Our guest blogger is Gretchen McLaine, Associate Professor of Dance. Gretchen was a participant in the 2014 Summer FTI, and this post is a review of Gretchen’s experience integrating two new tools into her courses. If you are like most faculty here at the college, you embrace any opportunity to make more efficient use…
Category Archives: Productivity
Easy Brainstorming and Voting with Tricider
There have been many times during my teaching career that I’ve wanted to gather my students’ input to make decisions. Would they be amenable to a due date change on their upcoming paper? What resolution would they like to research for their next in-class debate? Would they like to meet in the library or the…
TLT’s Top Ten Tech Tools
In TLT, we are continually conducting research, starting trials, and experimenting with a variety of technology applications to find the best and most useful tools for our faculty. It makes sense that faculty and staff often ask me about apps and other tools I use in my courses, training sessions, and typical day-to-day activities. During…
Top 10 EdTech Tools for 2015
Welcome back, faculty! Whether you’re new to the classroom or a veteran professor, the beginning of a new semester is a busy time for all of us in academia. Between planning and preparing courses, attending faculty meetings, and getting to know new students, you may feel that there is little time for seeking out or…
Google Docs Now Has a “Track Changes” Feature
I love Google Docs for sharing and reviewing documents but I do miss the features of Microsoft Word’s track changes. Well, Google Docs has recently added that feature. Now when you open a Doc you will see a new item in the toolbar entitled Editing. This gives you the choice of “Editing” as you normally…