{"id":523,"date":"2018-08-06T21:57:48","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T02:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/wordpress\/poetponders\/?p=523"},"modified":"2023-11-26T12:55:10","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T18:55:10","slug":"new-computer-for-a-new-teaching-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/csw\/2018\/08\/06\/new-computer-for-a-new-teaching-post\/","title":{"rendered":"New Computer for a New Teaching Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, I\u2019ve been away for a couple of weeks, traveling with my children from Western PA to the California Coast. While we were in California, I received and accepted a full-time teaching post at a state university near our home in Pennsylvania. Classes start later this month.<\/p>\n<p>There will be a new learning management system (LMS) to master \u2014 one known as \u201cD2L\u201d at the university. Having used Blackboard, WebCT, and Moodle, this is a new experience for me. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.d2l.com\">Desire2Learn by Brightspace<\/a>\u00a0is a cloud-based system, one that seems to be less widely adopted than Blackboard or Moodle. I look forward to comparing it to the other platforms.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll also be taking a new MacBook Pro with me, after my 2012 model finally proved too unreliable. I\u2019m not going to switch to Windows or Linux or anything so drastic because I use FinalCut Pro X and Logic Pro for much of my media work. I also love the Apple operating system. Yes, I\u2019m a Microsoft Certified Professional and I do not use Windows at home.<\/p>\n<p>The fall semester includes four sections of \u201cCritical Writing\u201d which is another name for <em><strong>college composition<\/strong><\/em>. I\u2019m not a fan of how most composition courses are structured (or taught) so this will be something of a challenge as I attempt to prove my approach to teaching academic writing works well.<\/p>\n<p>The return to full-time teaching offers more opportunities to blog about technology in the writing class, too.<\/p>\n<p>It is good to be back on track, though it was entirely unexpected after I had given up the academic job search.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, I\u2019ve been away for a couple of weeks, traveling with my children from Western PA to the California Coast. 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