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Reasons 150 Professors Added Computer Enhancements. Communication-Interaction Collaboration-Teams Consultants-Adjuncts Customization-Diversity Controversy-Debate. www.ankerpub.com/books/brown.html. www.ablongman.com/professional/catalog/academic/product/1,4096,0205355803,00.html. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Reasons 150 Professors Added Computer Enhancements
1. Communication-Interaction
2. Collaboration-Teams
3. Consultants-Adjuncts
4. Customization-Diversity
5. Controversy-Debate
www.ablongman.com/professional/catalog/academic/product/1,4096,0205355803,00.html
www.ankerpub.com/books/brown.html
Communication-Interaction
•1247 emails •Announcements•Muddiest•One Minute Quiz•Reaction to Talk•Student Profiles
Collaboration-Teams
Examples---•2 Students Submit 1 Answer•Edit Rough Draft Papers•PowerPoint in Class•Listserv Between Classes•Public Web Page
•Professors Share Resource Materials•Students Study Together•Departments Create Shared Databases
Consultants-Adjuncts
•Alumni Editors
•Globe Theatre
•Session with Expert
•Disciplinary Colleagues
•Previous Students
A Winning Strategy[Go for Low Threshold Uses]
• Rethink! Use this “teachable moment” to think first about teaching and learning, not technology!
• “If it ain’t broke…” Keep What Works!
• Add On Options! Prune Later!
• Focus First on High Benefit, Low Cost
• Don’t be Overwhelmed by the delivery of a truckload of new gardening tools!
Main Points
1. Learning increases when both professor and student use technology.
2. Early adopters are using technology to enhance 5 teaching strategies.
3. The simplest uses of technology are the most rewarding