Penn State - Technologies for Teaching

Prerequisite(s): None

Videoconferencing is a method of extending your classrooms to participants at different locations. Research shows there are educationally effective videoconferencing approaches and techniques. Awareness of these approaches will assist you in preparing for and delivering sound educational videoconferencing.

Objectives:

• Determine if videoconferencing is the best technology for the teaching situation
• Discuss videoconferencing best practices for educational situations
• List recommended procedures to use before, during, and after a videoconference
• List several methods to engage participants in a videoconferencing session
• List several methods that encourage interaction among participants in the videoconference

Prerequisite(s): None

This overview will focus on the applications in Google Apps, a suite of Web-based communication and collaboration tools. An emphasis will be placed on the advantages of using Web-based applications that enable people to create, store, share, and collaborate online in real time. Some of the most commonly used applications in the suite, including Google Docs, Gmail, and Google Sites, will be highlighted during this demonstration.

Objectives:

• Identify the applications in the Google Apps suite
• Explore how Google Apps can be incorporated into daily work flow
• Consider how the communication and collaboration features can be used to enhance teaching and learning

For those who are unable to attend in person, this session will also be presented online through Adobe Connect. Registration is required and available for the live Adobe Connect session at https://register4its.psu.edu/Public/ShowDetail.asp?scheduleid=110148

Prerequisite(s): None

This overview will focus on the applications in Google Apps, a suite of Web-based communication and collaboration tools. An emphasis will be placed on the advantages of using Web-based applications that enable people to create, store, share, and collaborate online in real time. Some of the most commonly used applications in the suite, including Google Docs, Gmail, and Google Sites, will be highlighted during this demonstration.

Objectives:

• Identify the applications in the Google Apps suite
• Explore how Google Apps can be incorporated into daily work flow
• Consider how the communication and collaboration features can be used to enhance teaching and learning

Visit the following link at the starting time indicated above to participate in this live overview: https://meeting.psu.edu/googleappsoverview

If you need technical assistance prior to attending this session presented via Meeting@PennState (powered by Adobe Connect), please contact the ITS Help Desk. Official support of Meeting@PennState (powered by Adobe Connect) for Penn State faculty, staff, and students is provided by the ITS Help Desks at http://helpdesk.psu.edu, 814-863-2494, or 814-863-1035.

Prerequisite(s): A general understanding of how distance collaboration tools work is helpful.

Videoconferencing is a tool that allows instructors to expand the walls of the classroom to provide a teaching/learning environment at a distance or in a non-traditional time frame or setting. This presentation will focus on how the features of videoconferencing can be used in instruction. It will not deal with the hands-on functionality of the tool.

Objectives:

• Identify how videoconferencing can be used in an instructional setting
• Describe how videoconferencing can contribute to capturing the collective knowledge of both the instructor and students
• Explain how videoconferencing can allow for asynchronous delivery of content

Prerequisite(s): A general understanding of how distance collaboration tools work is helpful.

Videoconferencing is a tool that allows instructors to expand the walls of the classroom to provide a teaching/learning environment at a distance or in a non-traditional time frame or setting. This presentation will focus on how the features of videoconferencing can be used in instruction. It will not deal with the hands-on functionality of the tool.

Objectives:

• Identify how videoconferencing can be used in an instructional setting
• Describe how videoconferencing can contribute to capturing the collective knowledge of both the instructor and students
• Explain how videoconferencing can allow for asynchronous delivery of content

Visit the following link at the starting time indicated above to participate in this live overview: https://meeting.psu.edu/vcclassroom

If you need technical assistance prior to attending this workshop presented via Meeting@PennState (powered by Adobe Connect), please contact the ITS Help Desk. Official support of Adobe Connect for Penn State faculty, staff, and students is provided by the ITS Help Desks at http://helpdesk.psu.edu, 814-863-2494, or 814-863-1035.

Prerequisite(s): None

This overview will focus on the applications in Google Apps, a suite of Web-based communication and collaboration tools. An emphasis will be placed on the advantages of using Web-based applications that enable people to create, store, share, and collaborate online in real time. Some of the most commonly used applications in the suite, including Google Docs, Gmail, and Google Sites, will be highlighted during this demonstration.

Objectives:

• Identify the applications in the Google Apps suite
• Explore how Google Apps can be incorporated into daily work flow
• Consider how the communication and collaboration features can be used to enhance teaching and learning

For those who are unable to attend in person, this session will also be presented online through Adobe Connect. Registration is required and available for the live Adobe Connect session at https://register4its.psu.edu/Public/ShowDetail.asp?scheduleid=110029

Prerequisite(s): None

Videoconferencing is a method of extending your classrooms to participants at different locations. Research shows there are educationally effective videoconferencing approaches and techniques. Awareness of these approaches will assist you in preparing for and delivering sound educational videoconferencing.

Objectives:

• Determine if videoconferencing is the best technology for the teaching situation
• Discuss videoconferencing best practices for educational situations
• List recommended procedures to use before, during, and after a videoconference
• List several methods to engage participants in a videoconferencing session
• List several methods that encourage interaction among participants in the videoconference

Prerequisite(s): None

VoiceThread is a web-based application that allows you to upload various types of digital media into a slideshow presentation, share it with others, and then allow participants to make comments via audio or text comment. These asynchronous comments can be done via microphone, web cam, telephone, text, or uploaded audio file. Penn State has adopted its own instance of this application, known as VoiceThread at Penn State. It is a fully supported service at Penn State.

This workshop will focus on the pedagogical uses of VoiceThread, including discussions around real VoiceThread examples from instructors at Penn State, current best practices for integration into a course, and other strategies for using this tool in teaching and learning practices.

Objectives:

• Access the VoiceThread at Penn State support site to find key information around use cases, best practices, help, and other information for using VoiceThread for teaching and learning
• Discuss best practices for using VoiceThread
• Identify and discuss various strategies and designs for using VoiceThread

Prerequisite(s): None

Clickers (student response systems) are wireless handheld devices that allow students to respond to classroom polls and quizzes regardless of class size and common student dynamics. These simple remotes transmit individual student responses. This workshop will focus on strategies for improving a class through discussion and student participation. Best practices, writing good clicker questions, and strategies for fostering student interaction and analysis of course materials will be discussed.

Objectives:

• Discuss best practices for using clickers in a class
• Discuss strategies to improve class discussions using clickers

This interactive workshop is intended for faculty and staff interested in getting the most out of in-class use of student response systems (clickers). The speaker will be Professor Mary Beth Kramer, Instructor of Chemistry at University of Delaware, who utilizes clickers in both large and small classes.

Among the subjects the workshop will cover are the following:

• Writing good clicker questions
• Utilizing "peer instruction" and other types of questions
• Best practices when implementing clickers
• Assigning different kinds of points for answering questions

This workshop is ideal for both first-time clicker users as well as experienced users. Lunch will be provided.

Prerequisite(s): None

This overview will focus on the applications in Google Apps, a suite of Web-based communication and collaboration tools. An emphasis will be placed on the advantages of using Web-based applications that enable people to create, store, share, and collaborate online in real time. Some of the most commonly used applications in the suite, including Google Docs, Gmail, and Google Sites, will be highlighted during this demonstration.

Objectives:

• Identify the applications in the Google Apps suite
• Explore how Google Apps can be incorporated into daily work flow
• Consider how the communication and collaboration features can be used to enhance teaching and learning

For those who are unable to attend in person, this session will also be presented online through Adobe Connect. Registration is required and available for the live Adobe Connect session at https://register4its.psu.edu/Public/ShowDetail.asp?scheduleid=110148

Prerequisite(s): None

This overview will focus on the applications in Google Apps, a suite of Web-based communication and collaboration tools. An emphasis will be placed on the advantages of using Web-based applications that enable people to create, store, share, and collaborate online in real time. Some of the most commonly used applications in the suite, including Google Docs, Gmail, and Google Sites, will be highlighted during this demonstration.

Objectives:

• Identify the applications in the Google Apps suite
• Explore how Google Apps can be incorporated into daily work flow
• Consider how the communication and collaboration features can be used to enhance teaching and learning

Visit the following link at the starting time indicated above to participate in this live overview: https://meeting.psu.edu/googleappsoverview

If you need technical assistance prior to attending this session presented via Meeting@PennState (powered by Adobe Connect), please contact the ITS Help Desk. Official support of Meeting@PennState (powered by Adobe Connect) for Penn State faculty, staff, and students is provided by the ITS Help Desks at http://helpdesk.psu.edu, 814-863-2494, or 814-863-1035.

Prerequisite(s): A general understanding of how distance collaboration tools work is helpful.

Videoconferencing is a tool that allows instructors to expand the walls of the classroom to provide a teaching/learning environment at a distance or in a non-traditional time frame or setting. This presentation will focus on how the features of videoconferencing can be used in instruction. It will not deal with the hands-on functionality of the tool.

Objectives:

• Identify how videoconferencing can be used in an instructional setting
• Describe how videoconferencing can contribute to capturing the collective knowledge of both the instructor and students
• Explain how videoconferencing can allow for asynchronous delivery of content

Visit the following link at the starting time indicated above to participate in this live overview: https://meeting.psu.edu/vcclassroom

If you need technical assistance prior to attending this workshop presented via Meeting@PennState (powered by Adobe Connect), please contact the ITS Help Desk. Official support of Adobe Connect for Penn State faculty, staff, and students is provided by the ITS Help Desks at http://helpdesk.psu.edu, 814-863-2494, or 814-863-1035.

The Penn State Symposium for Teaching and Learning with Technology will be held Saturday, March 24, 2012 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, University Park. This free event is an opportunity for faculty to share innovative uses of technology to enhance teaching, learning, and research with their colleagues. This year's theme is "Embracing Change and the Culture of Teaching and Learning."

