Da-Bearss Lair

 Welcome to my video project for Walden University, course EDUC 7102-1, entitled Motivating Adult Learners. This video was created to introduce the keynote speaker at a (hypothetical) educational technology conference. However, Dr. Karen Jarrett Thoms is a professor at St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, Minnesota. And the title of this project is based on her paper, “They’re not just big kids: Motivating Adult Learners” (Thoms, 2001).

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Let’s start of with something with a more summer-time flavor as there will be plenty of opportunity for posting classwork in the very near future.  I wish I could say this introduction was written from the back of the boat in this picture.   

That image was taken by me last summer. That is on the upper Mississippi River somewhere between Red Wing and Wabasha, Minnesota. My pre-conceived notion of the Mississippi River was it would be more developed, industrialized and crowded. As you can see, that notion was wrong. The shoreline is mostly wild-life and quite pristine. Being a major migratory flyway, it is also home to a wide variety of birds at various times throughout the season. Wabasha is known for its large population of bald eagles. At various times of the season, you will also find pelicans. Yep…those big-billed birds you see in Florida. Sorry I don’t have a picture of one of those to show you. But stay tuned and I will upload images through the season.