6 Tips To Design Interactive Virtual Classroom Training - eLearning Industry

A great resource for educators about creating the environment for an effective online learning and teaching. I will share it with my colleagues who are in the same PD online course at my college.




6 Tips To Design Interactive Virtual Classroom Training - eLearning Industry

Drawing Robin Williams by Heather Rooney

In Memory of Robin Williams (his appearance in Chicago by EllenLDegeneres)

We lost such a talent and an extraordinary human being, Robin Williams. I was so upset about this piece of news as if I lost somebody close from my family!
I created a playlist on my Youtube with Robin Willams' performances: interviews, TV programs, fragments from his movies, to enjoy his wit, humor, hear his reflections on  the ups and downs of his life and acting.

Intense September

I will have a very intense and full of events September. Beginning of the new semester, starting teaching a new graduate course "Reading and Literature," supervising student teachers, and the list can go on and on. One of the most exciting events in September will be Healthy and Sustainable Living MOOC, that I will be moderating together with my husband and my friend-colleague, Dr. Nellie Deutsch. Here is the information about the MOOC:

Whoever reads my blog, please join and spread the word about this amazing program!

the Violin scene from ep 6 season 4 of LOUIE on FX 2 new eps every Monday at 10pm set by Louis C.K.

Teacher Channel, Twitter Widget and a Summer Book Club

I have just come across with an interesting piece of information for teachers who would like to have free professional development during the summer months with the Teaching Channel.

The Teacher Laureate and promoter of the channel, Sarah Brown, invited educators to view videos about the innovative teaching approaches and also to participate in the first ever held Teacher Channel reading club held on on Twitter - the hashtag is #tchLIVE.

The Teaching Channel team sent out a poll to see what teachers wanted to read and the winner is: Daniel Pink's Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us. 
Mark your calendar for a #TchLIVE chat with Sarah on July 31st, 7PM EST. 
The details are all here.
Here is the Twitter club widget: #TchLIVE Tweets

Three Reasons to Take the ThingLink Teacher Challenge This Summer | ThingLink Blog

Summer is the time for exploring new things and getting up to date with new developments in education and learning technologies.

Here is a great opportunity for your Professional development. Grab it!

The ThingLink Teacher Challenge is a free, self-paced, online summer professional development opportunity designed to help teachers transform classroom teaching and e-learning with ThingLink, an easy-to-use interactive image and video platform.

This challenge invites teachers to learn to use interactive images to redefine learning in the classroom. Learn how to connect audio, video, images, and text in one cohesive presentation during this self-paced professional development opportunity. Here are three reasons to participate:

Read more on ThingLink Blog.
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