Ibrahim,
Taking games that are popular and use the content from the course to play the game is a good tool and taking advantage of the technology Microsoft provides is a plus. Using technology to get the student motivated and participating is the ultimate goal.
Antoine Lewis
Mark,
I would filter by name and send them just their information separately. One way might be to use the students ID number only and not their name.
Antoine Lewis
Mark,
This is a great question Mark because of privacy laws you do not want students to see comments regarding other students.
Antoine Lewis
Mark,
Institutions that provide digital projectors is a great tool as it relates to classroom technology. It allows you to meet the needs of various learning styles. Also the DropBox feature is one that more should take advantage of as you can share information outside of the class and students can refer to it as they see fit. Good job taking advantage of excel also I use it to prepare my grading rubrics for each assignment.
Antoine Lewis
Carrie,
Using classroom technology is important and our students are technologically savvy. Using video, ppt, and showing how to research reputable information on the web keeps a class interesting.
Antoine Lewis
I do a PowerPoint “Game Show Review†by using Microsoft PowerPoint to create review games based on famous game shows, including “Jeopardy!,†“The Weakest Link,†and “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?†also A web quest by guiding students to search the Internet for specific information. For example, students are asked to serve as patient safety program inspectors. They must search the Internet to determine what artifacts belong in their facility and explain their choices to overcome the problems
Dale, I would be interested in hearing how you are able to have an Excel spreadsheet that provides student feedback. If they are able to share the document, how do you ensure privacy?
How did you enable a gradebook that the students could have access to? My Excel spreadsheet is rather a big kitchen sink of data and I have no idea how I can have individual students interact with it in a meaningful way.
Thanks,
MT
Most classrooms have a digital projector, which I can usually hook up to a computer that's networked to the school, so I can display slideshows, access to YouTube videos, pictures, and even bring up documents related to the class (sometimes printed material just goes unread) so I can remind students about exercises, deadlines, project descriptions, etc.
I've also been using a Google related site that's formatted to be useful for the classroom. That way I can make announcements, repeat the slideshows, and even include deadline countdowns. Any time a student has a question that should have been on a weekly handout that they lost, they can go to the website to get the same information.
I've also invited students to a DropBox that has a folder for documents, slideshows, and an Inbox that they and I can see.
The most useful system that I've started to use is to give the students their own week-based system of folders that they can drop off work on the school server. Now it's their responsibility to scan and drop off their artwork so they won't complain that they think my taking snapshots is causing their work to get lost. I can use the Mac OS "smart folder" to collate their work in a list so I can collect all the image files weekly.
For grading, I've built an Excel spreadsheet that can do a mailmerge with Word so I can print reports, and I mostly use iPhoto to act as a database for the images and use the info window as a place to drop text.
Lots of moving parts, but I've tried to simplify this as much as possible. I really wish the school had some kind of portal system that the students, teachers, and admin could access that would allow all of this to have "less moving parts".
I am pretty new at adding technology into my classes. I have mastered how to create power points, also been dabbling in making smart board presentations and activities. In my classes I encourage my students to use the internet to research certain topics. These types of activities help the students to get visual conformation of what they are learning.
Gina,
I appreciate that many textbooks now provide extra resources such as a CD-ROM. Being able to grade and provide quality feedback while also keeping in touch with students is key today especially in a virtual setting. Lastly PowerPoint is popular amongst faculty but it is important that it used as a resources to assist in teaching the course.
Antoine Lewis
I use PowerPoint during classroom lecture and our textbooks come with websites and/or CDs for study links and resources. I also use Engrade for online grading and to keep in touch with my students.
Ali,
PowerPoint is a great tool and students often enjoy presenting work in different ways other than MS Word. I feel Turnitin or Grammarly is a great tool and investment for students and teachers a like to provide quality papers and feedback.
Antoine Lewis
I use test Gen program in creating my test and also I use Turnitin program to check students’ papers for plagiarism. I use the power point in my lectures and also many students use this technology to present their project or class work.
David,
This is a great thing you are doing. Show the students how to research and find reputable resources on their devices that will benefit them academically. Best to enforce personal time on those devices will be allowed during break or not prohibited.
Antoine Lewis
I encourage students to bring their own tech to class, and even to use their cell phones/laptops to look things up in class. They are going to use them anyway, might as well make them educational.
Hossai,
For the subject matter you teach digital x-ray system is a great classroom technology. It is indeed exciting that the institution provides eBooks and iPads. With this digital x-ray system it will be better time efficiency through bypassing chemical processing as less radiation is always better.
Antoine Lewis
Robert,
For the subject matter you teach ecu tuning software is a great classroom technology. It is my understanding that the software provides a reliable and clean recalibration of a vehicle's standard engine management system. It really helps the student if it supports many older and modern vehicles.
Antoine Lewis
We use powerpoints and we also use digital xray system where the image comes in seconds on the monitor screen where as before it would take about 5-7 minutes to go through harsh chemical processing in a dark room.We also will be using ebooks and having mini ipads instead of handing out books. So we are excited!
we use pc's with ecu tuning software to train the students how to tune engines for a number of bolt on items as performance features. There are 3 different programs and the students are exposed to all 3. During this process the changes are basically the same but manipulation of the programs are different. This show the student different approaches to the same task.
