confident and empowered in how to use technology to enhance your current or future teaching.

Methods of Inquiry

In ED 690, you'll develop the knowledge, skills, and aptitudes (or values) that characterize the competent educational researcher--regardless of the environment in which you might work. In this course, you'll think systematically about inquiry--and how it "fits in" with the instructional design and performance improvement principles around which our EDTEC Master's program is organized. It is inquiry that informs how we design, develop, implement, and evaluate instructional interventions (programs, products, systems, aids) so that we truly meet learner or user needs.