This week our guest faculty blogger is Dr. Richard Southgate from the Biology Department. In May 2012, I attended the College of Charleston’s (CofC) Summer 2012 Faculty Technology Institute (FTI) for the very first time, which was a great personal learning and eye opening experience, especially as I learned a lot about the potential…
Category Archives: TLT
Reversing Excel: Teaching Common Excel Procedures
Yana Wieckowski, a visiting assistant professor of Biology, discusses her experiences on targeting specifically challenging lessons that benefit from a “reversed” approach in the classroom. One of my teaching goals for this past school year, which led me to apply for the 2012 FTI, was to incorporate reverse learning into the classroom. I teach BIO 211 (Biodiversity, Ecology, and…
Customizing OAKS for the #TechGeneration
Samantha Bruce of Geology takes a new spin on the OAKS Homepage to make it more “Facebook-ish” for her #TechGeneration students: Customizing the OAKS Homepage to Teach the Tech Generation at College of Charleston The focus of the 2012 Faculty Technology Institute(s) was Teaching the #TechGeneration. Through discussion we attempted to define what is meant…
iPad for Classroom Management
Miranda McManus posts this week about using the iPad for classroom management tasks. Specifically, she shares a video example of on-the-fly grading and annotating of class presentations…
Problem Based Learning
Leena Karambelkar attended the Spring 2012 FTI and after that experience decided to try a Problem Based Learning assignment, a strategy that was covered in the FTI. Here is what she had to say about that decision: PBL: Empowering students by bringing more creativity, curiosity and interest to my Hindi Language classes Among the methods…