Archive for January, 2010

Preparing to be Educated at EduCon

Aside from last year’s Faculty Academy, it’s been almost a year and a half since I’ve attended a conference. This was a personal decision on my part. I chose to come back to UMW part-time after my maternity leave and staying home with my family has been my number-one priority. But last January, I listened [...]

In which, against my better judgement, I publically admit that Jim Groom might be right

In our offices at DTLT we are all frequently victims of listening to each others’ diatribes against any number of forces threatening higher education, online community, and the world, in general. One of Jim Groom’s favorite topics to rail about is “Twitter is killing Blogging.”

Hacking a Basic Newsletter for WP

Last semester, when we launched our new DTLT Web site, I was hoping to really use it as a tool for getting the word out to our faculty about news, upcoming events, professional dev. opportunities, and showcase projects. Ideally, I wanted to use it as a hub from which all of this information could be [...]