In the fall of 2007, students in Bill Macauley’s created online writing tutorials for the Writing Center’s website. The tutorials ranged from advice on how to avoid redundancy to creating metaphors and the proper use of commas. Each student or group chose their own method for creating the sites. Many are still works in progress, […]
Many institutions of higher learning are expanding into the online virtual world of Second Life. It provides a unique interactive environment useful for a variety of purposes. The most common uses include distance education and collaboration, but many organizations are finding new ways to use the digital world to their advantage. Online conferences, trade shows […]
The new Sharp DVD/VHS combos have slightly different interface functionality then the previous units we replaced. One change noticed by faculty is the pause function. On the previous model the movie could be paused and un-paused with the same button. On the new Sharp units in order to re-start a program (after […]
When Kauke Hall was renovated one of the exciting changes we all looked forward to was the installation of DVD/VCR combo players that would play DVDs and VCRs from around the world. However, it quickly became apparent that the units were NOT “region free, multi-standard.” In fact, they even had some trouble with tracking older […]
We’ve been meeting with faculty from math, computer science, and physics to design and implement a “demo classroom” in Taylor Hall—the home of these departments. Our intent is to try out educational technology that may then be employed across campus. The technology we are focusing on shifts the focus (no pun intended!) from instructor presentation […]
Check out this blurb which is a blend of an NPR interview with DJ Spooky, who was one of our Forum speakers this fall, and our own professor of Africana Studies, Charles Peterson (CP).
The blended blurb:
CP agreed to work with us in instructional technology to produce something on DJ Spooky when we realized he had […]
March 19, 2007 – 12:58 pm
As soon as classes end this May work will begin on a “prototype” room in Wishart Hall, room 102.
The room will typify the equipment and classroom layout that best creates a good learning space for the departments—communications and theater—that call Wishart home. The technological equipment includes a computer, data projector, DVD/VCR combo, speakers and amp, […]
Professor Rujie Wang and College of Wooster students studying Chinese had a video chat with faculty and students at Xi’an International Studies University in Xi’an, China. The program used to do this is called Skype. It is a free program which allows you to text message, audio chat and video chat with other Skype […]
January 22, 2007 – 12:34 pm
Instructional Technology will be preforming regularly scheduled maintenance on a daily basis to keep the classroom technology up to spec. for the faculty.
Here is the script:
The idea is to test and clean any piece of equipment that belongs to IT, including the classroom computer (where applicable) as it hooks to the projector system.
We use compressed […]
December 18, 2006 – 5:51 pm
Megan Werely and i are planning to work together in her methods class. We will have the students take a typical lesson and spin it out using a SMARTBoard. Of course our state has some pretty serious criteria for using technology in teaching and this particular assignment with both be in alignment with those critieria […]