Spring 2010 Faculty Workshops

All workshops are in Accinno 202 (except "What's in My Classroom?"). Bring any course materials with you to start building your course during the workshop.

Please RSVP to itdp@providence.edu. Space is limited to the number of computers in the lab.

Questions? Contact Siobhán at ext. 1832.

Tuesday, January 12
9:30 - ANGEL Gradebook
10:15 - ANGEL Discussions
11:00 - ANGEL Quizzing & Surveys

Wednesday, January 13
12:00 - PowerPoint: Banish the Bullet
1:00 - ANGEL Tips & Tricks
2:00 - Technology Smörgåsbord: Clickers, Writing Pads, Blogs & Wikis

Thursday, January 14
10:00 - What's in My Classroom? A Tour of the Equipment in the Classroom with Bernie Colo (AMS)
11:00 - Technology Smörgåsbord: Clickers, Writing Pads, Blogs & Wikis
12:00 - ANGEL Tips & Tricks

The ANGEL gradebook can be confusing, but the students have spoken; they want to track their progress online in ANGEL. In this session learn how to set up your gradebook correctly, the first time. Bring your syllabus to add assignments with proper weighting and you’ll leave with a fully functioning ANGEL gradebook.

Discussions forums in ANGEL can keep your students talking outside the classroom or help them prepare for heated talks once they step back in. There are many features in the discussion tool, where students must post before they can respond to others or take on the role of facilitator for their classmates.

If you've been thinking about incorporating online discussions, come to this session where we'll discuss different ways to use online discussions and set up one in a course.

The quiz tool has been used for everything from a quick “are they getting it?” quiz to full-blown final exams. Surveys have been used for mid and end of semester feedback from students to polling groups of students across campus about their interests in a particular topic. The tools are powerful and can save you time with auto-grading and auto-calculating features.

In this session we’ll create a both a practice quiz and survey so you’ll you get a feel for the types of questions the tools can handle and know how to create your own after the session.

PowerPoint is a very powerful presentation tool. Move beyond acres bulleted text and learn how to insert images and maps, mark them up with arrows and shapes, and save everything as a printer-friendly PDF.

Have you ever wondered if there is an easier way to do something in ANGEL? Or if something is even possible? Spend an hour with me and you’ll learn about storing files in the LOR for reuse in future courses, adding a Turnitin dropbox for student paper submissions, how to check what students are looking at in your course, and how to customize the look of your course. Bring your questions as this will be an interactive session.

Clickers - hand-held devices to poll your students and receive instant feedback (both for you and them!)

Writing pads - don't have a SmartBoard in your classroom but want to save and distribute any writing from the chalkboard? Use a portable Writing Pad to highlight websites, mark-up an image, annotate a text and then save everything as a PDF. You an make the file available to students through ANGEL.

Blogs - authoring a blog (the entire class or individually) can get students to think deeply about a reading or share their viewpoints about a recent event

Wikis - many hands and many heads working together can publish a creative, well-researched and artfully written website

This session will provide an overview of the technologies in your classroom, including the computer and projector, CD/DVD player, Smart Board and document camera. Additionally, participants will learn about the varied services provided through Academic Media Services, including equipment use/borrowing privileges for academic needs and media production services,
such as computer graphics and analog and digital video editing.

Clickers - hand-held devices to poll your students and receive instant feedback (both for you and them!)

Writing pads - don't have a SmartBoard in your classroom but want to save and distribute any writing from the chalkboard? Use a portable Writing Pad to highlight websites, mark-up an image, annotate a text and then save everything as a PDF. You an make the file available to students through ANGEL.

Blogs - authoring a blog (the entire class or individually) can get students to think deeply about a reading or share their viewpoints about a recent event

Wikis - many hands and many heads working together can publish a creative, well-researched and artfully written website

Have you ever wondered if there is an easier way to do something in ANGEL? Or if something is even possible? Spend an hour with me and you’ll learn about storing files in the LOR for reuse in future courses, adding a Turnitin dropbox for student paper submissions, how to check what students are looking at in your course, and how to customize the look of your course. Bring your questions as this will be an interactive session.

Make a one-on-one appointment with me, Siobhán Ross. I'm happy to meet with you to talk about using technology to encourage participation and set the state for a more creative classroom.

865-1832
or email: srosshum@providence.edu
My office is in Feinstein 305 ... feel free to drop in!