Learn Lots!

This idea has been bouncing around in my head for awhile, but today I added to it significantly.  After helping teach the Teaching with Technology course last semester, I realized how little students know about professionalism.  Receiving emails from students with incorrect grammar, punctuation, and sporting titles like LittleBunnyFooFoo@gagmail.com caused me much reflection and even some wincing at times. Currently, I'm working on idea at the CTL for teaching a class or at least providing materials to incoming or outgoing students to address such issues.  The hope is to provide them a greater chance at success in addition to removing the excuse that "no one ever told me." I then started wondering if any research or theory has been developed in this area.  It seems like professionalism is becoming harder and harder to define in our increasingly casual culture, yet it remains a reality that can come back to bite you if you don't know the rules.  Attempting to...

This morning during an impromptu brainstorming session with myself, I came up with this idea.  I was lamenting the fact that it seems like more and more children in America are growing up not learning how to sing.  (I don't have any empirical evidence for this, just personal observation.)  Thus, it could be amazing to design an application for the Wii that teaches voice lessons.  For example, lesson one could be matching pitch; it plays a tone, you hum it into the mic, and it gives you a score.  If it could get more people singing, I highly support it.  Perhaps it's too educational for the Wii, though.  At least the title is great!