At our November Faculty Showcase, we gave thanks for the many ways technology makes us more efficient, productive, and engaging instructors. Special thanks to Kate Pfile, Mary Ann Hartshorn, and Gayle Goudy for sharing their experiences using instructional technologies. In addition to learning about innovative teaching strategies, we also collected over 34 pounds of canned…
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Student Zombies No More: Faculty Showcase Recap
A “spooktacular” time was had by all at the TLT Faculty Showcase! A hearty thank you to the faculty who shared their innovative teaching strategies: Gustavo Urdaneta Velasquez, Mary Ann Hartshorn, Laura Penny, Sherry Wallace, and Lancie Affonso. Not only did we learn how to more effectively engage our students and manage our classes, we…
Are Your Students Like Zombies in Class?
While teaching, do you ever find yourself staring at a group of students who resemble the class in John Hughes’ classic movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off? Slouched in their chairs, glazed expressions, texting under their desks or staring out the window. . . It’s frustrating to say the least. …
Faculty Guest Post: Learning Catalytics
Our guest blogger is Wendy Sheppard from the Department of Mathematics. Wendy was a participant in the 2013 Spring FTI. This post is a report on her experience using Learning Catalytics in her course. In Spring 2014, I used Learning Catalytics (try this link to find out more: Learning Catalytics), which is a web based platform…
Guest Post: Scaffolding through screen casting and flipped classrooms for digital natives
Margaret Hagood, Associate Professor in Teacher Education, writes about how she altered an existing assignment to scaffold learning. I teach literacy education courses to students in the department of Teacher Education. The field of literacy has changed considerably over the past 10 years, now encompassing the ability to read and write words in traditional printed…