Category Archives: Just for Fun

Make Better Use of Your Smartphone or Tablet

If you have a smartphone or tablet, you could be using it to increase your productivity as an instructor. The Chronicle of Higher Education recently featured an article on the “6 Top Smartphone Apps to Improve Teaching, Research, and Your Life.” Check it out and learn a few tips for taking attendance, recording notes, lecture planning, and more.

Just for Fun – 9 Ways to Connect with Santa Online

So, no, this is not related to instructional technology or e-learning in higher education… but it’s really fun for those of you with kids and grandkids! Discover 9 ways to connect with Santa on the Web. Help them send an email to Santa (and receive a reply), create a video message, receive a phone message, or visit the North Pole. They can even track Santa’s journey on Christmas Eve. You can also do some fun things, like creating “proof” that Santa exists (i.e. a picture of Santa with your living room as a backdrop).  Here is a personalized video that I created for my daughter, Katie. All I had to do was upload her picture and enter her first name.

Have fun… and Merry Christmas!