the encouragement lounge: High-energy visuals!

Sunday, March 15, 2009

High-energy visuals!

Hi All,

Here is your tip of the week... working on a powerpoint presentation, or some other project where you need images? Forget about clip art - we've seen it before. Instead, check out:

http://www.sxc.hu/index.phtml

Stock xchng is a terrific site for stock photography. Some images on the site are for sale, but most are absolutely FREE as long as you aren't using them in a for-profit situation.

The photography and image quality -- both terrific. These images will energize your presentations, handouts, and other class projects.

Cheers!
Harriet

p.s. a few of the images on this blog are my own photographs, the rest are from stock xchng

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Working adult students, on my mind...

I hope this blog will be helpful to friends and others involved in a variety of endeavors. However, I created the blog with students in mind and continue to develop it with that specific group as my focus.

I believe that with the increase in evening, weekend, and low-residency programs, students are working more and more in isolation. If we were all full-time students on campus, we would have the informal support that comes with being able to go down the hall and talk with a colleague, etc. But instead, we are working late nights and weekends at home in front of the laptop.

With that in mind, I hope the encouragement lounge provides brief moments of respite and energizing connection. This does not at all replace valuable face-to-face contact. Many aspects of the academic journey can only be addressed via in-depth conversations with colleagues and teachers. And I would always rather sit down and talk with someone than to communicate online. Nonetheless, my aim is to give you one more channel for quick hits of support.