tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373110752012-01-25T18:47:26.777-08:00ProEd PortalDoors and entrances are called portals. The term portal has also been used to define a web page starting point. ProEd Portal is a starting point for my exploration of and reflections on women's issues related to education technology, higher education, and leadership.D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.comBlogger811100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-84007629884092981432012-01-25T18:46:00.000-08:002012-01-25T18:46:06.981-08:00Digitally Distinct: About 212 people named Deborah Proctor
Well, it has been awhile, at least 15 months, but who is counting? Recently, I popped in to look at Denise Felder on linkedin.com, followed it to her blog and personal web site, while there found her badge, indicating she is 'digitally distinct'.
I wondered, am I? Went there, turns out I am, got the the badge, and put in on my eFolio. I encourage individuals who are job hunting, D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-84074603339921732082010-11-10T12:08:00.000-08:002010-11-10T12:09:33.923-08:00Framed Conversation: National Challenges from PSOL 2009Enjoyed my first time attending and presenting at a Minnesota State College Student Association (MSCSA) Conference on Friday, October 22, 2010. What an energetic audience! The students were active, engaged, and provided Minnesota Online with theirthoughts on challenges identified by online learners in state and national surveys. In the conference session I used graphic facilitation to frame a D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-58775834187292520742010-10-04T21:18:00.000-07:002010-10-25T07:30:26.053-07:00Blog Slacker, but not a total slackerHave been busy since March. Not writing or blogging, but have been working on improving my graphic faciliation skills and using them in focused presentations. Two topics over the past few weeks have kept me busy. One a conversation on perceptions of and pursuing quality in institutions of higher education (in September) and the other on priorities of online students at a student association D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-44690542481121533022010-02-17T09:02:00.000-08:002010-02-17T10:55:49.491-08:00Overcoming the StallIt's been a while between posts, but current research on gender, marriage, and a recent report titled The White House Project: Benchmarking Women's Leadership jump started my thinking about all this again and inspired me to submit a presentation proposal to The Chair Academy in Minneapolis, MN March 15-18, 2009.If you read the The White House Project research and PEW research you will find:1.D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-3154303573164215762008-11-21T18:41:00.000-08:002008-11-21T20:20:57.237-08:00George Siemens Needs HelpThis is an interesting way to pose research questions and to gather answers. In a blog post in elearnspace Siemens wrote, "I often hear educators talking about “education needs to change” and then he asked people to respond to some questions. I admire George's writing and had the privilege of hearing him speak at the ODCE 2007 . So, I decided to respond to his request and provide my answers to D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-89472672601139740022008-11-12T15:34:00.000-08:002008-11-12T15:46:40.789-08:00YouTube Video on Innovation<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-51593673951126998392008-11-11T19:41:00.000-08:002008-11-16T20:22:20.373-08:00Innovation and PreparationWhile completing a recent writing assignment for work I ran across a New York Times article by Janet Rae-Dupree (February 2008) titled, Eureka! It Really Takes Years of Hard Work. Durpree's article is a readable reminder that the work of innovation is not always that innovative. In the article, Durpree provided a Scott Berkun quote that sums up innovation. According to Berkun, “Everything resultsD. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-13615624432413141002008-11-09T16:22:00.001-08:002008-11-09T16:33:13.207-08:00The Clipboard and LeadershipThis short old-timey looking video reminds me of how any technology can be used with the intent to make one's self look cooler and more savvy than others. I saw Dr. Darcy Hardy use this video in a keynote at the MIC08 and found it on YouTube this evening.Enjoy.D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-55876851542240454812008-11-05T21:52:00.000-08:002008-11-05T22:15:50.413-08:00Collaboration Tools: Google DocsI have not played around much with Google Docs, but am hearing more and more people talk about using them. Wanted to point to information presented by Tom Barrett (a noted Google Docs expert) presented on the Official Google Docs Blog: New and Notes from the Google Docs Team. Barrett has a presentation titled, Eleven Interesting Ways to Use Google Docs in the Classroom, and is asking people to D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-43966384377049659222008-10-15T09:15:00.000-07:002008-11-05T21:51:54.225-08:00Do you Wordle?It is fun to play around with Wordle. This wordle was created using a copy and paste of text from my blog. Feinberg described Wordle as a "toy" that can create word clouds. Wordle is simple use and the "randomize" feature provides Wordles of text in various fonts and colors.It would be visually interesting to view political speeches as Wordle. What about a novel or a history