Teaching with Technology Faculty Learning Community Presentation

TEACHING WITH TECHNOLOGYFACULTY LEARNING COMMUNITY

Rafael Hernandez, Facilitator and Scot-Gresham Lancaster, Media SupportLuz Calvo, Janet Green, Dale Ireland, Jeffrey Newcomb, Felipe Razo,Aline Soules and Meiling Wu, Participants


OUTCOMES

•Identify useful hardware and software that can be used across disciplines

•Compose workflows for incorporating media into teaching

•Identify practices that consider accessibility as a minimum standard for the evaluation of technology teaching tools

•Compare and contrasts the differences in brick-and-mortar classroom teaching to online teaching

•State the role of emerging online social networks in teaching


USEFUL GADGETSHARDWARE AND SOFTWARE FOR CLASSROOM USE

ZOOM H2

•Good for field recording

•Can record in stereo or surround to .AIF, .WAV and .MP3 formats

•Takes two AA batteries

•Stores audio on SD media and includes USB cable for easy transfer of files

•Retail price: $179.99



FLIP MINO HD

•Good for quick video recording

•Has built in editing software

•Records to .AVI and .MOV

•Transfer files easily to computer via USB

•HD version records high definition videos rich in color and picture

•Retail price: $179.99 - $199.00

•MATS has these to check out to faculty!



WIRELESS NOTEBOOK PRESENTER 8000

•Simple solution for control of classroom presentations

•Take around to classroom desks to allow students control of the experience

•Integrated laser pointer

•There are many different wireless mice that can be used similarly

• Retail price: $49.99 - $79.95



CLASSROOM PRESENTER

•Free technology that allows for real-time markup of slides whiteboard-style

•Can be synched with other Classroom Presenter clients in order to have synchronous teaching

classroompresenter.cs.washington.edu


WORKFLOW FOR AUDIO


WORKFLOW FOR VIDEO


TEACHING ONLINEISSUES AND SOLUTIONS•Synchronous and asynchronous teaching demand different pedagogies that are not yet fully matured

•Tools like discussion boards, wikis, blogs and even social network spaces MySpace can be used to thread together the virtual classroom

•The 800lb. Gorilla in the room is cheating and plagiarism

•Many faculty find online teaching to be more challenging and time consuming than classroom teaching

•Lecture capture, desktop sharing and video conferencing point to potential solutions for some problems


THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN TEACHINGUNANSWERED QUESTIONS

•Why do social networks have a viable place in the classroom for instruction?

•What are the ethical concerns of being a student’s “friend” on a social network?

•How can social networks be used to foster better communities of professional activities?

•What are the hidden benefits of using social networks in classroom teaching?


TEACHING WITH TECHNOLOGY: THE FUTUREWHAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE

•Further fleshing out of workflows for online teaching that feature new and innovative approaches exclusive to online teaching

•Education of larger faculty populace on simple tasks such as embedding video or recording audio in the field

•Advocacy for online support and the best mechanism for content deployment possible

•Work towards cultivating a better, more palpable and viable relationship between faculty and technology staff in order to have the best teaching environment possible.