Technologies for Teaching
The effective use of technology can help to make the learning
experience more engaging for the students, while expanding
the arsenal of tools that the instructor can choose from to
deliver his/her message. While there are new gadgets and gizmos
popping up everyday, not all will have a place in teaching.
With the guidance of faculty advisors, ISS will research and
test technologies to help determine their potential as a teaching
tool or to save time and effort.
We will highlight some of the hardware and software tools
that are currently in use here on campus, as well as explore
some technology ideas that you can incorporate into your teaching.
| Using
Impatica to Enhance your PowerPoint Presentations |
Impatica for PowerPoint is a software tool that allows you
to create a presentation in PowerPoint and then compress and
convert it to a format (Java applet) that can be streamed
over the internet. It retains all of the text, graphics, animations,
and narration that you have added to your presentation to
make it more engaging and interesting for students to view
and learn.
We currently have a campus license for this software. Download
and install the Impatica setup file below.
After installation, launch the Impatica program. You must
enter our registration information in order to use the software.
Contact Beverley Hoerig for registration codes or to set up
a training session.
| Electronic
Grading - What are your Options? |
Thinking about tossing out that ol'
red pen?
Wondering what choices you might have to grade papers electronically?
For more details, view the document Electronic
Grading - What are your Options? (PDF)
Microsoft Word
– highlight a portion of text and insert comments
using the reviewing toolbar
WordPerfect
– highlight a portion of text and
insert comments
Adobe Acrobat
– insert handwritten comments with a pen tool or add
text notes
PenOffice
– add handwritten comments to Word documents with
this software and a pen tool
Markin
– highlight text and insert typed comments or add
comments using customized buttons for frequently repeated
comments
Grade and scan
– print out and grade papers manually, scan graded
documents and return in one of several formats
All of these options are “student-friendly”
and do not require them to purchase any software. They may
only need to download the free Adobe Reader plug-in.
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