BP3: A Review of Feedly.com

Here's an example of a typical conversation among my Digital Media Arts students: Student 1: "Hey, do you know a site where I can find good Illustrator tutorials?" Student 2: "Why don't you ask Mrs. Hutchinson? She knows all those internet resources!" Although I'm glad to be known as the 'go-to' person for resources, I'd much rather teach my students how to search for resources themselves and have that information aggregated in one place. This led me to find Feedly.com. Feedly is described as: "A fast and stylish way to read and...

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BP2: iGoogle ScreenShots

This is truly one of Google's hidden gems! How cool is it that you can customize your Google homepage to bring all of your important links & feeds in one place?! Honestly, I've used iGoogle before, and as an instructor, I've shown my students how to add gadgets to customize it. However, I did not know that you could create tabs AND customize the theme for each tab. Add that tidbit of information along with the Mac's webcam and I could customize all day. Of course, thanks to Mrs.-Lit-Review-Due-In-Two-Days, I'll have to cut the customizing...

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BP1: Welcome

Grab your coffee.  Buckle up.  Keep your hands inside the vehicle at all times as you join me on my year-long journey to achieving a degree I never thought I'd have the opportunity to obtain -- my Master's degree.  Prior to starting this EMDTMS program at Full Sail, I taught Graphic Design courses at a technical college in NYC. I thought I had the winning formula for student success: a passionate, in depth knowledge about my discipline, a pleasant disposition, a winning smile and an eagerness to teach what I knew....

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