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Learning Fun in Adulthood

I wrote this post last year but just now getting a chance to actually finalize and publish it.

This past week I had the privilege of speaking at a very well attended annual women's conference sponsored by the Illinois Women in Leadership. A group I have been a member of before but have not been available to attend meetings over the past several years especially since I took on leadership roles at the state and national level of SHRM



The program covered several adult learning principles, strategies and tips not to mention a little fun for the attendees who had a chance to "create" what IWIL meant to them using PlayDoh. Since I shared a blog series I wrote a couple years ago while working on my Master Online Teaching Certificate during the program, I thought I would write a post that allowed participants to find the entire series called "Teaching with Technology" all in one place.    

While some of the technology mentioned in this series of almost a dozen posts may have been updated or replaced since I wrote the series, I still use a majority today. If anyone reading this post has additional suggestions, please feel free to comment on this post and share the love. 

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