book? Hmmm.D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-34854451944402383662008-10-14T12:18:00.000-07:002008-10-14T12:43:15.524-07:00More on EdTech Talk and "Amplyfing Possibilities"Special thanks to EdTechTalk for promoting the October 2008, K12 Online conference on “Amplifying Possibilities”. This conference begins with a pre-conference keynote the week of October 13, 2008 and by October 27-31, forty presentations will be posted online to download and view. This online conference will have “Fireside Chats” and “When Night Falls” events for people interested in the use D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-35887929584730716992008-08-16T21:06:00.000-07:002008-08-16T21:16:14.577-07:00Confessions of a Blogging SlackerI have not blogged since the 2008 eLearning Summit in May. While I thought about this blog and had the desire to post, work and life got in the way. I admit to being a blogging slacker. To get back to my blog work, I googled “blogging slacker” and Google returned 412,000 results on this phrase. So it seems that slacking happens. The hiatus (slacking) from the blog is due to work and family D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-53413666162797374602008-05-26T15:31:00.001-07:002008-05-26T15:48:55.354-07:00Where Are the Women? An Action Research ProjectThe presentation Where Are The Women? An Action Research Project was created in Powerpoint and uploaded to VoiceThread as an experiment. In 2007 I made a post that listed a series of personal goals connected to this blog. Number 5 had three parts, connect blogging to at least 3 professional development activities over the course of the next 12 months to include:a. Conference presentationb. SubmitD. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-79727117747954710842008-05-12T12:56:00.001-07:002008-05-12T13:02:48.597-07:00Enhancing Visual Effects in PowerPoint PresentationsAnother example of the good work located on Slideshare. "How to" : Visual Effects in PowerPoint 2003 From: mjamesno, 1 year ago | View | Upload your own Brief Guide to some viusal effects for Presentations using PowerPoint 2003 SlideShare Link D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-59705759100061871942008-05-12T12:51:00.001-07:002008-05-12T13:02:10.205-07:00Death by Powerpoint (and how to fight it)Good stuff can be found on Slideshare! Death by PowerPoint From: thecroaker, 9 months ago | View | Upload your own Fighting death by PowerPoint... How to make a presentation and not to bore your audience to death. SlideShare Link D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-89239361270522676002008-05-10T19:33:00.000-07:002008-05-12T13:26:40.132-07:00May, Spring, Rainy, Cold, and too much workMay is a cruel month this year. Spring is late and cold, it is a rainy fishing opener, and I have too much work to do. The only good thing about the cold and rainy weather is that it keeps me in the house and so I am getting work done. Being able to sit at home and search the Internet is great and although it is easy to get overwhelmed with all the information that is out there I am always D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-47996079830029693602008-04-22T11:25:00.000-07:002008-04-30T18:16:00.173-07:00Earth Day 2008, EdTechTalk, Women of Web 2.0Got an email yesterday. I read it today and so just found out about a 24 hour long conversation on the health of our planet that EdTechTalk is hosting. It started at 12AM today, but there are still hours left in the day to attend. EdTechTalk is looking for people from around the world to join the discussion at Global times as they moderate the "students, teachers, local leaders, environmentalD. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-10923560532118158342008-04-20T16:23:00.000-07:002008-04-21T21:05:23.994-07:00How to use Second Life in Science Education & Blip.tvRead about Blip.tv in a Lodestar Learning Web Journal article and then went to investigate and learn about another resource that lets people share videos. Snooped around the Blip.tv site and found an interesting video about Second Life from Colleen on how one might use different kinds of science resources available in Second Life in experiential learning environments.The video was interestingD. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-20059262719086893882008-04-10T19:17:00.001-07:002008-04-10T19:32:10.673-07:00Technorati-Wondering if Pinging and Charting are WorkingEnglish posts that contain International Edubloggers per day for the last 30 days.Get your own chart!When I go to Technorati , I can find several pages of posts on International Edubloggers Directory, but the chart that tracks post does not reflect the buzz. Am also seeing conversation and questions to Technorati about pinging and having blog postings updated. Just wondering what is going on D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-34625568948012743222008-04-08T18:14:00.000-07:002008-04-08T20:51:09.563-07:00Growing Roster of Members on International Edubloggers DirectoryEureka! Supposedly, an exclamation used by Arichimedes as an interjection to celebrate a discovery. I am using the term to celebrate my discovery of a new bloggers directory. Although I did not realize it when I signed up, the International Edubloggers Directory is just the kind of resource I have been looking for to lead me other bloggers on education topics.While sites such as