Teaching with Technology Certificate: Will it work for me? Elizabeth J. Pyatt, Ph.D. Information Technology Services

Outline About the Program Benefits Training Options Building Portfolio Memorable Examples Learn More 2

About the TWT Program Co-sponsored by ITS and the Graduate School Create Portfolio showing use of technology in instruction  Teaching Philosophy  Examples  Reflections Sample Portfolios

Explaining Science Good images & text

Sample Portfolio 1 Serge Baliff, Mathematics, Fall 09

Teaching Phil

Math Tricks

ANGEL Tricks

Sample Portfolio 2

Adding Content to ANGEL

Out in the Field

USGS Dam Washout Video

YouTube – Don’t Try This

Applying Fluid Mechanics

Why Learn Technology? Used in Teaching  Especially distance education  But even in “traditional” courses Used in Research  So students should learn the tools also Used in Academic Publications  And sometimes publishers need your help Good for non-academic jobs  “You can never learn enough technology”

Don’t forget Portfolio Benefits of an online portfolio include:  Chance to reflect on goals and accomplishments  Provide additional information to any hiring committee  Demonstrates ability to complete an open- ended project  Showcase publication and communication skills  Create a professional online identity

Teaching & Research Teaching in academia can help in other non-teaching areas because you can:  Improve non-teaching presentation skills  Learn more about “Project Management”  Understand your can content at a deeper level  Help you get new research topics… “Some of my best published articles were derived from a question a student asked in class.”

Completing TWT Step 1 – Contact Department Coordinator  Coordinator will review portfolio   None Listed? Contact us at Step 2 – Get Trained. Some options….  (ITS Training) (Lynda.com)   (Free Conference)

Use Technology Step 3 – Use tech while teaching  Communicate outside of class – blogs,  Post syllabus online – ANGEL, Blogs,….  Present with technology – PowerPoint or ????  Innovate with tech – online exercise? class blog?  Provide quality links for students  Find or create multimedia Photos/Charts/Podcast/Video/Game/Flash Respect Copyright

Pedagogical Innovation Discussion Forums/Student Blogs Surveys  learn student background  assess progress in class Practice Quizzes (e.g. grammar) Guided Research online Games and Simulations Student podcast/video (synthesize material) Any other ideas?

Step 4: TWT Portfolio Statement of Teaching Philosophy Examples (See Step 3)  Create link or screen capture to course space ANGEL/Blogs/Personal Home/etc  Post class presentations  Post multimedia  Explain other strategies (screen caps optional)  Reflect on lessons learned (good/bad)

Reflections Is incorporating technology into teaching worthwhile? What are the best ways to do it? What should you avoid? What can you learn from the experience? Will it work for me?

Cosmetic, but Important Course Descriptions Legibility (color, font, layout) Usability (I know where to go) Clear Writing Style Cross-Platform Testing (Firefox & IE) College specific requirements…

Contact Info  Tech News (Training/Services/…)  Deadlines  Sample Portfolios  Portfolio Requirements Let’s wrap up with some other examples!

Don’t Forget Links

Penn State Math A real-world use for permutation theory.

Unusual Multimedia Two views of graphite molecule. From the Virtual Museum of Minerals and Molecules.

A Healthy Discussion Topic & 1 reply

PowerPoint (on SlideShare)

Personality…on a Blog Standard blog template…non-standard content

Flickr in Academia

Dr G. (Laura Guertin) wtexamples.html wtexamples.html Student portfolios Student media projects Google Earth quizzes Activities with mobile devices