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Hubby and I set up a website to keep track of our travels and photos, so I haven't been keeping this blog up to date. Because my Bloglines account directs people here, I wanted to redirect them to our site.Enjoy!

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I turned in my last assignment for my last class for my MA program last week. Since then, I've been (obsessively) checking the online gradebook.As stated in a previous post, I began grad school 2 years ago, in August 2006. At the time, I thought it would be cool to: A - finish the program, and B - keep a perfect GPA. I did well in high school and I did well with my undergrad. But I wasn't perfect

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A friend of mine has introduced me to this band and I wanted to share. I'm impressed.

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Some days, you just have to laugh. I received these via email yesterday and shared with those who sit near me at work. I listened to the giggles make their way around the "cube farm." :-)

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On June 13, 2006, I applied for grad school. Sometime in July, I received an acceptance letter and the semester started in August.It's been 6 semesters, 2 years, countless hours in front of my laptop, 2 different laptops, backups of files and burned CDs with files and podcasts and websites and reflections and missed weekends and just a lot of work and support.Friday was a major milesone in my

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Lucky me! At sort of the last minute, I was offered a chance to attend this conference in Salt Lake City over a few days this week. I am currently sitting in a session where we're talking about "Why Wikis Wrule," which is about the widespread use of wikis, as well as some practical tips about different wiki options out there, as well as ideas on how and why to use wikis.I wanted to share a few

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I was complaining earlier today. I have 32 days left before I finish my MA and I'm encountering some challenges. While I attempt to overcome those challenges, I began complaining. A friend sent me this video and I realized again that complaining doesn't do anyone any good.

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You may already know about this. My company is getting involved and collecting used cell phones to contribute to this cause. If you have old cell phones taking up space around the house, check this out and see what you can do to help our troops call home.http://www.cellphonesforsoldiers.com/

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I received this email from one of my classmates, Michelle. Check out the blog entry, but more importantly, check out the presentation. Later, when you have time!http://www.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/5-secret-tips-from-e-learning-pioneer/

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I just finished a unit for my Learning Process in ILT class on podcasting. This is the final assignment I turned in. Because most of my classmates live elsewhere, I included links to help them find more information on organizations in their state; Colorado, Washington, and Tennessee (I hope I didn't leave anybody out!).My podcast lives on a site called archive.org and you can click this link to

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I debated whether to write this post today. I'll probably still debate it internally for awhile, but here goes anyway.Today is the anniversary of my Dad's Angel Day. It's been 5 years since my Dad left this physical world behind. It's his Angel Day because that's who he is for me now. I was always a Daddy's Girl and losing my Dad was devastating at the time. I went through a lot of personal

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I received an eCard from this site today and they have some really cool stuff! Check ‘em out when/if you have the time.http://www.care2.com/ and so far, my favorite section of the site is: http://www.care2.com/click2donate/

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Holy smokes, we bought our plane tickets!!!We're flying to Lima, then to Cusco. We'll stay there 2 nights to acclimatize, then begin our 4-day Inca Trail trek in late August, to celebrate two graduations. Hubby finished his BA and I'll finish my MA.We gotta start training!!! The 4 day Inca Trail hike is "only" 26 miles. Cusco is at about 11,000 ft, whereas Machu Picchu is at 8,040 ft. There are

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For one of my classes, we had a group project to defend the position that it is worth it to invest in technology for training and education purposes. Our position paper is below.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Technology is Worth the Investment for Training and Education Programs Team GiadaM. Finch, C. Rodriguez, J. TiptonLearning Processes Applied to Instructional TechnologyIT 6740 – Spring

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I found out about this awhile ago and for some reason, didn't think of sharing it here until today. Duh! I double checked this promotion and verified its accuracy. If you'd like, you can go to Microsoft's website and search for "The Ultimate Steal."If you are a student, you can download Office 2007 for $59. Seriously. I installed it on my machine and it's great.For more information, click here.

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Note, I started this blog back on January 31 and somehow, just never published it. Oops.It's a brand new semester and one of the classes I'm taking is Learning Policies in Information and Learning Technologies (ILT). One of the required books for the class is The Book of Learning and Forgetting by Frank Smith.The author discusses two educational trains of thought - the classic view and the

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"Hi, I'm Lisa with Allen Interactions," she says, offering her hand."Margi," I say, returning the shake. "Nice to meet you.""Do you have a blog?"I'm not prepared for this question. "Why do you ask?"Lisa then tells me she received an email while she was traveling to Denver. It notified her of my previous blog detailing my excitement about meeting Michael Allen. I'm embarrassed, and vow to be sure