Blogher, D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-3525173773167125442008-04-02T22:18:00.000-07:002008-04-03T00:17:38.406-07:00International Edubloggers DirectoryThanks to this new blog directory I can see me now and perhaps others will too.Just signed up for membership on the International Edubloggers Directory. The directory launched in January of 2008, will provide "an up to date directory of edubloggers from around the world", links to other edubloggers and to the topics they blog about. Members of this directory are posted on Twitter, Facebook, D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-83544839286914102712008-04-01T14:35:00.000-07:002008-04-01T18:07:57.980-07:00A Potential SATO Without a HomeRethinking Academic Technology Leadership in a Era of Change, an article in The IT Practitioner’s Journal (EQ) Educause Quarterly (Vol.31 -2008) does a grand job outlining the sweeping instructional technologies that are changing the face of higher education and a need for Senior Academic Technology Officers (SATO) in institutions across the nation. To support the need for SATOs in all D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-10892482944751909342008-02-28T12:15:00.000-08:002008-02-28T12:25:53.054-08:00A Journal for Women in Higher Education (WIHE)Do you know about the Women in Higher Education (WIHE) Practitioner's News Journal? I love this small jewel of a journal by Mary Dee Weninger. Weninger started this news journal to “help smart women on campus get wise about how gender affects their being successful in the male-dominated world of higher education”. The WIH invites readers to submit articles on wide range of topics. February D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-12975163791936819512008-02-26T14:52:00.000-08:002008-02-26T14:58:51.396-08:00Progressive Education Compare & ContrastYesterday 1940'sToday 2000'sD. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-85453020994334023422008-02-26T12:41:00.000-08:002008-02-27T19:43:14.902-08:00Positive & Negative Sides of Work and Women KeynotesOn the positive side of my work life, sometimes my work involves travel and conference attendance and on Thursday, February 21, 2008, I listened to a keynote by, Julie K. Little, Ed.D., Interim Director, EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative, presented at Council of College and Military Educators (CCME) in San Francisco on Web 2.0 and Net Gen learners. CCME sessions and conversations given by military andD. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-9279135411491108022008-01-04T18:47:00.000-08:002008-01-06T16:40:32.618-08:00Swiki Chart from TechnoratiSwiki per day for the last 30 days.Get your own chart!D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-5826528743677150702008-01-03T20:36:00.000-08:002008-01-04T10:37:30.386-08:00What the heck is a Swiki?First time to post twice on the same day, but found a site builds a widgets called swikis and am excited about sharing the information with others. There are several kinds of swikis to use, but I wanted to play with the Video Swiki. Instructions to create the widget were easy and straightforward and voila---my Proedportal blog has a video swiki with keywords and terms I pulled out from my D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-14825632227166988462008-01-03T08:11:00.000-08:002008-01-03T20:05:25.107-08:00Girls Blog more than Boys: 93% of Teens are OnlineMills (2007) reported on differences between girls and boys use of Internet. Based on the Mill's article and Pew Internet Research on Teens and Social Media it appears that girls are blogging (write) more, but boys are posting more video content. A few highlights from the Pew research data in the Mills article included:35% online teen girls blog while only 20% of the boys blog.54% of girls post D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-29716012928646321672007-12-09T20:20:00.000-08:002007-12-10T11:21:00.374-08:00Why Technology? Why YouTube?I am always delighted when I find YouTube creations that I believe are a mix of great music, images, and eloquently express the view point of their creators. Why debate the use of technology in education with anyone? Just send this video, Why We Need To Teach Technology In School, and ask them to watch the images, read the text, listen to some good music and who knows, maybe they will change D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-57031252091116738742007-12-04T08:55:00.001-08:002008-11-09T16:32:30.320-08:008th Annual MERLOT International Conference (MIC08)The Call for Proposals for the MIC08 is open through February 15, 2008. Never been to a MERLOT Conference? Consider submitting a proposal and attending the conference hosted by Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. The MERLOT Conference Committee invites you to attend the eighth Annual MERLOT International Conference (MIC08) to be held in Minneapolis, MN (August 7-10, 2008).This year's D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-44911959228930632912007-11-25T20:34:00.000-08:002007-11-26T14:11:29.513-08:00Liz Straus on Blogging Mojo and getting the Kudzu OutNot sure that I ever had Mojo, in fact the only Jo I have is my middle name, but I do know what kudzu is. Kudzu can be found all over the south. A fast growing imported vine, it grows eerily overmuch of the landscape in southern states. Kudzu is aggressive and hard to control. It chokes out trees and other plant vegetation. Thanks to Liz Straus