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Scrivener Rocks as a Course Design Tool
I mentioned in an earlier post how much I liked Scrivener as a writing tool. As I used the program to write some learning goals for an upcoming course, I began to realize how powerful it is for...
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Reflections on Using Twitter in the Classroom
At the beginning of the term I embarked on a Twitter ‘exploration’ and described it as such to the class. I’ve noted my Twitter skepticism and reluctant semi-conversion before. The final push into...
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Focusing and Connecting Presentations with Pecha Kucha and VoiceThread
Pecha kucha (20 slides / 20 seconds per slide) is a creative way to inspire focused presentations using constraints. Here are a couple of great examples: http://www.pecha-kucha.org/presentations/88...
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Transparency as the Catalyst to Transformation
I’m excited to host my first guest blog by colleague Diane Boyd, Associate Director for Furman’s Center for Teaching and Learning as she reflects on our trip with StudioLab consultants to ThatCamp...
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Elevation Profle and Google Earth
I took a field trip with a colleague who is headed to Guatemala in a couple of days in order to test the elevation accuracy of the iPhone, iPad, and Trimble Nomad. I’ll post the results shortly. I...
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Designing In-Class Activities in the Flipped and Blended Learning Classroom:...
Overview: This post provides information about blended learning / flipped classroom modules that we developed for classes that involve creating and analyzing maps. I briefly discuss the reasoning...
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YoU(lysses): A Better MOOC?
Reading James Joyce’s Ulysses has been on my bucket list for several years; however, everything I’ve heard and read about the novel has left me hesitant to embark on the journey alone. Now I’ve found...
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The Flipped Classroom: Traps and Before the Lecture
Take a minute to reflect on some of your biggest teaching fails. Many of my in-class fails started this way: “Today I’m going to talk about . . . “ No context. No student experience on which to...
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Robert Zemeckis and Ed Tech
I listened to an interview with Flight director Robert Zemeckis during my run last night. This part (transcript from NPR’s Fresh Air) sure reminded me of our approach to educational technology...
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Highlights from the Future of Higher Education Forum
Image made available via CC license @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/feuilllu/5309422823/sizes/m/in/photostream/ Dan Cohen’s comments in the latest installment of the Digital Campus podcast prodded me to...
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GIS and Social Justice
At a recent faculty gathering on community engagement, I was asked to provide some examples of how Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is being used to support different social justice initiatives....
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Lessons from 1918
After reading this article about how different cities handled the 1918-19 flu pandemic, I decided to get the data graph it. You can see the impact, and the result of St. Louis and San Francisco...
View ArticleAn unplanned semester online:
Like my students, I’m struggling with the shift to online. I’ve used screencasts (short recorded lectures) previously, but I’m re-evaluating. I like them because they are a compact way of sharing...
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