The Maricopa Experience

Podcasting By Phone with Gabcast & iPadio

Jan 13th, 2010 | By Coop | Category: Technology, The Maricopa Experience, Web2.0

I posted this on my podcasting blog almost 3 years ago. I’m doing a presentation tomorrow on enhancing courses with audio and thought I would revisit gabcast and take a look at iPadio. Check it out.

I attended the TechEd ‘07 conference in Ontario last week and podcasting was all the rage. Most sessions were standing [...]



Keynote: Student Engagement for the 21st Century Learner

Dec 27th, 2009 | By Coop | Category: Presentations, The Maricopa Experience

Recently I was asked to present a keynote at Yavapai College in Prescott, AZ. I was both surprised and honored for the invitation, and I immediately accepted. I talk about teaching with technology all the time, so this was a great opportunity to share my insights on the topic. But first I had to narrow [...]



Schedule Student Conferences with TimeDriver

Nov 23rd, 2009 | By Coop | Category: Technology, The Maricopa Experience

Every semester I schedule conferences with all my students to talk about their final papers before they start to finalize the paper. I was always a pain trying to schedule these 60+ conferences with students until I found TimeDriver. Watch how I use TimeDrive to schedule student conference fast and easily.



Teaching with Email in the Online Classroom

Aug 24th, 2009 | By Coop | Category: The Maricopa Experience

Over the years education has continually changed, or evolved into something that is considerably different from what education was when I was in school. One major difference is the inclusion of online and hybrid courses into the course offerings. This is still evolving on most campuses, so it’s understandable that many people in charge of [...]



Update your Calendar & ToDo Lists via Twitter

Jul 5th, 2009 | By Coop | Category: The Maricopa Experience

My first post about Twitter, Little Known Facts about Twitter in the Classroom, talked about some easy uses for Twitter in the classroom. I said, Twitter is connected to everything. I can update my Google calendar and ToDo tasks via Twitter, and I can set it up so Twitter will broadcast my blog posts from [...]



What’s on Your iPod Touch? Mobile Apps for Learning

May 28th, 2009 | By Coop | Category: The Maricopa Experience

We’ve been having a little exchange on our list about mobile gadgets and apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch, so I decided to blog about what I have on my iPod Touch. Not so surprisingly, I have very little music. I have an iPod Video and Nano for that. The Touch is for mobile [...]



Little Known Facts about Twitter in the Classroom

May 22nd, 2009 | By Coop | Category: The Maricopa Experience

The whole world is talking about Twitter, so this post is probably nothing new to some. Most people get that you can post a short message about what you are doing, and anyone who follows you on Twitter will be able to see the message. I follow you, I see your messages. You follow me, [...]



New FAQ Avatar for my Online Students

Feb 12th, 2009 | By Coop | Category: Technology, The Maricopa Experience

I’ve been playing around with SitePal for a year and a half now. I love the idea of having an avatar for students to interact with, but it has proven to be a bit time consuming and expensive. My initial investment was a cool $99 to get five avatars and scenes with 1 minute of [...]



Reflecting on an Almost Done Semester

Dec 14th, 2008 | By Coop | Category: The Maricopa Experience

Finals start tomorrow, and I’ve spent most of the last week grading and tying up loose ends in my hybrid and online courses. I finally feel as if I have my hybrid and online ENG102 course right where I want it to be in terms of design. It only took 7 years. I started designing [...]



Educause 2008 was Depressing

Oct 31st, 2008 | By Coop | Category: The Maricopa Experience

No, don’t get me wrong. Educause is a great conference and definitely worth while to fly across the country to sit in on some amazing conference sessions. But when I start thinking about going back to my campus and never having the possibility to experience any of the great tech tools I learned about, I [...]