My name is Amy Locklear, and I'm a part-time, Distance PhD student here at ODU. I started my coursework back in 2012, and little by little I'm working my way toward figuring out my dissertation interests. I'm originally from Virginia Beach, but thanks to the USAF I currently live in Alabama, in a little town just north of Montgomery. I'm a full time Instructor for the Composition Program at Auburn University-Montgomery, where I've taught since 2003 (first as an adjunct fresh out of a Master's program). I'm married and have two grown children -- so yes, I'm officially the oldest one here! :D



I started my education as a biology major at William & Mary (marine science focus), but Physics redirected my path to English Lit in my Junior year. Since then, and aside from being a wife and mom, I've been a tech writer for NASA, a freelance copy editor, a journal editor for Decision Sciences, an administrator for an archaeology research institution, a photographer, a graduate student writing about rhetoric and Elie Wiesel, and now a teacher. But all along the way, I've been a life-long learner. Which probably explains one of my favorite words: Cool!



My research interests made this course the perfect fit, but for me it's also all about addressing the question, "how can I make my classroom pedagogy and practices better?" I'm already a big fan of the interdisciplinary focus of our program, but especially so when it means I get to explore a combination of rhetoric, learning theories, technology, and neuroscience in a class like ours this semester! I want to be a reflective technology user, considering the theory (especially the rhetorical angles) as well as the practice. I've already taken a few theory-dense courses here, and I'm ready to put that into practice in this class! This semester at AUM, I'm piloting an iPad-mediated freshman research and argument writing course, and I'm looking forward to exploring the synchronicity of these two educational experiences together!

Begin this path: Amy Locklear's Mini-Bio

1. Digital Literacy Freewrite Exercise
2. Brain Rules: Chapter 1 Reading Notes (Amy)
3. Reading Notes: Week 2 (Amy)
4. Reading Challenge: NL2 and Timeline (Amy
5. Amy Reading/Thinking Notes Week 3 (9/10)
6. Brain Rules 3 & PowTunes (Amy)
7. Amy Reading / Thinking Notes Week 4 (9/17)
8. NL 4 (Amy) Mindomo
9. Amy Reading / Thinking Notes Week 5 (9/24)
10. Amy Reading/Note Challenge BR 5 & Prezi
11. Amy Thinking / Reading Notes Week 6 (10/1)
12. Amy Reading Challenge NL6 (Week 7)
13. Amy Thinking / Reading Notes Week 8 (10/15)
14. BR Chapter 7: Memory and TinyTap (Amy)
15. Amy Thinking / Reading Notes Week 9 (10/22)
16. Amy Reading Challenge: NL8 & Padlet
17. Amy Thinking / Reading Notes Week 10 (11/3)
18. Amy's Reading Challenge Notes Week 10 - BR9
19. Amy Reading / Thinking Notes Week 11 (MOOCs)
20. Amy Reading Challenge: NL10 & LiveBinder

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