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I've been fortunate to attend a webinar by Bill Horton, an expert in the field of eLearning. I even got to interview him for an assignment in class. Pretty exciting stuff.And this week, another exciting event. I'll get to meet Michael Allen! No, it's not a one-on-one meeting or anything like that. His company, Allen Interactions, has partnered with my company, Charles Schwab, to create a very

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So I've run across a few fun videos on YouTube. Careful, these can really suck the hours out of your day!Straight No Chaser - 12 DaysStraight No Chaser - The Lion Sleeps TonightTo see more, look for mikado95's videos on Straight No Chaser. You can backorder their DVD. With all the orders, they won't be able to mail anything until January 21, 08, but I think it'll be worth it!Then I found Terry

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This relates to my previous blog about online courses, which you can read here.I read Part II of this report this morning and here are some thoughts I have about it ...Fear of TechnologyIt still sort of surprises me that educators are afraid of technology. However, in this article, they talked about using pbwiki or wikispaces.org as back-ups in case the school's site goes down. I can see that.

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See the article by the same title here: Part IAs the semester winds down, I find myself with more time to read and more time to blog. Who'd a thunk it?!A colleague and friend sent this story to me and it made me think. I never took an online class until I began the ILT program at CU Denver. It's not that I had any specific feelings about them one way or the other; I just didn't think about it. I

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As both Erin and Debra have noted, here's a fun site to increase your vocabulary and fight hunger at the same time. Go to www.freerice.com and for every word you get right, they donate grains of rice.Go visit today!

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Or is that an oncoming train?!I'm going to go with the light theory.My two classes are revving up for a couple of big finishes with projects this semester, and then there will be a few weeks of reprieve. I have been thinking a lot lately about stuff and thought I'd jot it all down.I attended a web conference this week about Web 2.0 tools. We discussed social networking, social bookmarking, photo

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I'm so excited to see a comment from Jenne Fromm on my post about the 3-Day. I heard you speak for the weekend in Arizona. Man, it was hot!Here is your last update for this year about the 3-Day in Arizona.I joined a team called CRBs (Chests Are Breasts) with 7 other women. The woman who started the team did so in memory of her brother, who lost a 13 year battle with breast cancer in 2005.Our team

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I just sent this email to all of my supporters and I thought you might be interested in reading it too.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Hello and Happy Fall!My fundraising and training are going very well. I have exciting news to share!! First, for those of you new to the email list, here is my story. In January 1987, my Mom was diagnosed with breast cancer a month after her 35th birthday. She had a

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I realized this morning when I approved a comment on this blog that "my personal fundraising page" is not a link. That's just silly! Visit www.the3day.org/Arizona07/margi3day if you would like to donate and read more about my story.And my fundraising total is now over $4,000! YAY!!!

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Here is my summary of day 2 of the eLearning webinar I’m attending with Horton Consulting.We began by recapping the ideas of story telling from the first session. Here are some of the questions and answers for that section:Does a story need to be in video?No, it doesn’t have to be, but it generally doesn’t hurt to have a videoIs voice necessary or can a written story be as effective?Generally

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I have all kinds of things I want to post on my blog (which is funny when I recall how reluctant I was to start this process!), most of which are related to ID - both my job and my journey through grad school. However, I have reached a personal milestone today that I just have to share.In July, I signed up to walk in Arizona's Breast Cancer 3-Day. As the name implies, it is a walk over the course

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I enrolled myself in a webinar titled eLearning by Design. It's a certificate course that will take up 4 hours of my day, 3 days a week, for the next two weeks. My first session was yesterday and here is what I learned.DefinitionsOne of the biggest challenges we face in eLearning is defining it. Those outside the industry need to know what it is so those of us who are in the industry can talk

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I have struggled with the idea this semester that I'm supposed to go find things to read and then blog about them. I don't have time to blog. Like most people in my class and life, I'm busy. I have a full time job, am going to school full time, and have other personal commitments that I signed myself up for. My brain keeps saying, though "at least you don't have children." People with kids are

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I'm learning again that I need to schedule my time better. It seems I encounter this challenge at the beginning of every semester and that doesn't make any sense to me because it's not like I've had long amounts of time between semesters!I'm caught up in one of my classes and getting close in the other one. I'm mostly caught up at work and I've been fundraising my little heart out. The last time

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So this is my blog to journal my progress in my master's program.I am beginning my second year in the University of Colorado - Denver's Information and Learning Technology (ILT) program. Wow that's a mouthful! In my first three semesters, I learned how to use Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, Captivate, Flashpaper, Hot Potatoes, and others I can't seem to recall right now. This blog is likely to

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