Recently a call for participation circulated for the Technology Fellows Program (TFP). The TFP is a rewarding opportunity to reflect on teaching and learning in a community of learners that includes faculty and staff across the College. Fostering deep partnerships between faculty and instructional technologists, the program explores how faculty can use novel and innovative digital…
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Guidelines for Student Photographs
I have been developing a series of workshops using Legos for AHI/ARC 103 CC: Building Culture, which I will teach this spring. During the workshops, groups of students will make a series of small architectural models using Legos and photograph their work to share it with the rest of the students in the course. In…
What are the Technology Fellows up to? Part 2
Last Tuesday we spent another productive day with the Technology Fellows in the Advanced Technology Lab (ATL) on the lower level of Shain Library. The first part of the day was devoted to workshopping assignments from Ginny Anderson and Emily Morash. Our theme was creation – both Ginny and Emily had us try out their…
Digital Projects and Online Etiquette
I have been much busier than expected this semester. One of the reasons is my new project, JPN201 Twitter Project. The goal of this project is to create a physical or on-line guide about Japanese college/university students’ lives to prepare students of Japanese for studying in Japan. Before starting this semester, I worked hard to…
What are the Technology Fellows up to?
Last Wednesday the second cohort of Technology Fellows met for a full day of discussion, workshops, and troubleshooting in the Advanced Technology Lab in Shain Library. Three of the five fellows, Luis Gonzalez, Hisae Kobayashi and Leo Garofalo presented their work, shared breakthroughs and challenges, and posed questions to the group. We will be hearing…
How to Best Access and Work with Documentary Footage & Testimonials
One of the advantages of teaching at a small liberal arts college is that you enjoy more freedom to offer a wide range of courses on topics outside your area of research expertise. Over the years, I have been able to develop and offer courses on Mexico and Cuba, environmental history and social movements, the…
Collaborating with Students & Shared Google Folders
This semester, students in my course ARC 231: Interiors of Connecticut College, were tasked with working collaboratively and to find ways to effectively and efficiently share their progress with one another. From my initial course planning and development, I knew that this would be a challenge, especially considering that for the first two projects in the course, the class…
On the Road! What we learned at the Blended Learning in the Liberal Arts conference
Last week 7 faculty and staff from Connecticut College took a road trip to Bryn Mawr for the Blended Learning in the Liberal Arts conference to present the Technology Fellows Program (TFP). During the two day conference, we learned a lot listening to the presentations, talking to each other and to colleagues at other institutions. Here are…
Social Media in Academia: Connecting with Local and Global Communities
For better or worse, social media is entrenched in the routine lives of our students, our colleagues, and the communities in which we participate. With over 70% of American Internet users engaging its pages, Facebook still dominates as the most popular social media site. Close behind, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Pinterest fall somewhere in the…
Social Media in Academia: Instagram for Engaging with Students Outside Class
During an in-class discussion early in the semester, I made an offhand comment suggesting that the course should have its own hashtag. I was surprised to notice several students nodding vigorously in agreement. Sparked by this unexpected response, I decided to create an academic Instagram account. Since my pedagogy invites students to work directly with…