Monthly Archives: January 2010
Apple Tablet [will be] revealed tomorrow
The world is 99% sure that Apple will reveal a new device tomorrow at a special event in San Francisco’s Yerba Buena center intended to eventually redefine the publishing industry, the same way the iPod and iTunes redefined the music … Continue reading
Teaching with Clickers
Derek Bruff’s blog on teaching with classroom response systems offers a number of links to resources and approaches to content design: http://derekbruff.com/teachingwithcrs/?p=450&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+TeachingWithClassroomResponseSystems+(Teaching+with+Classroom+Response+Systems)
Moodle for language classes
I love Moodle for both my German language and German literature/culture classes! First of all, Moodle recognizes diacritics, so I can finally use an umlaut on my course Webpage. Also, since foreign language professors have been using Moodle for a … Continue reading
Film projects/using film clips
My film class that fulfills the Arts Gen Ed has students make two small films using iMovie on Macs. (I know there are other film editing software programs out there that others might prefer). Rick in IT has been great … Continue reading
Thoughts on Teaching with the Smart Board
Sometimes one of the biggest benefits of using a new technology for the first time is that it makes you see the opportunities that old technologies have afforded you all along. Last semester, I taught in CLA 100 for the … Continue reading
2010 Horizon Report
The 2010 Horizon Report was released today. The annual Horizon Report is a collaborative effort between the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) and the New Media Consortium (NMC). Each year, the report identifies and describes six areas of emerging technology likely … Continue reading
Reflections on Using Twitter in the Classroom
Furman University instructor Mike Winiski has experimented with Twitter in his classroom and writes about the experience in his blog. He started out a skeptic and began to understand the potential. His essay is a great listing of pros and cons of … Continue reading
One way to use Ning
Yesterday, I posted my first assignment on my Ning site. It looks like this (translated into English): Hello class! As you probably noticed in your syllabus, there is a portion of your grade (7%) devoted to a special project. Instead … Continue reading
First experience with Skype
Last Monday, I used the language-exchanges.org to create and announce a real-time Skype interchange. Basically, this allows you to send out a bulk email to all of the members who match up with a certain language pair (Spanish and English, in … Continue reading
How Is The Internet Changing the Way You Think?
Every year, John Brockman of Edge.org < http://www.edge.org/ >asks a question of a number of science, technology, and media personalities. This year’s question is “how is the internet changing the way you think?” Psychologist Paul Bloom, Playwright Richard Foreman, actor Alan Alda … Continue reading