Why I’m Here

I’m here because I love wordpress and I love blogging and I like to teach others how to do it as well.

We’ve Moved!

Instructional Awesomizing now has a brand new home!  Take a look at our new digs…and don’t forget to update your RSS feeds and links accordingly! We are now at: www.instructionblog.com

The Visions of Students Today – Call for Submissions

The Digital Ethnography group at Kansas State University has sent out a call for submissions for a new video project showcase how students see their world and what they learn.  The group is asking for 2 minute video submissions from students and professors that illustrate your most critical daily learning moments. Click here to learn [...]

Twitter Assignments

We find that a lot of instructors want to incorporate new technologies into their curricula as a way to engage students with tools that they’re comfortable with and would understand but aren’t always sure how to do that, particularly for tools the instructors themselves may not use on a regular basis.  Take Twitter.  When Twitter [...]

You’re Never too Old to Learn

You’re using the internet to read this post right now but chances are there are still a lot of things about the internet, and internet browsers, that are a mystery to you.  Well, Google has put together a nice little-book to help you learn more about the very tools you use every day, “20 Things [...]

Enriching Scholarship 2010!

Don’t forget to sign up for an Enriching Scholarship workshop! Pedagogy, tools, tips and technology–dozens and dozens of sessions, from Google Sites to How to Choose a Survey Tool, that will help and inspire you.  The conference runs from May 3-7th. Our Keynote Speaker this year is Mimi Ito. Professor Ito is a research scientist [...]

I’m a Mac…Workshop

Recently converted to Mac or thinking about doing so? Been using a Mac for a long time but aren’t sure you’re using the operating system to its fullest? This discussion-driven, question-and-answer session may be just the thing for you. We’ll cover some Mac-specific basics, show you shortcuts and neat tricks and answer any questions you [...]

Twitter in the Classroom?

To further the conversation on social tools like Twitter and their involvement in academia, here is an interesting little article from Mashable.com that details how a couple of courses at the University of Texas at Dallas and Purdue University have incorporated Twitter as a means of interacting with students despite the large enrollment numbers.  While [...]

State of the Internet

This fascinating little video by Jesse Thomas gives some great statistics on just how much internet usage has taken over our lives.  It’s amazing how far it has come in relatively little time.  Check it out and let us know what you think about then numbers presented.

Writing workshops FOR ADULTS from 826 Michigan

826michigan proudly presents our fall series of How to Write Like I Do workshops for adults: Saturday, October 31, 1-4pm—Stephen Elliott, (!!!!), author of seven books including the just released true-crime memoir The Adderall Diaries, presents: Writing from Experience. Attendees will discuss how to use their own lives as jumping points and framing devices for [...]