Why I Hated Remind.com

Why I Hated Remind.com

“Use Remind,” they said, “your students will find it so convenient!” “Remind is instant,” they said, “and all your students will see updates right away!” “Remind is Safe,” they said, “nobody will be able to see or steal your students’ numbers and they won’t see...
EMT Putt Putt: A Team Building Exercise

EMT Putt Putt: A Team Building Exercise

We’ve all started new jobs before and we’re all familiar with the challenge of getting to know new colleagues and learning about the culture and climate of a new workplace. Twelve people work in the Educational Media Technologies department here at NMC, and four of...
Yavapai College Syndication

Yavapai College Syndication

Seinfeld, Jeopardy, Teaching @ NMC, Law & Order, TELS Webletter, The Big Bang Theory.  The list of popular syndication deals goes on and on and on. Yavapai College, the community college in Arizona that originated the writing challenge idea, is currently hosting...
Have you Met Justin?

Have you Met Justin?

If you have stopped into Educational Media Technologies lately, you may have had the pleasure of meeting the new Instructional Technology Assistant Justin Guillard. Justin came to EMT from the Interlochen Center for the Arts where he was an intern at the IT help desk....
Have you Heard of the Sharing Cart?

Have you Heard of the Sharing Cart?

For this week’s 4x4x16 challenge I had to sit and ask myself,  “What can I bring to the challenge that would be useful to others relating to teaching and learning?  I do not teach so how can I contribute?”  I thought about this for awhile and then...