Month: April 2007

  • Games in Training

    Tonight I went to a UMBC ISD Training Forum on The Power of Play: Effective Training Through Games and Similations. It was great. The topics and speakers are below. I have also included links to games in training websites that were given to us tonight. I will update this post with my notes this weekend.…

  • Micca Presentation from 2007

    Social Computing in the Enterprise PowerPoint and References PowerPoint social-computing-in-the-enterprise.ppt References Benedictus, L. (2006, November 4). Feed Burner, Dick Costolo. Guardian Unlimited. Retrieved November 8, 2006, fromhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/page/0,,1939196,00.html Blog. (2006, November 4). Wikipedia. Retrieved November 4, 2006, fromhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog Blogging for business. (2006, November). T+D, 60(11), 14. Bull, G. (2006, November). A tool for collective intelligence. Learning…

  • Sleep Deprivation Seminar

    During the Sleep Deprivation seminar, Dr. Teodor Postolache introduced us to many eye opening topics. 🙂 During the seminar Dr. Postolache said that 40 million Americans manifest sleep disorders. He also said that over 100,000 motor vehicle accidents can be attributed to sleep disorders. It was very interesting to know that sleep can be measured.…

  • Science in the New Millennium, Dr. Donna J. Nelson, AssociateProfessor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University ofOklahoma

    4/12/07 Science in the New Millennium, Dr. Donna J. Nelson, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma Wow, this seminar was interesting. First I had lunch with Dr. Donna Nelson and the members of the WISE (Women in Science and Engineering) organization. During lunch Dr. Nelson answered our questions and talked about…

  • Business and Dining Etiquette Seminar, 4/12/07

    Posts Business and Dining Etiquette Seminar, 4/12/07(I haven’t added all of the details for this post, be back soon.) On April 12th I attended one more seminar at UMBC on April 12th. This seminar was the Business & Dining Etiquette seminar. It was, what else can I say, excellent. All of the seminars that I…

  • 4/12/07 Computer Mania Day

    I went to a Computer Mania Day planning meeting today. If you have a 6th-8th grade student, please register them for Computer Mania Day to be held on May 5, 2007. Computer Mania Day is a program designed to encourage girls to pursue science, technology, engineering, and math careers. Even though it is geared to…

  • Minority Student Acheivement

    I am on the High School Task Force for my school system. Some of the topics that relate to this task force are of interest to me. I will post the articles as I find them. The key words will be high school reform which defiinitely relates to minority student achievement. Michelle

  • Girls in IT

    This week I went to my first Computer Mania Day organization meeting. I am going to help with the Registration on the day of the conference. This purpose of Computer Mania day is to spur girls to become interested in technology. The longterm goal is to get them to pursue technical and engineering careers. Since…

  • 2007.04 MICCA – Social Computing in the Enterprise

    I attended the MICCA conference today in Baltimore, MD. I also presented my paper Social Computing in the Enterprise. I have been a member of MICCA on and off since 1998. I have presented three times. I always meet great people and learn a lot. Social Computing in the Enterprise PowerPoint and References The keynote…