There are times when you or your students want to conduct an interview with someone but it’s very difficult to get together due to time zone issues, busy schedules, or some other reason. Well, Michael Overholt, former instructional technologist with LCWA came up with a great remedy for these issues… FlipGrid Flipgrid is a video…
Category Archives: Research
Faculty Focus: Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking
Fear of public speaking is very common, with an estimated 1 in 4 people reporting being anxious when presenting ideas and information in front of an audience. Some folks report being more scared of public speaking than death! While fear helps to protect ourselves in risky situations, it can also get in our way. In…
Creating Personal Learning Paths with Symbaloo
In the early 2000s a popular lesson type was a webquest. The goal of this was to create an inquiry-oriented lesson where all of the information comes from web-based resources. This isn’t a newsletter on how to create a webquest. There is tons of information on the web on how to do this, including an…
#OneNewThing – Padlet
“Padlet is a virtual wall that allows people to express their thoughts on a common topic easily. It works like an online sheet of paper where people can put any content (e.g. images, videos, documents, text) anywhere on the page, together with anyone, from any device.” (Mrs. Treichler) Platforms: Web, iOS, Android, also has plugins…
Faculty Guest Post: Evolution of a Group Research Project
Today’s Faculty Guest Post is from Chris Mothorpe, Assistant Professor of Economics. Chris attended TLT’s 2015 Faculty Technology Institute. In this post, he reflects on the process of revising and improving a group research project in two of his courses: Urban Economics and Economics of Geography and Transportation. This is an excerpt from Chris’ own…