VC firm eyes college entrepreneurs with Summer Incubation Program — from Mashable
On 01/29/2011,
in career development, journalism,
by Daniel Christian
The Emerging Skills of Tomorrow’s Journalist — from Mashable.com by Sharon Feder
On 01/24/2011,
in career development, workplace,
by Daniel Christian
On 01/24/2011,
in 21st century, career development, education, education technology, emerging technologies, entrepreneurship,
by Daniel Christian
Kauffman Labs for Enterprise Creation: The 2011 Education Ventures Founders
Following are profiles of the twenty-five aspiring entrepreneurs selected to participate in the inaugural class of the Kauffman Labs Education Ventures Program. These founders will be immersed in an intensive, hands-on program designed to catalyze the creation of high-growth companies to generate thousands of jobs with dramatic economic benefits in the education sector.
My thanks to Mr. Joseph Byerwalter for the above link.
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From DSC:
Talk about a video-based resume! Wow!
On 01/24/2011,
in career development, digital learning, professional development, strategy, student teaching/teacher education, teachers, teaching & learning,
by Daniel Christian
Simple tools for digital classroom — from November Learning by guest blogger Geoff Gevalt
The hardest thing for teachers to do is make the transition from paper and pencils to online media: Not enough computers, not enough knowledge, not enough time and a whole new way of doing things. We work with hundreds of teachers in the same situation and we offer this advice:
- Take small steps.
- Find a couple of tech-savvy kids in each of your classes to help.
- Explore the digital world on your own.
- Seek out people in the school or in professional development spheres to mentor you.
- Don’t be afraid to fail.
- Don’t be afraid if you don’t have all the answers – your kids will help.
Teacher Knowledge — Exploring, a few links…
On 01/22/2011,
in Adobe, career development, productivity / tips and tricks, tools,
by Daniel Christian
Creating an Interactive Portfolio with InDesign — from Layers Magazine by Terry White
On 01/13/2011,
in career development, corporate / business world, future, higher education, organizational change, reinvent, workplace,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
Below is a link to an article at USA Today — as well as a few graphics — to demonstrate the increasingly important requirement (nowadays) to constantly reinvent yourself and to stay marketable. Just as organizations need to do this, each of us as individuals in charge of our own careers need to do this.
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From DSC:
With potential job titles like Transhumanist consultant, Digital archaeologist, Augmented reality architect, Terabyter (lifelogger), and others…makes you wonder what’s the best way to educate today’s students. On the top of my list:
- Be prepared for change; be flexible and adaptable
- Learn how you best learn — then be prepared to use, tweak, and build on those strategies throughout your lifetime
- Constantly take pulse checks on what’s happening in the world around you — technologically, politically, demographically, etc.
- Know where to go for information
- “Chance favors the prepared/connected mind” <– a combination of quotes I’ve heard and that I agree with; point is to be constantly building your personal learning networks (PLN’s) and to periodically peer out into the future to see what’s coming down the pike
- See if you can get a hold of your own learning stats/analytics to ascertain strengths, weaknesses, passions, interests
Addendum on 1-12-11, also see:
- What are the jobs of the future? –– from Ross Dawson
Job-Hunt.org — from Susan P. Joyce
Job-Hunt — http://www.job-hunt.org — is a web site that was started 14 years ago with the goal of helping job seekers and career explorers. Job-Hunt is a “Top” or “Best” site for job hunting and careers according to US News & World Report, Forbes, and PC Magazine.
I am particularly excited about a new section of our site — starting at http://www.job-hunt.org/careers/index.html — that provides descriptions of the typical duties performed in many popular jobs, plus salary and employment statistics by career as well as by major U.S. city. Visitors to this section can also view a short introductory video on most of the careers we list.
From this section, job seekers can gain access to hundreds of articles written by experts on job hunting, networking, resumes, company research, social media, protecting privacy, avoiding scams, and more. Job-Hunt also contains an extensive list of resources organized by state and by industry and profession. In all, the site provides access to 16,500 employers and job search resources including job boards, industry and professional associations, corporate “alumni” groups, and even employers who recruit using Twitter.
On 12/28/2010,
in career development, workplace,
by Daniel Christian
The 50 Best Careers of 2011 — from U.S. News by Alexis Grant
Consider these high-opportunity jobs as you look for your next paycheck
From DSC:
Actually, I post this with some hesitation…as what is a “best” career for you may be entirely different from what constitutes a “best” career for someone else. Rather, I recommend to you younger folks that you earnestly seek to identify your passions and run with them! Don’t go by what others say will make you lots of money. Ask the LORD to help you identify the gifts, talents, and abilities that He gave to you — then ask Him for opportunities to pursue those things.
However, I realize many of you will not pursue that course of action — so if you want to know which careers have some solid demand building up behind them, then go ahead and check out the article. Just don’t be afraid to take a right turn later on.
On 12/27/2010,
in 24x7x365 access, accreditation, adjunct faculty, blended learning, career development, content development, aggregation, repositories, copyright/ownership/NFTs, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, e-books, e-readers, educational games / serious games, elearning, faculty, formal learning, future, future of higher education, game-changing environment, global / globalization, higher education, informal learning, leadership, learning ecosystem, learning spaces, open courseware and systems, personalized/customized learning, strategy, training / L&D, trends, ubiquitous learning,
by Daniel Christian
eLearning predictions for 2011 and beyond — from Web Courseworks.com by Jon Aleckson
Excerpts:
This summer I attended the 2010 Distance Teaching and Learning Conference in Madison, Wisconsin. Some very interesting topics came up in the facilitated Think Tanks, and I wanted to share some of the predictions that were developed from these active group discussions regarding where eLearning will go in the next ten years.
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Below you will find a table that summarizes the different opportunities and challenges that were predicted to arise in the next ten years by the participants in the conference Think Tanks and by [Jon Aleckson].
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