Rob's Rantings

I've been creating an online course a final for my Educational Technology Masters from National University. I am using a site called wwww.udutu.com . It is a beta site but one I find easy to use and is helping me understand even more so how to function in the online development world. Technology is changing so rapidly and it's hard to keep up with but I'm so passionate about it and about the topic I would like to pursue--making African American History curriculum and learning modules on line. It is a love and a chore but one I welcome. I will put a link on here later for people to test ride my course to see how functional it is and how interesting. Another site I am loving is www.creativebyline.com . This site is for writers or wanna be writers like me. The editors on this site, for a small fee, will edit your work before submission and even give you a list of publishers willing to publish your work after you submit your work for review. I have submitted my story chi

I'm frustrated with the way African American students are learning technology. Not because they aren't learning any but because they are not getting the high-end type. Most of the schools I have taught at don't seem to really know and understand what technology is all about and what students should and could be learning. This is not because they are ignorant or unintelligent, but because for technology you really have to be in it to understand it and as a teacher who has been teaching for many years, I feel I have gotten a grasp of what the needs are for students regarding this genre. Our students seem to still be on the computer applications level and within in that they are still just learning how to use Microsoft Word effectively. Most students know how to change the font, add a picture, etc. but those lower level skills are not the types of things that businesses and infrastructures need. In fact, students can teach themselves these skills. What students need is t