New Job, Summer Conference wrap up & 2nd Masters start

Wow, it has been a while since I have blogged!

I've had a slight career change which has been awesome so far. I am now the new Social Media & Marketing Coordinator for the division of Student Affairs & Enrollment Management at North Carolina Central University. This is a big deal but not just for me but the institution as a whole. I am thankful for the opportunity to start and grow this area of the division at NCCU. I will expand on this position in a follow up post. If you have questions go ahead and comment and I will address them in that post. Thank you to all who have been supportive!

In June I attended the FREeLearning Conference hosted by the wonderful folks over at Appalachian State in Boone. This one day conference included wonderful talks/showcases from education pros about what is going on in education technology in NC. My favorite presentation was by a professor Shira Hedgepeth who is only  a few hours short of her JD talking about a Digital Imprint class she taught. It was amazing the amount of student development she obtained out of the course along with educating undergraduates on the importance of knowing your digital imprint and how to find information, computer forensic style. You can view her Prezi here. Teaching something like this is definitely on my radar.

This past weekend I attended #satechBOS hosted by the amazing NE folks at Boston University and Ed Cabellon. I also dropped in on the #edutweetup hosted which donated $1000 to the Kahn Academy from our entry fees. Yay! Ed was a fantastic moderator for the first Student Affairs unConference. I really enjoyed the organic flow of things and the amazing turnout including my fellow NC colleagues Tim Bounds from Duke and Kevin McClain of UNC-Greensboro. While I was in Boston I visited Harvard, MIT, Fenway, a cupcake shop and the Freedom Trail which were all essential to my technology immersion process. The major themes I gathered were social media examples & practices, accessibility of media and how to implement a media/communication strategy without the staff. It was eye opening for me to listen to what challenges the north east coast regions are facing in the areas of #satech. I look forward to meeting more folks at #NASPAtech in October.

Last but not least this fall I am excited to start my second masters at Texas A&M University-Commerce in Educational Technology and Leadership. Classes start August 29th so stay tuned...