The decision to switch LMSs has already taken place. It is now a matter of executing the decision. In this episode, I am going to focus on the migration plan.

When building your migration plan, you need to gather information about all the steps that you will need to take. You need a place to build out this project plan.

This week, I will be talking about my process to develop a migration plan, the tools I am using, and key elements that I will be including in my plan.

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What is a lit trip? Basically, you plot book character or scene locations on Google Earth. You can follow the journey of the characters. Lit trips help bring stories to life. It is a form of augmented reality. When you are done creating a lit trip, you can then export the file and share it with others. You can also narrate the lit trip by creating a screencast.

English teacher and technology-integration coordinator Jerome Burg helped to develop the concept of lit trips and put it on the map.

This week, we are going to explore the concept of lit trips and explain how you and your students can get started.

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I once had an instructor come to me complaining that none of her students completed a web creation assignment. After further investigation, I discovered that the assignment was worth only 3%. I commented that I would not have done the assignment either. The grade has to demonstrate value.

Likewise, creating practice quizzes with no grade attached will not get many takers. Students have been conditioned by the education system that anything worth doing has a grade attached. If you want students to practice more, then make the grade worth more.

This week, we are going to explore nine strategies for using grades and your grade book to help shape learning.

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Trying to stretch dollars, students will first purchase a mobile device before investing in a computer. In terms of convenience, students will have a mobile device in their possession virtually 24 hours per day and leave their computers at home.

It only makes sense that they will try to use their mobile devices to support their learning. By creating mobile-friendly content, you can make learning easier for students and increase classroom success.

Strategies for accessibility and Universal Design for Learning will certainly increase the likelihood of mobile-friendly content. However, there are other techniques you should consider. In this episode, we are going to cover 11 methods for making your courses more mobile-friendly.

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You can more quickly learn how to use new software by employing a method that Professor Allen applied at San Diego State University to help students learn new software.

The method is called the Menu Item Search Strategy or more commonly known as MISS. The MISS method helps you quickly identify what you already know and what you need to learn about a piece of software.

I will be employing this strategy as I help my faculty transition to a new learning management system.

In this episode, we are going to be covering the MISS method.

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I would like to take you on my journey as I hand over operations in Jamestown and start working at Dean College. I want to let you know what I am thinking about as I settle into my new instructional technology role.

First, I am going to talk about the strategies I used to plan my job search. Then I will share some of the things I did to help with the transition away from JCC. Finally, I will talk about what I am doing to prepare to go to Dean College.

I will actually start my first day when this episode releases. I will then start putting other strategies and tactics into motion as I settle into the new job.

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Audio files are a wonderful way to supplement the content already in your courses. They can provide an alternative to text files. Additionally, students can listen to lectures over and over again at a speed of their choice. This is good for review and note-taking.

In this episode, I will share six ways to capture an audio file that you can upload to your course. These methods include:

• Using Zoom audio recordings
• Recording a lecture with an audio recorder
• Converting text to speech
• Recording podcasts
• Converting YouTube to MP3
• Saving videos as MP3 files during processing

Also, come join me next week when I talk about a new learning journey that I am about to embark upon.

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The SAMR Model is a four-tiered framework created by Dr. Ruben Puentedura. The tiers include:

• Substitution
• Augmentation
• Modification
• Redefinition

These four levels will help you look at your current instructional strategy and help you find an appropriate technology equivalent.

Because of the need to move to an online or remote teaching format, there is an increased interest in using technology to increase engagement as well as accomplish tasks that were previously analog. The SAMR model provides a thoughtful approach to incorporating technology to enhance learning.

This week we are going to take a closer look at SAMR. Specifically, we will take a look at each tier and provide ideas for implementing this instructional technology model.

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I first learned about the SQ3R method while I was a student at the United States Air Force Academy Preparatory School. It is a strategy that has helped me as I worked through all my degree programs and during my career in the Air Force. It is a strategy that I think will help your students do better in their classes. I thought this strategy so important that I included it in my book, Read to Succeed: The Power of Books to Transform Your Life and Put You on the Path to Success.

The SQ3R method simplifies the process that Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren outlined in their book, How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading. Adler and Van Doren provide a detailed process for analyzing a book. Most students will not go to such lengths; however, SQ3R will help them better read.

SQ3R is a five-step process for active reading: surveying, questioning, reading, reciting, and reviewing.

Students believe they are meeting the spirit and intent of a reading assignment when they passively read a chapter or article but they often fall short. However, they can build upon their knowledge when they actively read using a technique like SQ3R.

This week we are going to take a closer look at SQ3R. Specifically, we will take a look at why you would want your students to use this strategy and how they should do it.

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I just finished reading Brain Rules by John Medina. It was a fascinating look into how the brain works. Medina talked about sensory memory, short-term or working memory, and long-term. If we want our students to remember what we are teaching them, we have to obey the rules the brain puts into place. For long term memory to form, we need to keep strengthening the connections already formed.

It is a lot harder to remember something if you do not have experience with the topic. Experts are able to learn new concepts quicker if they are related to their discipline because they can recognize patterns quicker and tie new information to prior knowledge. Novices struggle with new knowledge because they do not have prior knowledge or do not recognize how it connects to previous experiences.

This week we are going to take a closer look at activating prior knowledge. Specifically, we will take a look at why this is important and 13 different ways to help connect new information to prior knowledge.

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