A Fool of Myself Comments http://www.sarahjoaustin.com Brilliantly creative? Gigantic idiot? You decide. Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:31:23 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on Winter Running Motivation? by Sheri http://www.sarahjoaustin.com/winter-running-motivation/#comment-1681 Sheri Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:31:23 +0000 http://www.sarahjoaustin.com/?p=1303#comment-1681 I'm motivated by my over enthusiastic running friends. They love getting the miles in no matter what the weather and they're always training for something. Even when it's 5 degrees out and I don't feel like running, once we're out on the towpath, their enthusiasm pulls me along. And as always, once we're done, I'm so glad I ran! I’m motivated by my over enthusiastic running friends. They love getting the miles in no matter what the weather and they’re always training for something. Even when it’s 5 degrees out and I don’t feel like running, once we’re out on the towpath, their enthusiasm pulls me along. And as always, once we’re done, I’m so glad I ran!


]]> Comment on Brulee Bot | You’re Never Gonna Be Jello by Jenny http://www.sarahjoaustin.com/brulee-bot-youre-never-gonna-be-jello/#comment-1675 Jenny Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:54:52 +0000 http://www.sarahjoaustin.com/?p=1350#comment-1675 I think she's brilliantly creative and she has a spot of honor in my sewing studio! I love that you included the clip!! I think she’s brilliantly creative and she has a spot of honor in my sewing studio! I love that you included the clip!!


]]> Comment on Answering Questions in an Online Classroom by Jill B http://www.sarahjoaustin.com/answering-questions-in-an-online-classroom/#comment-1674 Jill B Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:49:06 +0000 http://www.sarahjoaustin.com/?p=1323#comment-1674 Good clarification - it needs to be simple for the students. I have a professor [currently] who is operating under the "week 1" and referring to the course calendar, and it is MONUMENTALLY confusing. The course calendar doesn't say "week 1" it has dates, AND it's unclear whether something is being assigned a certain week or due that week. He's had to re-clarify to the class as a whole twice already, and I'm still not sure when my "week 4" paper is due. As it appears to be week 3, that's kind of a problem. So, I vote for causing yourself a tiny bit more future work (changing out dates) instead of generic. I think it would save you frustration in the long-run. Good clarification – it needs to be simple for the students. I have a professor [currently] who is operating under the “week 1″ and referring to the course calendar, and it is MONUMENTALLY confusing. The course calendar doesn’t say “week 1″ it has dates, AND it’s unclear whether something is being assigned a certain week or due that week. He’s had to re-clarify to the class as a whole twice already, and I’m still not sure when my “week 4″ paper is due. As it appears to be week 3, that’s kind of a problem. So, I vote for causing yourself a tiny bit more future work (changing out dates) instead of generic. I think it would save you frustration in the long-run.


]]> Comment on Answering Questions in an Online Classroom by sarahjoaustin http://www.sarahjoaustin.com/answering-questions-in-an-online-classroom/#comment-1673 sarahjoaustin Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:39:42 +0000 http://www.sarahjoaustin.com/?p=1323#comment-1673 @Gen This is some great advice! NOT reinforcing bad behavior is exactly what I need to do. @Gen
This is some great advice! NOT reinforcing bad behavior is exactly what I need to do.


]]> Comment on Answering Questions in an Online Classroom by sarahjoaustin http://www.sarahjoaustin.com/answering-questions-in-an-online-classroom/#comment-1672 sarahjoaustin Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:37:59 +0000 http://www.sarahjoaustin.com/?p=1323#comment-1672 @Jill I think the rub is do I make it simple for me or simple for the students? Students should be the answer, but I find myself thinking forward to how the course will copy in Blackboard for future semester (i.e. Leaving due dates off of assignment sheets and activities and instructing students to see the course calendar.) @Jill
I think the rub is do I make it simple for me or simple for the students? Students should be the answer, but I find myself thinking forward to how the course will copy in Blackboard for future semester (i.e. Leaving due dates off of assignment sheets and activities and instructing students to see the course calendar.)


