Fall 2010 GRAPE Camp

[Cathy Swift]

Please introduce yourself and tell us a little about you.  What do you teach?  Have you used MERLOT before?  Why do you want to peer review? 

[Cathy Swift]

It's good to see you here, Robin. Robin and I met at the MERLOT's Emerging Technologies conference in July. I'm sure she will be a welcome addition to Teacher Education Editorial Board. I know Jane is happy to have you!

[Jane Moore]

Yea Robin! We are SO glad you've joined the TE Board and we're all excited to learn about those iPad apps!
Jane

[norbert kiprop boruett]

Robin
Great job that you are doing.I would love to follow what you are doing.In a small way i am trying to help teachers,to use Moodle and to integrate with some web 2.0 tools. I try to promote some web 2.0 tools ie wikis not very, but i am trying

[Sarah Durham]

Hello! My name is Sarah Durham. I am the Technology Foundations instructor for the Tennessee Technology Center in Dickson, TN and it's four satellite campuses. I also teach our Employability Skills class and coordinate our Work Ethics Curriculum and work with local business and industry as needed to facilitate leadership training for our Leadership Academy. I have been with the Technology Center as an instructor for 13 years and since 2005 I have also been teaching online for the Regents Online Campus Collaborative in the TTC online program. I currently teach Spreadsheets and serve as faculty mentor for other online instructors. I am working toward my M.A. Ed with a concentration in Curriculum and Instruction at Austin Peay State University - I should have that completed by December!

In my graduate studies and in my role as an online mentor, I have the opportunity to review many web 2.0 tools and research articles and am excited about continuing that with the Merlot review board. Recently, I was asked to join the Tennessee Board of Regents App Academy where we are reviewing and creating apps for use in education. I am excited to be a part of this team as we move forward with technology.

[Cathy Swift]

Welcome, Sarah. We're happy to see TBR take a leadership role in the creation and review of mobile apps. I know we will welcome your help in reviewing the Web 2.0 materials as well as the online teaching materials already in MERLOT. We're ready to put you to work!

[norbert kiprop boruett]

Sarah

Merlot is a great place. You have an impressive cv i am sure we shall learn a lot from you. Success in your MA studies, it should be easy for you. Kindly send me a link( material) to your spread sheets lessons, i would like to develop in that area.

[Martin Le Voi]

I am Martin Le Voi, Lecturer in Psychology at the Open University, UK. I am a specialist in teaching statistics to psychology students. I currently hold a teaching fellowship, where I am evaluating web-based statistical resources for use in undergraduate teaching. In a similar project conducted in 1998, I and a research fellow devised a formal evaluation scheme for statistical resources, which I will be developing further.

[Cathy Swift]

Hi, Martin:

We're happy to have you here. I know that either our Statistics Editorial Board or our Psychology Editorial Board will welcome your knowledge and experience. Thank you for including the photo. I find it often helps on webinars to envision the people who are participating. I know there is a video camera function in Elluminate, but it uses band width, which is why I turn mine off after the beginning..

[Mary Conway Dato-on]

Hell all. I am Mary Conway Dato-on from Rollins College, Crummer Graduate School of Business in beautiful Winter Park, FL. I teach MBA classes in international business including international marketing, global consulting, etc. I travel a great deal with students (and on my own). I have referenced MERLOT a great deal but never fully used a resource. I believe peer reviewing will keep me abreast of what is happening in the discipline and (hopefully) improve my teaching. I also believe in "paying forward" ... If I can help others via peer reviewing I'm on board. Thanks.

[Cathy Swift]

Thanks, Mary. I know the Associate Editor of International Business will be happy to have you reviewing. I told her this morning that I have several people for International going through GRAPE Camp, and she was thrilled.

[Bill Grose]

My name is BIll Grose. I teach history at Wytheville Community College, in Wytheville, VA. I earned a Master of Arts in HIstory from VPI&SU. Currently I teach US and World History surveys, with occasional class on topics such as the American Civil War, Native American cultures of the Eastern Woodlands, and colonial Virginia. I first became aware of MERLOT several years back while attending the annual VCCS "New Horizons" conference by way of Bill Paquette. Since then, I've found quite a number o useable resources to incorporate in my own classes.

[Cathy Swift]

Hi, Bill. I'm glad to hear you've been finding resources in MERLOT. We have some really outstanding ones in the History area...very comprehensive.