Prof Questionnaire #2
The Prof Questionnaire #1
Twenty revealing questions with star professors and education thought leaders. Their challenge: their answers could not be much longer than the questions. Enjoy—class is in session:
The Blog Czar Rises
Being social means knowing—and acting on—the latest developments. Being a social leader also means knowing—or at least having a good prediction about—the next developments.
Kevin Alansky, head of Blackboard’s growing social marketing team, was a social leader before the term “social” was widely used. As revealed in a particularly curious document he had forgotten about but recently uncovered, the title he once suggested for himself was “Blog Czar.”
Blackboard Social Surprise #1: The Pink Unicorn
In case you haven’t heard, Jared Slayton is now the proud owner of his very own pink unicorn.
Blackboard’s annual education conference, BbWorld, drew record numbers in 2012 (over 3,500 participants!) Jared, LMS Admin and Help Desk Manager of Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor, MI was one of those attendees, and one who participated in the BbWorld scavenger hunt. (No, a pink unicorn was NOT on the list. Stay with me…) Jared became the grand prize winner through his immaculate scavenger hunt skills. When @blackboard tweeted congratulations to the winners, they forgot one… Jared. And Jared, we learned, is not one to take such an oversight lying down.
He tweeted this:


