Our guest blogger this week is Jennifer Baker in the Philosophy department. Jennifer talks about how she has used Echo 360 to pre-record her lectures to free up for of her in-class time. Please note that as of August 2015, Echo 360 is no longer available to CofC faculty as a campus license. Mediasite Desktop…
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…
iPad, Therefore I Am?
From Jean Everett of the CofC Biology Department (and resident Plant Taxonomy expert), this post is an honest, questioning, and insightful look at applying the iPad to daily instruction. I participated in the very first Faculty Technology Institute in 2003. That week transformed my teaching primarily by honing my skills in PowerPoint and introducing me…
Using My iPad and Splice To Teach Students a Practical Skill
This month’s guest blogger is Dr. Denis Keyes from the Department of Teacher Education in the School of Education, Health, & Human Performance. I wasn’t really sure how I was going to use the iPad we received from the FTI last year, as I tend to be more of a “traditional lecturer” than an “innovative…