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Please note: the location for this event is the Goldstein Electronic Classroom, Room 114, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center

Presenters:

  • Rashmi Kumar, Ed.D.STEM Learning Specialist, Weingarten Learning Resources Center
  • Joe Schaffner, Courseware Support Librarian, Penn Libraries

Description: 

In this workshop, we will share how technology can help students be more active, and collaborative in class. 
For faculty, TAs, and staff. 

Participants will consider: "What do you want students to take away from class?" Workshop facilitators will model classroom scenarios to demonstrate how technology can help students achieve learning goals with in-class activities. Participants will explore instructional technology tools and develop in-class activities of their own.  

Technology: 

The workshop will include demonstrations of and hands-on experience with:

  • Canvas (discussions, groups, quizzes, etc.)
  • Qualtrics (surveys)
  • Piazza (communication and collaboration)
  • Poll Everywhere (real-time polling)
  • PowerNotes (annotation tool)
  • VoiceThread (multimedia presentation tool)

Disciplines: 

This workshop is intended for all disciplines and instructional levels (ungraduate, graduate, and professional). Modelling scenarios will be take from from the humanities, STEM, and language education. 

Workshop Learning Objectives:

Upon completing this workshop, you should be able to:

  • Find information about technology available at Penn for teaching, research, and learning
  • Explore technology for designing in-class activities 
  • Select appropriate technology for active, collaborative in-class activities
  • Integrate technology-mediated activities throughout a course 

Audience:

This workshop is for:

  • Faculty 
  • TAs
  • Staff who provide pedagogical and/or technological support for instructors or TAs

This session is the second in a three-workshop series on teaching with technology. It will be followed by:

Related LibGuide: Digital Pedagogy Workshop Series by Leqi Liu

Date:
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
Time:
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Campus:
Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
Categories:
Digital Pedagogy
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Event Organizer

Katie Rawson