Wikis in Plain English

Storyline 2 by Dr Sallie Johnson b

Overview of the First 5 Modules

Using Keynote to add a voice over for your Slide Presentations

Best Practice in Movie Production SJJ

Best Practices in Video Production

Leveraging Technology in Distance Learning

Thoughts on Social Media

Using PowerPoint and Pixlr

What a great free Graphics Editor:

Since I use several different platforms, Windows and OSX, it is nice to have access to a Graphics Editor that not only is a software download, but has a Web based app.  This allows good versatility and accessibility from different platforms and different computers.

When you combine the power of POWERPOINT's great Text and photo edits (like an invisible background), the combination allowed me to produce a banner for this blog that is really professional looking with a transparent background.

Today I ponder on the thoughts "Can Creative Thinking be taught?"  "Can you learn to think creatively if you didn't learn as a child?"  "What can online teachers do to stimulate creativity in adult learners?"  Then I started thinking about the quintessence of the topic, "Why is Creative Thinking important in the learning environment and especially in the online learning environment?"

According to Bandura, “Creativity constitutes one of the highest forms of human expression. Innovativeness largely involves restructuring and synthesizing knowledge into new ways of thinking and of doing things...But above all, innovativeness requires an unshakeable sense of efficacy to

persist in creative endeavors.” (Bandura, 1997, p. 239)

I read the great online article "Inspiring a Generation to Create: Critical Components of Creativity in Children" from Center for Childhood Creativity and was inspired to consider that the same activities listed in their research to promote creativity in children will also work for adults!!   What do you think?

IS THIS THE ULTIMATE KISS? Have you ever wondered about those folks who never cease to have creative and inventive ideas and answers for everything?  Well, I found out the secret!  You have to take the dive into the ultimate kiss!!!
That's right, you must kiss the Blarney Stone in Cork County, Ireland!

 Has anyone else tried it?  Did it work for you?