Wordle

I finished my first assignment for my online distance learning instruction class this week, and was intrigued by all the interesting resources out there. For instance, despite having been on iTunes a gazillion times to download music, I was unaware that there was a "iTunes University" with thousands of free downloads of class lectures and videos from dozens of schools and hundreds of topics. I also learned about "Wordle" - a fun little toy that creates word clouds from any block of text:

You can see how it interpreted my blog above.

Fred

Technology here I come

As anyone who has ventured to this little blog knows, I haven't been a house-afire in keeping my postings current. SO, to push the effort a little and to get this Boomer a little more comfortable with the technology of the 21st century, I've signed up for a class in designing a class in distance learning. Might as well dive in - sticking my toe in didn't help.

The course started this week with assignments in learning how to post things in OnCourse, the software for the class. I'll keep you informed as to how it goes!

Fred

Being Bad

I'm being bad!

This blog thing seemed like a good idea at the time, and it has made me better at monitoring my RSS blog feeds. But keeping up with other folks blogs is one thing...keeping up with my own is something entirely different.

So, if you stumble across this blog - realize it hasn't been updated for a while and are in the mood for some PR discussion...plug in to PRSA's professional blog: ComPRehension (http://comprehension.prsa.org/).

Oh, and I will get back on this thing...

Fred

Another vacation photo

I posted my excuse for not posting in June - my trip to Norwegian Fjords, and actually had a real live person suggest that I post another vacation pic...
Your wish is my command...

Getting Help

My friend Robbie (she is the Web Content Coordinator at St. Francis) felt sorry for me and my feeble attempt to enter the blogosphere. She offers help...reminding me to keep my posts:

• frequent,
  
• short,
  
• with bullets

...and she reminded me to monitor other folks blogs more often, and cite those things that are worthwhile on my blog.

Yes M'am

Here's one she sent me:
A Sample Blogging Workflow
http://www.chrisbrogan.com/a-sample-blogging-workflow/

FB