Blog - Year - 2012

Assistant Professor Matt Koschmann in the department of Communication has recently added a new tool to his teaching repertoire: animation. On April 13 th , 2012, Koschmann presented to the Teaching with Technology participants the benefits of utilizing animation in the classroom. Before delving into his presentation, however, Koschmann highlighted...

Ed Rivers English Professor Ed Rivers implemented podcasts as his Teaching with Technology Seminar Final Project. Watch his podcast here. Plans for Implementation My final project for the Teaching With Technology seminar is a fifteen-minute screencast on podcasting and its educational potential. It starts by situating podcasting within the general...

As clickers gain prevalence in the common classroom environment, understanding how to use them efficiently has become increasingly important. On March 16, 2012, Dr. Angel Hoekstra and Dr. Stefanie Mollborn presented at the Teaching with Technology seminar on “pedagogical strategies for teaching with clickers in the social sciences.” At the...

Assistant Professor of Psychology Eliana Colunga talked about the ways she integrated various discussion platforms into her courses to encourage student participation during her Teaching with Technology presentation. Through her discussion, Dr. Colunga highlighted the importance of student discussion as it provides the foundation for understanding the course material. The...

Professor Ken Foote of the Geography department at the University of Colorado at Boulder knows the value of increased technology capability in his classroom. For years Dr. Foote’s class, Elements of GIS (Geographic Information Systems), has been at the forefront of utilizing technology to its fullest capability – continuously changing...

Can technology be effectively used as a teaching tool without knowing the benefits of its use in the learning process? On Friday, February 23, 2012 Dr. Sarah Hug joined the Teaching with Technology seminar to answer just that question. As a research associate at ATLAS and a learning scientist specializing...

While the idea of using technology as a teaching tool in classrooms holds allure, why use technology if it does not have a positive effect on learning? During his Teaching with Technology presentation, Dr. Tim Weston spoke on the importance of assessment in determining the efficacy of teaching with technology...

With the advancement of massive multiplayer online games and simulation technology, entire classrooms and even campuses can now be found in a digitized state, existing within the online realm of gaming. But actually teaching in a virtual world? Such ideas seem fit only for the pages of science fiction and...

A Chronicle of Education article on 'flipping' college lecture courses highlights Professor Martin's evolutionary biology course.

For every major, there is a key set of skills that students are expected to obtain and refine over the course of their educational experience. In English, the two primary skills are writing and close reading. Close reading can be defined as the ability to look at a text, interpret...