Anne Phifer

Author's details

Name: Anne Phifer
Date registered: February 12, 2014

Biography

Anne Phifer - I am an all-around geek girl, interested in education, technology, media, rhetoric, and the amazing ways they work together. Here at A&M-Commerce, I provide technical support for our Learning Management System and teach First Year Composition classes in the English department. My goals are to one day: write a novel, have "PhD" behind my name, take over the world, cook a perfect steak, and get through every Star Trek episode ever released. Anne Phifer | Educational Technology Developer Center for Faculty Excellence & Innovation | Academic Affairs Anne.Phifer@tamuc.edu P.O. Box 3011 | Commerce, Tx 75429-3011 Tel. 903.468.3269 | Fax 903.886.5991| www.tamuc.edu Texas A&M University-Commerce

Latest posts

  1. Professional Development Day 2017 — October 2, 2017
  2. How to find eCollege in the new MyLeo Portal — August 14, 2017
  3. Countdown to myLeo Online (D2L) — July 6, 2017
  4. Tweeting Responses: A Failed Experiment — May 22, 2017
  5. Upgrading the Journal: 3 Reasons to have your students Blog — March 6, 2017

Most commented posts

  1. How to find eCollege in the new MyLeo Portal — 1 comment

Author's posts listings

Oct 02

Professional Development Day 2017

Categories:

Learning Management System, Professional Development, Project NOVA

by

October 2, 2017

It’s that time again – Professional Development Day 2017 is upon us! Join us on Thursday, October 5th, as we introduce myLeo Online, our new LMS powered by D2L Brightspace. You can register for one of four sessions throughout the day by finding us on the Training and Development calender, here. During our introduction to …

Continue reading »

Leave comment

Permanent link to this article: http://sites.tamuc.edu/innovations/professional-development-day-2017/

Aug 14

How to find eCollege in the new MyLeo Portal

Categories:

Featured, Learning Management System, Online Courses

by

August 14, 2017

3

The new MyLeo Portal is full of helpful apps and resources based on your status as a faculty member, staff member, or student. To find eCollege in the new Portal, simply follow these steps: Access the new Portal by hitting the “MyLeo” button on the tamuc.edu homepage. There are several options for this, and they …

Continue reading »

1 comment

Permanent link to this article: http://sites.tamuc.edu/innovations/how-to-find-ecollege-in-the-new-myleo-portal/

Jul 06

Countdown to myLeo Online (D2L)

Categories:

Featured, Learning Management System, Project NOVA

by

July 6, 2017

New Date EcollegePackParty_Jul17

We’re still months away from making the move to myLeo Online (D2L) but that doesn’t mean we can’t start planning ahead. To take advantage of all of D2L’s unique new features, it’s time to start taking a look at our current courses and making some changes. One big thing you can do while waiting for …

Continue reading »

Leave comment

Permanent link to this article: http://sites.tamuc.edu/innovations/countdown-to-myleo-online-d2l/

May 22

Tweeting Responses: A Failed Experiment

Categories:

Innovation, Pedagogy, Social Media, Technology

by

May 22, 2017

As a writing instructor, I am constantly working to try and get my classes to synthesize information and communicate it out as succinctly as possible. It’s one of the main parts of my job, to be honest. That’s why, when I first came up with the idea of “tweeting responses,” I thought maybe social media …

Continue reading »

Leave comment

Permanent link to this article: http://sites.tamuc.edu/innovations/tweeting-responses-a-failed-experiment/

Mar 06

Upgrading the Journal: 3 Reasons to have your students Blog

Categories:

Blogs, Social Media

by

March 6, 2017

Blogging serves the same essential functions as journaling. It allows learners to practice their writing in a low-risk setting. In my English 1301 and 1302 classes, learners use Tumblr to blog throughout the course of the class on a variety of class-related topics. These classes are fully online, and learner-instructor interaction is key for engaging …

Continue reading »

Leave comment

Permanent link to this article: http://sites.tamuc.edu/innovations/upgrading-the-journal-3-reasons-to-have-your-students-blog/

Older posts «