APTitude

Seminar at VCU went well…  Lots of good feedback.  I stayed in my comfort zone on the presentation though.  It was material that I had presented before so I stayed with the traditional presentation style.  Sorry Jane Vella…  But, it works and the client is happy, very happy.
Interview was interesting.  They asked what I need [...]

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It felt really good to get such positive feedback on my instructional design.  AND, I have an interview this week where they asked to see some of my manuals/design work. I can quickly change all the “Customers” to “Members” and tote that along with me.  None of my stuff is terribly professional in presentation – [...]

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Does that make you think of slamming on the brakes?  Amazing how a few little things happen and life can go into a tail spin.  The dog attack, a trip out-of-town for Easter and then painters all over my house with their flirtatious banter and drop cloths everywhere. It’s like I can’t get anything else [...]

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I loved that project!  I really could do that for a living and it wouldn’t be like work.  If I had started earlier, I would have spent a lot more time going back over details.  Truth is that I wanted to start on that design the first week of the semester.  It sounded like such [...]

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So, why are there ads on my blog page now?  How do I make those go away?  It looks like some words are underlined and if I float my mouse over them, an ad pops up.  At least the ad has something to do with the word that’s underlined!  But, I don’t particularly care to [...]

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Through a very circuitous route, the Teaching with Technology organization has been added to my Blackboard.  There’s some really good stuff in there from the VCU Center for Teaching Excellence workshop series.  If anyone else is interested in having the organization added to your Blackboard, contact Jeff Nugent (jsnugent@vcu.edu).

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So, my love/hate relationship with feedback has reared its head!  I love feedback because it makes me better.  It makes me better at what I do and how I do it.  I am a downright feedback junkie.  I hate feedback because I want to argue with what people tell me.  I want to point out [...]

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