Jenna Greene

“Educators make education meaningful and relevant for themselves and their students by co-creating learning and sharing” (Nussbaum-Beach and Ritter 58). This opening sentence of chapter four in The Connected Educator provides the skeleton for what this chapter is all about--improving learning and learning environments through collaboration. Collaboration is a key component in any job or learning environment, and is an important skill to have in a globalized world. In order to develop strong collaboration, one must put relationships first and foster them through trust, collegiality, shared vision, and group development (Nussbaum-Beach and Ritter). As a student studying to become an occupational therapist, all of the points made in this chapter about collaboration not only apply to me, but are important skills that I will need to have in order to work effectively with my patients and with other healthcare professionals, both in and outside of my own field. In fact, one of my required...

In today’s world, you can find practically anything online. In fact, it’s actually unusual if you can’t find something. The internet has become a major tool for millions of people worldwide. It allows people to connect with others, and it also provides the ability to enhance those interactions, along with creating a plethora of new ways to get something done, whether it be finding published research for a paper, watching T.V., or shopping. With that said, it is important for any business, small or large, to make use of this, because a strong online presence opens the door to new customers and holds it open for old customers to keep them coming back. In order to do this, a company, organization, or individual must have a good website. A good website is crucial to a user’s experience, and commonplaces.com offered their top ten tips to a good website. They are as follows: 1) Responsive design 2) Minimalism 3) User friendly 4) Personalized user experience 5) Extraordinary content ...