and her post on both Mojo and Kudzu, I found the D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-41230588721806548852007-10-28T13:41:00.001-07:002007-10-28T14:01:53.596-07:00Explaining the Differences Between Wikis and BlogsClever, clever stuff here for anyone interested in using blogs and wikis in education. Well done, fun to read, and creative site to explain the difference between the two mediums. If you are looking for some good things to use in the classroom go to www.wikiblogedu.org and get some! Kudos to Greg, Alan, and Rob on the parody of the Kennedy (wiki) versus Nixon (blog) debate.D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-76325365354761823262007-10-26T12:29:00.001-07:002007-11-26T14:16:27.129-08:00Door Opening and Did You Know 2.0You Tube has allowed me meet my goal of at least three posts a month, but am still not finding time to do much reflective writing. As a member of the "sandwich generation" the past two months have been filled with the pressures of work, family, Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "Be an opener of Doors" and so far my project has acted as a door opener for me into new knowledge as I explore this social D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-35273779515760428532007-10-09T09:58:00.001-07:002007-10-09T11:24:52.938-07:00Wikis in Plain EnglishFound this fun little tutorial about wikis on the USDLA 's What's New . Uses simple drawings, voice, and a "hand" to explain what wikis are and how to use them, by Lee LeFever, Common Craft. D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-34896192384683320752007-10-02T21:42:00.000-07:002007-10-04T19:01:16.599-07:00Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in ComputingOh my, sure do wish I could attend this conference. Love the title of the I Invent the Future: The Grace Hopper of Celebration of Women in Computing in 2007. For others with the time and dollars to attend, the conference will be held in Orlando, Florida, October 17-20, 2007. This conference is "designed to bring the research and career interests of women in computing to the forefront."D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-25143005456035858812007-09-30T20:37:00.000-07:002007-10-03T18:41:15.340-07:00Women: Overlooked and Not MissingStarted looking and reading late this evening, but I found a good blog post written by a woman on technology and that led me to another, which leads me to another, and so on and so on. So found several new websites and blogs today devoted to women in technology worth writing about. Willow Cook of the TechSoup Blog wrote, that women aren't missing from the ranks "technology sector" they are D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-73755882324857397362007-09-18T21:55:00.000-07:002007-09-18T22:10:44.469-07:00Have You Seen Education Today and Tommorow?Fun music to listen to, effective images, and illustrates how education and students have changed.Information about this video from YouTube: Created by Tom Woodward of Henrico County schools in Virginia. Tom used the work of Karl Fisch from Colorado who created a PPT using various quotes and statistics from "flat world" thinking.D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-320792458706185322007-09-09T22:16:00.001-07:002007-10-03T18:40:14.066-07:00Reviewing Goals, eMentoring, and The National Center for Women and Information TechnologyMy blogging anniversary is looming and I am feeling a bit harried. As I review the the goals I set for myself over the course of the year am now wondering if I will be able to work through all of them over the next few months. One of my goals was to post at least three times a month and while most months I do, September will be iffy.Find myself wishing I could read, write, and reflect a little D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-16047058927868198592007-08-16T21:26:00.001-07:002007-08-20T10:29:05.065-07:00MERLOT (MIC07) Keynote Day 3The MERLOT Conferences and the ideas presented at them always provide me with plenty to reflect on once I get back home and to work. The MIC07 provided an interesting and eclectic mix of presenter and topics. Typically, MERLOT has three keynotes at a conference. One is future focused, a second is discipline focused, and the third usually has an applied focused. The third keynote on the last day D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-40585052458252795432007-08-09T06:48:00.000-07:002007-08-16T21:31:16.898-07:00MERLOT (MIC07) Day 2 Keynote: Teaching BlueThe description of this keynote presentation by David Megill and his twin brother[ Ultimate Multimedia Object(UMLO)] did not do this witty, fun, and educational presentation justice. Through great story-telling, a recorder performance, and by engaging the audience's imagination, the Megill's illustrated some of the inherent difficulties [and rewards] in teaching music. This presentation, D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-23010123588980926542007-08-08T06:48:00.000-07:002007-08-16T21:27:20.922-07:00MERLOT(MIC07) Day 1 Keynote AddressDr. Bruce Chaloux, Director of Southern Regional Education Board's (SREB) Electronic Campus, posed some challenging questions in a keynote address titled,The Coming of Age of Online Learning--Now what? Based on SREB's (and Chaloux's) experience with Katrina students and other online students in SREB states, everyone in higher education should be gearing up and planning how to answer