]]> Comment on Day of the Dead Couple by sarahjoaustin http://www.sarahjoaustin.com/day-of-the-dead-couple/#comment-1671 sarahjoaustin Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:35:30 +0000 http://www.sarahjoaustin.com/?p=1330#comment-1671 @Chris I'm so glad you like them! I had fun making them! @Chris
I’m so glad you like them! I had fun making them!


]]> Comment on Day of the Dead Couple by sarahjoaustin http://www.sarahjoaustin.com/day-of-the-dead-couple/#comment-1670 sarahjoaustin Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:35:09 +0000 http://www.sarahjoaustin.com/?p=1330#comment-1670 @Jen Just blackmail Chris until he caves and brings them to the office. I thought they felt nice--not cuddly, per se, but a little fuzzy. @Jen
Just blackmail Chris until he caves and brings them to the office. I thought they felt nice–not cuddly, per se, but a little fuzzy.


]]> Comment on Answering Questions in an Online Classroom by sarahjoaustin http://www.sarahjoaustin.com/answering-questions-in-an-online-classroom/#comment-1669 sarahjoaustin Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:32:54 +0000 http://www.sarahjoaustin.com/?p=1323#comment-1669 @lisa Thanks for letting me know about this resource! I will definitely check it (and your blog) out. @lisa Thanks for letting me know about this resource! I will definitely check it (and your blog) out.


]]> Comment on Answering Questions in an Online Classroom by Lisa Chamberlin http://www.sarahjoaustin.com/answering-questions-in-an-online-classroom/#comment-1666 Lisa Chamberlin Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:00:25 +0000 http://www.sarahjoaustin.com/?p=1323#comment-1666 I teach in an eLearning certificate program for UW-Stout (http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/elearningcertificate.html). We often work with people who have been "thrown into" online teaching without a lot of background in the pedagogy of the delivery. It IS different than teaching face-to-face. To help out people just like you, my teaching partner and I wrote "Making the Move to eLearning: Putting your Course Online" (Rowman Education, 2009). I don't really want to have this post be a commercial, but it is a helpful resource. This book is a very practical manual to help with all aspects of online teaching (including managing email flow, course design, and facilitating those discussion forums effectively). We hear a lot of statements from readers about it like "I wish I would've known this before I started teaching online.' Check it out. It will provide you some tips for handling the issues you've written about as you gain more experience. I teach in an eLearning certificate program for UW-Stout (http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/elearningcertificate.html). We often work with people who have been “thrown into” online teaching without a lot of background in the pedagogy of the delivery. It IS different than teaching face-to-face. To help out people just like you, my teaching partner and I wrote “Making the Move to eLearning: Putting your Course Online” (Rowman Education, 2009). I don’t really want to have this post be a commercial, but it is a helpful resource. This book is a very practical manual to help with all aspects of online teaching (including managing email flow, course design, and facilitating those discussion forums effectively). We hear a lot of statements from readers about it like “I wish I would’ve known this before I started teaching online.’

Check it out. It will provide you some tips for handling the issues you’ve written about as you gain more experience.


]]> Comment on Video Book Review: Murakami’s “What I Talk About When I Talk About Running” by Book Challenge Update: 2 Down, 22 (24?) to Go [What I Talk About When I Talk About Running] | Linden's Pensieve http://www.sarahjoaustin.com/video-book-review-murakamis-what-i-talk-about-when-i-talk-about-running/#comment-1665 Book Challenge Update: 2 Down, 22 (24?) to Go [What I Talk About When I Talk About Running] | Linden's Pensieve Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:33:25 +0000 http://www.sarahjoaustin.com/?p=446#comment-1665 [...] your copy to another writer / runner friend. (That’s how I got it in my hands–thanks, Sarah!) If you have a runner / writer you need to buy a gift for, you’ve found your [...] [...] your copy to another writer / runner friend. (That’s how I got it in my hands–thanks, Sarah!) If you have a runner / writer you need to buy a gift for, you’ve found your [...]


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