George Haine, VoiceThread's instructional designer, recently led an ACERT online workshop. VoiceThread has provided a link to the recording of the workshop. Check it out, and see what creative uses of the tool you can come up with!
Traditional methods of teaching organic chemistry via lecture do not provide active learning opportunities for students. Instead, meaningful learning occurs when students are encouraged to participate and work on problems rather than waiting to copy instructors’ answers. We report how the use of “iPad with AirServer” in an organic chemistry lecture course can make student thinking visible.
If you are thinking about incorporating online conferencing tools in your class, you may be wondering how to use these tools effectively. Here are some questions to consider.
As an academic librarian who teaches students about research, I often look to journalists to give me research ideas for my students. Here are some new ideas from Columbia's "the 11 best journalism experiments."
Things to think about when narrating and saving slidecasts - self-contained presentations combining images and narrations, which can be used in a variety of ways for teaching and learning.
Things to think about when planning and selecting tools for slidecasts - self-contained presentations combining images and narrations, which can be used in a variety of ways for teaching and learning.
Your students are Generation Z. Are you still asking them to make presentations with text heavy Generation X or Generation Y tools? Consider switching to assignments that include audio and video narrations synched to slides.