questions D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-33856474353262674922007-07-29T21:37:00.000-07:002007-07-31T15:05:43.363-07:00aephoneia and Danah Boyd's Research and WritingWow. Just got through reading Danah Boyd’s powerful response to all the posts and hype that her essay, Viewing American class divisions through Facebook and MySpace, received since June 24, 2007. aephoneia, was one of the first high quality and “bleeding edge” blogs I came across when I started my research. Wikipedia uses the verb risky to define bleeding edge, a term usually associated with new D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-47772037149392861842007-07-12T06:48:00.000-07:002007-07-27T08:59:41.449-07:00Kartoo a meta search engine that mapsKartoo is worth the time you will spend looking at results presented in a highly visual format. Still can't say that I understand all the ins and outs of using it, but love seeing results presented in maps. This was also fun to chart. Looking at the chart it appears (again)I am a little behind the buzz in learning about what Kartoo is and what it does.Posts that contain Kartoo per day for the D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-56350093946552293802007-07-08T20:17:00.001-07:002007-07-10T20:30:17.403-07:00Wanted to track the Fusion D2L Conference on technorati to see who is blogging, how many are blogging on this conference, and what they are blogging about. I am fond of this charting tool and find it interesting to watch the "buzz" on topics and sessions in in real time. The chart below illustrates Posts that contain Fusion D2L Conference per day for the last 7 days. Will update this as the D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-66276987705085831252007-07-05T08:34:00.000-07:002007-07-13T07:23:57.871-07:00Social Media WikiSocial Media Wiki created by Social Communications group of Campbell-Ewald has an awesome graphic mapping online communities, I could not resist posting here today. Along with this visual you can find information on Web 2.0, avatars, blogs, Weblins, widgets, gaming and metaverses, and definitions. Did you know wiki is Hawaiian for fast? The Social Media Wiki was created in Wetpaint and there is D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-77050207740839362412007-07-04T20:26:00.001-07:002007-07-05T09:23:33.413-07:00Double-Entry Blog PostingsThe double entry journal, first suggested by Berthoff (1981) in the Making of Meaning is outlined in Journaling-Navigating Possible Futures by Creating Maps of Undiscovered Territory by Rex Veeder. Veeder’s (Spring 2007) narrative on how using this method in journaling can foster habits of rethinking and reflecting on one's own writing is outlined along with tips on how he uses "double-entry" to D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-7145703283737166922007-06-27T08:23:00.002-07:002007-07-13T13:00:39.684-07:00MERLOT International Conference 2007 (MIC 07)If you have not heard about MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resources for Learning and Online Teaching), please have a look at this site devoted to sharing digital resources nationally and Check out the buzz and consider attending the MERLOT 2007 conference August 7-10 in New Orleans, LA. It will be hot in New Orleans in August, but the MERLOT Conference is way cool.D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-74887205873117591272007-06-21T21:24:00.001-07:002007-06-25T15:36:06.004-07:003rd International Forum for Women in E-Learning (IFWE, 2007)USDLA's International Forum for Women in E-Learning has a call for proposals and a conference announcement out. If you or another woman you know in E-Learning is looking for a conference that allows "attendees, at all stages of their careers, to discuss ideas with experienced women leaders in distance learning", Santa Fe, New Mexico is the place to be November 28-30, 2007.The call for proposals D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-61391856107130593562007-06-13T21:02:00.000-07:002007-06-25T15:16:08.884-07:00Communication and GenderRecently, I found an online resource written by a woman for women on leadership issues. The website, bizwomen.com by Connie Glasser provides some good tips to guide women as they work in--or work toward--leadership roles. I bookmarked the resource and plan to go back and to read more, but wanted to share one of her articles, Plan Your Words, Take Credit for Ideas . This article hit me as a D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-5826153676098690362007-06-10T21:05:00.001-07:002007-06-18T04:18:23.008-07:00Web Conferencing Software: Why I Like WebExOver the course of last 18 or so months I have spent some time learning how to use web conferencing technologies. Have experienced BREEZE, elluminate, Microsoft Office Meeting, and WebEx. Just wish I had known about the research that Network Computing: For IT By IT, provided for users and those thinking about using web conferencing technology in April 2006.The research review titled, Tech U: The D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-63262184177841217702007-06-05T13:22:00.000-07:002007-06-10T21:04:33.357-07:00Working With Groups at a DistanceIn online classrooms and in the world of work individuals can be assigned to projects where they will be working with others at a distance. New Internet technologies are providing people with new methods of working together and some of the tools, along with the pros and cons of working on collaborative projects at a distance are outlined in an online article titled, Working Together at a DistanceD. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-13580439958483069042007-06-03T21:57:00.000-07:002007-07-08T10:10:39.814-07:00More Research on Women BloggersMeandering my way around the blogoshpere again and looking for more research on women bloggers. Found a rich source of research this evening on a blog titled MotherPie. The author of this blog is posting a "female-centric study" and was recently awarded a Masters of Arts degree in Media Studies.While I did not respond to the study and my blog is not a Mommy Blog I fit in with the majority of D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-51511235584191890452007-05-31T12:46:00.001-07:002007-05-31T12:46:28.458-07:00Women In ArtGorgeous paintings of women set to classical music.D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-62383305539313847192007-05-31T12:37:00.001-07:002007-05-31T13:52:17.983-07:00Women In Art: Learning how to post a video to my blogThis is harder than it looks and was only able to get the video to work on the second try. If you enjoyed this video you may want to see other art videos by a director named eggman913.D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-82195725920228504792007-05-30T18:23:00.001-07:002007-06-03T22:57:45.971-07:00eLect Collaborative and Quality MattersSpent a great day with some Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) women faculty who regularly collaborate, talk shop, work hard, and focus on quality of online learning. The E-LECT Collaborative(E-Learning for Early Childhood Teachers) is unique in Minnesota in that it offers lower division college credit courses on-line through ten MnSCU community and technical colleges. Students D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-66048553881514310242007-05-23T15:47:00.001-07:002007-05-29T19:30:49.339-07:00eLearning Games and SimulationsAttended the eLearning Games and Simulations Conference at Normandale Community College and was pleased to see a mixed audience of higher education, and postsecondary faculty and others in attendance. The conference had some 200+ registrants for this one day event and a well received mix of sessions on gaming and simulations on virtual worlds and opportunities to learn how to connect students D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-31928775796399861732007-05-18T18:00:00.000-07:002007-05-23T12:42:13.780-07:00Sifry: The State of the BlogosphereJust found an excellent resource information on the state of the blogosphere. Sifry's State of the Live Web has data from October 2004 through April 2007. Lots of visuals for are provided and are freely available for use under a Creative Commons license. Users are asked to keep Technorati logos and links when charts and data are shared. Sifry's most up-to-date portrayal on growth of weblogs is D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-78134224681655176402007-05-17T10:16:00.000-07:002007-05-17T13:05:36.722-07:00Webheadsinaction.org; Global WebcastathonJust received an email invitation to this happening. It's free, easy to register, great venue, and looks like it will be fun as well as educational. I registered to attend and will take in as much as I can when I can at the WIAOC 2007 WORLDBRIDGES WEBCASTATHON - MAY 17-MAY 20. The information below is copy/paste from my invitation.Posts that contain Webcastathon per day for the last 30 days.Get D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-82935493621077400942007-05-16T20:10:00.001-07:002007-05-16T20:57:09.236-07:00Using Notebook PCs to Breathe Life into PresentationsJust finished a quick, two-page read in a Campus Technology article titled Beyond PowerPoint: Building a New Classroom Presenter. Provides an overview of how presentation techniques impact faculty teaching, from blackboard and chalk to electronic presentation software like today's Powerpoint. The article goes on to discuss how use of slide presentations have "sucked the life" out of lectures andD. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-58086594978364741342007-05-08T17:09:00.000-07:002007-05-16T08:59:14.234-07:00Stifling Women BloggersThis posting is connected to my dismay over reading about the harassment that women face in the blogosphere. My intent was to write and post my thoughts and opinions on technology, higher education, and leadership, but increasingly I find this project like going through the "looking glass" and my thoughts and opinions shifting as I learn more. It appears the blogosphere is mirroring many of the D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-3881461726246984762007-04-22T09:28:00.000-07:002007-04-22T19:58:38.874-07:00HLC motto: Serving the common good by assuring and advancing the quality of higher learningThe 112th Annual Meeting of the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), is in full-throttle this Sunday, April 22, 2007 and I attended two conference sessions this morning illustrating the HLC organizational motto of, "serving the common good by assuring and advancing the quality of higher learning". The first session, Using Student Ratings to Improve Program Quality and Student Learning, included a D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-53048694496087088372007-04-17T11:19:00.000-07:002007-04-22T09:30:42.673-07:00Arts, music, language and information