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Wishing for the Master Tool List through Week 12 . . .

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 https://canvas.fsu.edu/courses/166746/pages/class-tools-so-far Class Tools So Far Tool List Through Week 8 Badgelist https://www.badgelist.com/EME6414-Summer-21  (Links to an external site.) Blogger http://eme6414.blogspot.com/  (Links to an external site.) Bubbl.us  (No EME6414 Group) https://bubbl.us/  (Links to an external site.) Canva  https://www.canva.com/en/ Cluster  (No EME6414 Group) https://cluster.co/i/VZ9KTAKX  (Links to an external site.) CreativeCommons  (No EME6414 Group) https://creativecommons.org/  (Links to an external site.) Diigo https://groups.diigo.com/group/eme6414  (Links to an external site.) Edmodo https://new.edmodo.com/groups/eme6414-summer21-37655887  (Links to an external site.) Join code: zfk9jf Edublogs  (No EME6414 Group) https://edublogs.org/  (Links to an external site.) Flickr  (No EME6414 Group) https://www.flickr.com/  (Links to an external site.) Framapad https://bimestriel.framapad.org/p/eme6414-9h9e?lang=en  (Links to an external site.) Future
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NPR - your source for great tunes?

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 Every once in a while, I hear some amazing pipes on NPR, like today: Years ago, I found Modest Mouse and shared them with my youngest. Was introduced to Paloma Faith  driving home to let the girls out at lunch and wrote her name on my hand so I wouldn't forget to get some of her songs in my library. I plan to listen to a lot of music over the break as I will have sooooo muuuuucccchhhh freeeee time! But I want to do a shout out to @True Currency  for reminding me of how much joy it can bring. This has been quite the whirlwind semester, my first semester back in school after several years. I have super enjoyed blogging with all of you, honored that I had a glimpse into your lives. If this is your last semester, CONGRATULATIONS! AND BEST OF LUCK! If you are just beginning, like me, have a restful and restorative break and maybe we will run into each other in a future semester. The countdown continues - one semester down, five to go!
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Stop/Start/Continue

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  An  article (and this image) in Learning Solutions  pointed out why I initially had such a difficult time embracing some of the concepts taught in this class. I looked back at my first participation log and a question I asked was “Do I need to Tweet as well?” Now I chuckle, but in May, the thought of tweeting really disrupted by schema related to tweeting. So much was happening on Twitter over the previous four years, and not all good things, that I associated tweeting with doing something negative, or worse, being sucked into the tweeting world. I know that summer is a compressed semester, but it would have been nice to be able to do more “stop/start/continue,” as described in the article. I needed to connect the old way of thinking with the new way of thinking and then continue with the new schema. I am one of those learners that needs a longer pause or many pauses to process. I did eventually “drink the Kool Aid” and told my brother yesterday that I was actually having fun in scho
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The abyss that is the shared drive:

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Recently tasked with exploring options for instructional design models, outside of Dick and Carey and ADDIE, this eBook provided a different perspective to the models we studied in EME 5601 this Summer. As I was reading, I wanted to annotate, tag, and save the eBook in Diigo so that my team could have access, annotate, and tag. But alas, the restrictions to these types of Web 2.0 based tools is severely limited at FDLE. Instead, I highlighted sections, inserted comments, sent the pdf in an email to my team, and filed it in a folder on our shared drive. It is impossible to find anything in the shared drive. As you take addition ID classes, you too might want to snag this eBook for future use. In addition, I signed up for  eLearning Industry’s newsletter  and  Learning Solutions newsletter , and followed them on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn - things I would have never done 3 months ago.  
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As we enter the last week of Summer 2021 . . . Mental health of graduate students sorely overlooked It is common knowledge among my circle of friends (maybe not yours) that pursuing a PhD can kill a marriage, that you cannot have both existing in the same space, it’s highly improbable that both will make it. PhD friends are single or divorced and remarried— after getting their PhD. Sometimes, they made it to ABD and then called it quits, with regrets. This article discusses the collateral damage of being a graduate student and how that plays out on our mental health. What kind of expectations are you putting on yourself? How often do you succumb to imposter syndrome? Have you checked in with your anxiety level lately? The article suggests: Taking time away for the work – well, not this or next week! Stop comparing ourselves with ourselves – maybe, for me, stop comparing myself with others? Talking to someone who understands what you are going through – or your favor
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Do you think that a Masters in ISLT is a Scam?

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Passing along an interesting  article  about the “Biggest Scam in Higher Education.” Had no idea that student loans for a bachelor’s degree are limited and master’s degree unlimited. The State of Florida paid for my bachelor’s and is now paying for my masters. My thirty year old still has an outstanding loan from his bachelor’s degree and is now studying for his GRE to work on an MSW. I do wonder if my friends with Phds are still paying off their student loans? When they find out that I am back in school, they assume it is for my Phd, or just flat-out wonder why in the world I am doing this. I’ve always been a late bloomer, late to the table, late to have that “ah ha moment.” When I think about the ISLT program, our final portfolio is akin to a final portfolio for an MFA, there is a lot of creativity and innovation involved. Think about our produsage project that I truly believe mine is boring, but we have to start somewhere, right? I feel for the folks with MFAs and high student debt
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Advice I needed to receive today . . .

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No One Starts Out Awesome: Advice for New Teachers Just before going to bed last night, after tackling schoolwork all day, I glanced at my phone and found this. How will I ever get 15 tasks completed before the end of the week? Already questioning if my produsage project actually is a produsage project. Questioning what I am posting on my newly created Twitter and Instagram spaces and my already established "trainer" Facebook account. Filled with doubt. Were they authentic, interactive, or static? Could they support a Web 2.0 community? Quickly reviewing my concept paper + execution + example + critical reflections, did I explain the components thoroughly, was I creative, original, and innovative? So much doubt. Wanted this project to be awesome or at least as awesome as the projects my classmates are going to publish! After taking an early morning, moon-lit walk (3 full moons this month), coffee in one hand, and Sophia’s leash in the other, I opened Gmail and found this in
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