Vote No on the Con-Con
On the November 4th election ballott, Illinois voters will decide whether or not they want to call a constitutional convention (con-con) to rewrite the Illinois state constitution. Supporters claim that a con-con is the only way to clean up the political mess in Springfield, but opponents point out it will cost a projected $80 million and likely won’t accomplish anything other than waste more taxpayer money as the same politicians who have caused the mess we are in right now in IL. Change is certainly needed, but re-writing the state constitution alone isn’t the answer.
Here’s a video from former Governor Jim Edgar on the upcoming con-con.
Here are some additional reasons to consider when casting your vote. I’ll be voting NO to the con-con on Nov. 4th.
Instructional Technology Coordinator Position Opening
We have an opening at the Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center at NIU for an Instructional Technology Coordinator. Below I’ve included the ad and link to download the complete position description. Come join our team!
experimenting with Ustream
I’m continuing to experiment with Ustream.tv and I plan to attempt to stream my workshop entitled, Redesigning Course Materials for Online Delivery that I’ll be offering on Wednesday, 11/28 from 10:00am-11:30am CDT. For anyone who wants to take a peek, it’ll be streaming here: http://ustream.tv/channel/facdevprograms
I plan to attempt recording the session and will make the link to the archive available here once available. At this point, I still haven’t learned how to embed a Ustream video into a WordPress blog. I’m hoping there’s a plugin somewhere that I just haven’t stumbled across yet.Â
If anyone happens to know of a plugin for WordPress to embed Ustream videos, kindly send my way!Â