literacy resourcesHave you heard about Karen Ellis and the Educational Cyber Playground? Well, neither had I until just a few days ago. Developed to improve literacy through arts education the site provides numerous web base resources to promote art, music, language, and information literacy. Educational Cyber Playground received a lot of media attention and awards during the late 90s and early 00s and provides a D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-50473101347015920652007-04-15T21:10:00.000-07:002007-04-18T21:21:51.577-07:00Women's Voices on Learning Objects and Learning Objects Repositories In my first search of women blogs connected to learning objects and learning objects repositories found an article by Diane J. Goldsmith on Assessing Learning Objects: The Importance of Values, Purpose, and Design. It was unusual to read a woman blogging on learning objects and issues surrounding their use in education and I hope to find more over the next year. Besides citing some of the D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-16285392470520479192007-04-06T18:34:00.000-07:002007-04-15T13:57:31.765-07:00Bebo in the News: Safer Social NetworkingWhile reading Danah Boyd I found a great research site about youth and their learning and experiments with digital media. Boyd and others at Berkley are contributors to this current and readable website. This site on "ethonographic investigation of innovative knowledge cultures" titled, Digital Youth Research: Kids Informal Learning with Digital Media is impressive.Dipped into several articles, D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-35924726379117381692007-04-02T08:12:00.000-07:002007-04-06T18:22:03.825-07:00Steven Levy(2006) asked, Does the blogosphere have a diversity problem? and then goes on to talk about Halley Suitt positing on same. The problem is the Halley's Comment blog is by invitation only and can't be read unless one is "invited". Not sure how to get invited, but will keep looking as it appears that Suitt may be a good read.Can what Levy called a "grass-roots phenomenon" of D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-10001540874913587252007-03-21T13:50:00.000-07:002007-07-10T20:10:25.752-07:00Research on blogging and women bloggersStill wandering all around the web looking for research on women bloggers, women bloggers who blog about education technology, leadership and higher education. I found a directory resource for women bloggers and an article (Taylor Eisenman) citing research on how infrequently popular male bloggers include female bloggers on their blogroll. This article was based on Clancy Ratcliff's dissertationD. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-18000264393408966462007-03-18T19:18:00.000-07:002007-03-18T21:24:14.398-07:00Blogs, blog persona, and back to leadership issuesWent in to check my gmail account today and found an invitation to a EdTechTalk. It was past the date for the talk, but went there anyway to view past and upcoming calendar information on the talks with "educators dedicated to helping those involved in educational technology explore, discusss, and collaborate in its use". Started meandering around and found information about something called aD. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-79440847786018363442007-03-10T18:58:00.000-08:002007-03-12T20:52:33.731-07:00Blogging to learn and learning to blogMy initial reasons for blogging were to learn and read about other women bloggers interested in education technology, higher education and leadership, but while I have doing just that ---am finding a blog may not be just about writing. Sorting through all the tools out there that can help give a blog a personality could require some time. Flickr, Song Spots, YouTube, Wiki, were not sites that ID. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-31344453995059052002007-03-03T07:35:00.000-08:002007-03-07T12:39:08.936-08:00Online Course Peer ReviewLake Superior College's faculty member Susan Bradshaw is blogging. Was thrilled to find another woman blogger and to visit her blog which is also a great resource on Online Course Peer Review.Coincidentally, attended a conference in Ohio (ODCE 2007) where Quality Matters: An Inter-institional Process for Improving Quality Online, presented by Brenda Boyd of Miami Unviersity was recognized for theD. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-36244871733764462882007-02-26T19:36:00.000-08:002007-02-26T20:01:48.778-08:00Success it is not the same as leadership butPutting some ideas together for an upcoming presentation as well as reading blogs. Went on a search to look around for presentations tips and found excellent tips,resources, and samples of effective presentations (TED) from Garr Reynold's blog titled PresentationZen.Watched a YouTube post of a short video by a gentleman named Richard St. John. The presentation and the information in it was of D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-35946524312634015942007-02-24T17:44:00.000-08:002007-02-25T12:03:02.219-08:00At least 3 blog posts per month: One on leadershipWent on a miniweb search to do my one post for the week on leadership. My search affirmed some of the reasons I believe women may not be recognized as leaders. Despite the recent selection of a woman as Harvard’s president (Women Increasingly Likely To Be Leaders in U.S. Higher Education) and the statistics from the BizDean's Blog that women make up slightly more than half of U.S. jobs createdD. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-40955940211200077722007-02-18T13:23:00.000-08:002007-02-19T19:39:06.311-08:00Flickr and copyrightWas led to some thought provoking ideas related to copyright while reading the Accidental Pedagogy blog.The Ecstasy of Influence: A plagiarismOne of the things Lethem (2007) wrote about photography struck me and I quote:"It's worth noting, then, that early in the history of photography a series of judicial decisions could well have changed the course of that art: courts were asked whether the D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-39420142712859559122007-02-16T18:50:00.000-08:002007-02-25T20:35:31.123-08:00Who knew?Truly had no clue when I started this that there was so much to read, see, learn, and do in the blogosphere. Even my goals seem diminshed by the quantity of of information that is available on topics that of interest to me.I thought of a folk song I heard years ago with lyrics focused on the hard time women have in life cooking, cleaning, ironing, etc.. Many versions of the lyrics to the D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-41609545998380830732007-02-15T10:55:00.000-08:002007-05-18T10:54:06.995-07:00Framing this Blog and Related WritingI had fun this first month of blogging and as a I slogged and poked around the web I learned a few things about blogging I already knew and much about blogging that I hadn't a clue!Because I have a purpose of finding women blogging about education technology, higher education, and leadership and in answering my question about where the women bloggers are.I decided to frame this blog and the D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-26215606079560667902007-02-13T19:24:00.001-08:002007-02-13T21:06:54.381-08:00Reading Danah Boyd Writings on BlogsA newbie and a latecomer to this whole blog thing am wanting to read and find out about other women who blog and have interests similar to mine. One of the most interesting and prolific women bloggers I am reading is Danah Boyd --apophenia. Boyd has been a blogger for a longtime and has massive archives and links out to other blogs and bloggers. Can only admire and be awe of all the blogging and D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-59649414049939841602007-02-11T15:48:00.000-08:002007-05-21T13:48:56.539-07:00Just looking around,did you know there is a blog born every second?Through GeekyMom found a higher education site and an article titled, A lesson in video viral. Basically a fun to read story about a faculty person who created a 5-minute video clip for YouTube and forwarded it to some friends, who forwarded to friends,then a blogger posted the video and it was viewed by 806,077 people within just a few days. Soon folks are calling this video a "must-see video D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-22826910023538453922007-02-10T20:20:00.000-08:002007-02-10T22:34:22.541-08:00Making my way through blog litWhile wandering, reading, and reflecting on blogging am working to ground myself in what is known about blogs. Worked my way this evening through the PEW’s (2006) Bloggers: A portrait of the internet's new storytellers and some eye-opening statistics. Some of the blogging statistics I found of interest in the survey (n=7, 012) included1.Majority of bloggers are well educated, 37% of the D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-55419645144302158132007-02-01T18:01:00.000-08:002007-04-05T10:54:22.456-07:00More pondering on women bloggersSo, here I was thinking I had noticed something about blogging that others hadn't and decided to start looking around to find out why there weren't more women bloggers. Since beginning my search around the blogspere and my first baby steps at blogging have found that I am not the only person wondering why there aren't more women doing this. AND, of course have found out that I am about two yearsD. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-21551977586927194192007-01-31T17:03:00.000-08:002007-01-31T18:01:30.231-08:00Where are the women bloggers?This is a question I asked myself and men bloggers I knew a few months ago. Since then I learned that many women are blogging and on topics that I am interested in. Interestingly, a woman named Lisa Guernsey was wondering the same thing in Telling all online. It's a man's world (isn't it?),(March 2003). I had the same thought as Lisa when I started looking at the blogs in fall of 2006(Gee, am ID. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-33084197076672728962007-01-30T06:44:00.000-08:002007-01-30T07:44:58.834-08:00Teachers blog to vent, to learnFound this information about how K-12 educators are using blogs in a recent ASCD Newsletter. According the a Houston Chronicle news article,teachers across the nation are using their own blogs to vent frustrations and defend public education, but they walk a fine line with administrators when airing school business in public is concerned. Houston Chronicle (1/29) My foray into blogging is all D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37311075.post-1162929205541572742006-11-07T11:51:00.000-08:002007-01-30T08:14:01.550-08:00A Starting PointPortals consist of web pages that act as a starting points. Also see Wikipedia on the many descriptions on the use of the term portal.D. W. Proctor, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06361922912837522616noreply@blogger.com0