Archive for August, 2009
9/25 Engaging Students Through Technology Symposium
Friday, Sept. 25, 2009, 10:30 am to 3 pm
It’s not a coincidence that our symposium has the same name as this blog! Several regular bloggers here are involved and we hope all of you will join us.
Explore teaching with new media through faculty insights, hands-on exploration of four technologies and an overview of new [...]
You don’t have to be sick in order to use technology for teaching.
This summer I’ve been involved in planning for how we’ll continue teaching in the event of a large outbreak of H1N1 – the dreaded Swine Flu. I’ve been asked to document how teachers can use technology as a substitute for some of the activities that would otherwise be carried out in the classroom.
It’s no surprise [...]
eTextbooks for the iPhone?
Tech blogs were buzzing last week with the news that CourseSmart had just released “eTextbooks for the iPhone“, an iPhone app which allows student and instructor subscribers to access their CourseSmart eTextbook. Seems fewer students want to carry around backpacks full of textbooks. Go figure.
Founded in 2007 and supported by six higher education publishers, CourseSmart [...]
Wolfram Alpha – not a “homework killer”, but something to watch
If you read technology news, or even the Chronicle of Higher Education, you may have heard of Wolfram Alpha, a free online tool that is somewhere between a search engine, a database, and a computer algebra system. The launch of Wolfram Alpha in mid-May of this year was met with much fanfare in certain circles, [...]
