Putting Educational Innovations into Practice.

Fall 2010 GRAPE Camp

Please introduce yourself and tell us a little about you. What do you teach? Have you used MERLOT before? Why do you want to peer review?

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Permalink Reply by Cathy Swift on September 15, 2010 at 12:40pm

It's good to see you here, Robin. Robin and I met at the MERLOT's Emerging Technologies conference in July. I'm sure she will be a welcome addition to Teacher Education Editorial Board. I know Jane is happy to have you!

Permalink Reply by Jane Moore on September 15, 2010 at 3:01pm

Yea Robin! We are SO glad you've joined the TE Board and we're all excited to learn about those iPad apps!
Jane

Permalink Reply by norbert kiprop boruett on September 15, 2010 at 10:11pm

Robin
Great job that you are doing.I would love to follow what you are doing.In a small way i am trying to help teachers,to use Moodle and to integrate with some web 2.0 tools. I try to promote some web 2.0 tools ie wikis not very, but i am trying

Permalink Reply by Sarah Durham on September 20, 2010 at 8:55am

Hello! My name is Sarah Durham. I am the Technology Foundations instructor for the Tennessee Technology Center in Dickson, TN and it's four satellite campuses. I also teach our Employability Skills class and coordinate our Work Ethics Curriculum and work with local business and industry as needed to facilitate leadership training for our Leadership Academy. I have been with the Technology Center as an instructor for 13 years and since 2005 I have also been teaching online for the Regents Online Campus Collaborative in the TTC online program. I currently teach Spreadsheets and serve as faculty mentor for other online instructors. I am working toward my M.A. Ed with a concentration in Curriculum and Instruction at Austin Peay State University - I should have that completed by December!

In my graduate studies and in my role as an online mentor, I have the opportunity to review many web 2.0 tools and research articles and am excited about continuing that with the Merlot review board. Recently, I was asked to join the Tennessee Board of Regents App Academy where we are reviewing and creating apps for use in education. I am excited to be a part of this team as we move forward with technology.

Permalink Reply by Cathy Swift on September 20, 2010 at 9:56am

Welcome, Sarah. We're happy to see TBR take a leadership role in the creation and review of mobile apps. I know we will welcome your help in reviewing the Web 2.0 materials as well as the online teaching materials already in MERLOT. We're ready to put you to work!

Permalink Reply by norbert kiprop boruett on September 25, 2010 at 11:29pm

Sarah

Merlot is a great place. You have an impressive cv i am sure we shall learn a lot from you. Success in your MA studies, it should be easy for you. Kindly send me a link( material) to your spread sheets lessons, i would like to develop in that area.

Permalink Reply by Martin Le Voi on October 1, 2010 at 2:36am

I am Martin Le Voi, Lecturer in Psychology at the Open University, UK. I am a specialist in teaching statistics to psychology students. I currently hold a teaching fellowship, where I am evaluating web-based statistical resources for use in undergraduate teaching. In a similar project conducted in 1998, I and a research fellow devised a formal evaluation scheme for statistical resources, which I will be developing further.

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Permalink Reply by Cathy Swift on October 1, 2010 at 9:08am

Hi, Martin:

We're happy to have you here. I know that either our Statistics Editorial Board or our Psychology Editorial Board will welcome your knowledge and experience. Thank you for including the photo. I find it often helps on webinars to envision the people who are participating. I know there is a video camera function in Elluminate, but it uses band width, which is why I turn mine off after the beginning..

Permalink Reply by Mary Conway Dato-on on October 1, 2010 at 10:01am

Hell all. I am Mary Conway Dato-on from Rollins College, Crummer Graduate School of Business in beautiful Winter Park, FL. I teach MBA classes in international business including international marketing, global consulting, etc. I travel a great deal with students (and on my own). I have referenced MERLOT a great deal but never fully used a resource. I believe peer reviewing will keep me abreast of what is happening in the discipline and (hopefully) improve my teaching. I also believe in "paying forward" ... If I can help others via peer reviewing I'm on board. Thanks.

Permalink Reply by Cathy Swift on October 1, 2010 at 1:12pm

Thanks, Mary. I know the Associate Editor of International Business will be happy to have you reviewing. I told her this morning that I have several people for International going through GRAPE Camp, and she was thrilled.

Permalink Reply by Bill Grose on October 5, 2010 at 4:54am

My name is BIll Grose. I teach history at Wytheville Community College, in Wytheville, VA. I earned a Master of Arts in HIstory from VPI&SU. Currently I teach US and World History surveys, with occasional class on topics such as the American Civil War, Native American cultures of the Eastern Woodlands, and colonial Virginia. I first became aware of MERLOT several years back while attending the annual VCCS "New Horizons" conference by way of Bill Paquette. Since then, I've found quite a number o useable resources to incorporate in my own classes.

Permalink Reply by Cathy Swift on October 5, 2010 at 8:37am

Hi, Bill. I'm glad to hear you've been finding resources in MERLOT. We have some really outstanding ones in the History area...very comprehensive.