Our guest blogger is Jessica Smith, Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication. Jessica attended the Summer 2013 FTI. Think of any movie that features scenes of the college classroom. Hollywood portrayals typically include the archetypal professor, wearing glasses and chalk on the sleeve, standing before a theatre-style hall, lecturing from a podium. When I…
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Faculty Guest Post: Paul Collins Talks about Students Helping Students with Celly
Our guest poster this week is Paul Collins, Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance. Paul attended the Spring 2013 FTI. As part of the Scenery and Lighting Design and Production concentration in the Theatre major, students are required to take a course in which they learn Computer Aided Drafting and Design. The…
Guest Post: Dr. Bill Barfield
Dr. Barfield is a professor in Health & Human Performance. As a result of the 2013 Faculty Technology Institute he implemented AirSketch in his classes. I use Air Sketch in kinesiology and personal and community health (summers) and plan to begin using in biomechanics class. The Air Sketch (app) allows me to make notes on…
Guest Post: Evernote and Remind101 for Teaching and Scholarship
Our guest blogger is Reid Adams, an Assistant Professor in the Teacher Education Department. During the 2013 FTI, we were introduced to a number of iPad applications and given tutorials on how they might be implemented into our courses and in a few case, our research. The applications all seemed interesting, convenient, and relatively easy…
iBook Author
Our guest blogger this week is Tracey Hunter-Doniger in Teacher Education. In the FTI (Faulty Technology Institute) I learned several ways to implement technology into my class. One specific tool I demonstrate using with my pre-service teachers is iBooks Author. In this example lesson for their future classes I show my students how this program…