The keynote speaker will be Jane McGonigal, director of game research and development at the Institute for the Future, a nonprofit futures research group based in Palo Alto, California, and creative director at http://SocialChocolate.com/, a game development startup. McGonigal, who holds a Ph.D. in performance studies, is the author of the New York Times best seller "Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World"(http:// www.amazon.com/Reality-Broken-Games-Better-Change/dp/1594202850/). Her best-known game development work includes "Find the Future"(http://findthefuture.nypl.org/), and "World without Oil" (http://worldwithoutoil.org/). These games have been featured in the New York Times, Wired, and The Economist, and on MTV, CNN, and NPR.

There is no registration fee and a continental breakfast and lunch will be provided. For more information and updates, please visit http://symposium.tlt.psu.edu/

Prerequisite(s): None

Dirk Mateer and David Brown of the Department of Economics will preview a "Sims"-like game developed for ECON 102: Microeconomics in which students attempt to build an economically viable college campus.

Objectives:

• Understand how a game scenario conveys economic principles
• Discuss how the scenario was built
• Discuss applications of a similar type game to other disciplines

For those who are unable to attend in person, portions of this session will also be presented online through Adobe Connect. Registration is required and available for the live Adobe Connect session at http://meeting.psu.edu/egcbrownbag

Prerequisite(s): None

Dirk Mateer and David Brown of the Department of Economics will preview a "Sims"-like game developed for ECON 102: Microeconomics in which students attempt to build an economically viable college campus.

Objectives:

• Understand how a game scenario conveys economic principles
• Discuss how the scenario was built
• Discuss applications of a similar type game to other disciplines

Visit the following link at the starting time indicated above to participate in the live overview: https://meeting.psu.edu/egcbrownbag/

NOTE: For technical and logistical reasons audio for Adobe Connect will be broadcast over the phone line instead of via the Internet. We therefore recommend that attendees of the Adobe Connect session have access to either a speaker phone or a phone with headphones in order to access audio. Instructions on how to access the phone will be available in the meeting room.

If you need technical assistance prior to attending this workshop presented via Meeting@PennState (powered by Adobe Connect), please contact the ITS Help Desk. Official support of Meeting@PennState (powered by Adobe Connect) for Penn State faculty, staff, and students is provided by the ITS Help Desk at http://helpdesk.psu.edu, or 814-863-2494, or 814-863-1035.

Prerequisite(s): A general understanding of how distance collaboration tools work is helpful.

Videoconferencing is a tool that allows instructors to expand the walls of the classroom to provide a teaching/learning environment at a distance or in a non-traditional time frame or setting. This presentation will focus on how the features of videoconferencing can be used in instruction. It will not deal with the hands-on functionality of the tool.

Objectives:

• Identify how videoconferencing can be used in an instructional setting
• Describe how videoconferencing can contribute to capturing the collective knowledge of both the instructor and students
• Explain how videoconferencing can allow for asynchronous delivery of content

Prerequisite(s): None

This overview will focus on the applications in Google Apps, a suite of Web-based communication and collaboration tools. An emphasis will be placed on the advantages of using Web-based applications that enable people to create, store, share, and collaborate online in real time. Some of the most commonly used applications in the suite, including Google Docs, Gmail, and Google Sites, will be highlighted during this demonstration.

Objectives:

• Identify the applications in the Google Apps suite
• Explore how Google Apps can be incorporated into daily work flow
• Consider how the communication and collaboration features can be used to enhance teaching and learning

For those who are unable to attend in person, this session will also be presented online through Adobe Connect. Registration is required and available for the live Adobe Connect session at https://register4its.psu.edu/Public/ShowDetail.asp?scheduleid=109746

Prerequisite(s): None

This overview will focus on the applications in Google Apps, a suite of Web-based communication and collaboration tools. An emphasis will be placed on the advantages of using Web-based applications that enable people to create, store, share, and collaborate online in real time. Some of the most commonly used applications in the suite, including Google Docs, Gmail, and Google Sites, will be highlighted during this demonstration.

Objectives:

• Identify the applications in the Google Apps suite
• Explore how Google Apps can be incorporated into daily work flow
• Consider how the communication and collaboration features can be used to enhance teaching and learning

Visit the following link at the starting time indicated above to participate in this live overview: https://breeze.psu.edu/googleappsoverview

If you need technical assistance prior to attending this session presented via Meeting@PennState (powered by Adobe Connect), please contact the ITS Help Desk. Official support of Meeting@PennState (powered by Adobe Connect) for Penn State faculty, staff, and students is provided by the ITS Help Desks at http://helpdesk.psu.edu, 814-863-2494, or 814-863-1035.

Prerequisite(s): None

Assistant Professor of Biology Lauraine Hawkins shares her experience with using a variety of word games to help students master technical vocabulary. Activities she will discuss include Hangman (available from the Educational Gaming Commons website), ANGEL crosswords, and word search.

Objectives:

• Discuss activities that can be quickly set to help students master course terminology
• Introduce attendees to EGC gaming systems such as Hangman

For those who are unable to attend in person, portions of this session will also be presented online through Adobe Connect. Registration is required and available for the live Adobe Connect session at http://meeting.psu.edu/egcbrownbag

A light lunch will be available in Rider 202K. No additional sign up is needed.