OLP 4450 Brand Foust old dog, new tricks.

 What the heck is a Kahoot? Welcome back everybody. I would like this blog post to be about Kahoot. Some of you might already know of this tool, but I kind of wanted to go through some of the advantages I had in the class room with Kahoot. I have been able to lightly use Kahoot for the last few years of teaching. However, I have only recently started to look into all their tools and advantages, and oh boy... There are so many ways to use this amazing app. I first wanted to start by saying that Kahoot has free and premium options, and since I like saving money I wanted to go over most of the free advantages. I tell all my co-workers that it leaves very little excuse not to add it to your teaching/training tools. Well, what exactly is Kahoot? Well, it's a website where you host a quiz that students in person or over Zoom can join. The questions can be true or false, or multiple choice. (There are more options for the premium versions). Then the question appears with a time limit and ...

Confused? That's okay. I know I am probably not the only one struggling to wrap my head around what a PLN (Personal Learning Network) is. And how can I use it to improve my educational skills? Well, lucky for us, PLN are personal, which means they can be as complex or simple as we like. List first break down what an PLN is. PLN is your personal resource for people who you can ask questions, get ideas from, reflect on or get mentorship from. Most of us already have a network of people that we ask questions about whether it is coworkers, instructors, family, ect. PLN can also include online resources like blogs, tools, youtube videos, Twitter, ect. Your PLN might look completely different from someone else's and that's fine. But why would you want to start building a PLN? Well, having a well-built PLN, in my opinion, is like building a team for sports. Any good sports team is working together on a common goal in mind. In my situation, I want a PLN that involves welding profes...

Hey everyone, I wanted to make this post about what I believe makes a good blog. Personally when I read I blog I tend to enjoy the ones that take a topic and break it down in lists with photos. I will make an example in this post. TOP THINGS TO PREPARE FOR COLLEGE FOR NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENTS 1: Welcome the challenge College is going to be tough. Not only because the classes are going to have instructors that want to give you all the information needed for the subject and help you to your goal but you also have you personal life to manage.  2: Understand your personal pace Just remember that you are taking the first steps to improving yourself and it will be tough. Maybe start with a smaller load before jumping into a full credits. Your pace and credit load is going to be unique to your life situation so don't over do it. The road to success is paved with the many bricks of failure so don't give up! 3: Be kind to yourself College can be some of the most rewarding learning and ...

Introduction Hey everybody, I wanted to welcome you to my blog. This blog is created for a class I am taking at ISU called OLP4407: Instructional Technology in Human Resource Development. I plan to share on this blog the different type of technologies that will help with instruction. I currently teach at College of Southern Idaho in the welding department, most of my students are non-traditional and I want to find new tools that I can use to assist me in teaching my students. I will post any interesting articles, blogs or thoughts that I have here so stay tuned!