Thank you to everyone who attended yesterdays workshop, Students as Digital Content Creators: Benefits and Pitfalls of Multimedia Assignments. A special thank you goes to Karen Gonzalez Rice and Suzuko Knott for sharing their ideas and experiences (good and bad!). For anyone unable to attend, here is a brief summary of the event. The idea…
Author: Jessica McCullough
Workshop Tomorrow: Students as Digital Content Creators
If you are curious about, considering, or have experiences with multimedia assignments (video, online exhibitions, blogs, etc.), please join us! Karen Gonzalez Rice and Suzuko Knott, both Technology Fellows, will give informative and frank presentations about their past and current experiences with multimedia assignments. We will have plenty of time for discussion and questions. Co-led…
More Weatherproofing! Recap II
We continue yesterday’s workshop recap post from the Weatherproofing Your Class event on Tuesday. This post will focus on technological solutions for student responses, group work, and synchronous video communication. Lecture With very little knowledge of audio or video recording, you can record a lecture. We like recorded lectures broken up into smaller chunks so…
Weatherproofing Workshop Recap I
Thanks to everyone who attended the Weatherproofing Your Class workshop yesterday! For anyone who couldn’t attend, here is the first of two posts with information from the workshop. This post will focus on our discussion, and tomorrow’s will focus on the technology. Communication with Students Because of the recent policy change regarding snow days and…
Weatherproofing Workshop – Rescheduled!
We consider many factors when planning workshops. One factor is timeliness – we like to offer workshops at a time of the year or the semester when you might need that information. Looks like we are winners with this one! Due to the storm, we are rescheduling the Weatherproofing Your Class to Tuesday, February 3rd from…
Afraid of snow? Learn to weatherproof your class
Can’t get to campus because of the weather (or other surprises)? Learn to employ technology creatively so you don’t have to cancel class! During this workshop we will discuss tools and strategies for modifying your class in response to last minute events. You will leave with hands-on experience using communication and collaboration technologies, such as…
5 Tech Tools for Spring 2015
Welcome back! For this semester we are working on an exciting new tool, have a great lineup of workshops, and, notably, preparing for the early opening of Shain Library! To stay updated on everything ed tech at Connecticut College, sign up to receive emails when we add a new post by clicking “Follow” on the…
End of Semester Round-Up: Reflecting on Fall 2014
As we wrap up the semester and head into the holiday season, I spent some time this week reflecting on the posts we published and what information people found most useful or interesting. Here are the top posts of the semester and the top three categories. If you missed any of these when they were…
Technology Fellows Deadline Approaching – Don’t Miss it!
The Tech Fellows program has created a space for engaging in stimulating conversations, risking new ideas, and thinking differently about my pedagogical goals. I’m grateful for the extra time and support for researching instructional technologies, absorbing and dialoguing with others about these possibilities, and implementing new ideas. – Karen Gonzalez Rice, 2014-15 Technology Fellow …
Represent Connecticut College in the Horizon Report
Yesterday the New Media Consortium (NMC) with the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) released the Horizon Report 2015 Higher Education Preview. If you’re not familiar with the annual Horizon Report, it examines emerging technologies that will have an impact on teaching and learning and is relied upon by campus leaders and practitioners to plan and make decisions….