Quick Hits for Teaching with Technology: Successful Strategies by Award-Winning Teachers

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CONTENTS Foreword by Michael A. McRobbie ix Welcome to Quick Hits:Teaching withTechnology xi Introduction Student Success Is Our Mission by David J. Malik xiii Promoting Engagement 1 Promoting engagement in an online course: It can be done, but wisely! 5 Introductory poem for online course 7 Using e-Rewards to promote engagement and re-engagement in the online classroom 8 YouTube reviews 9 Promoting online courses’ student engagement and group cohesion through the use of chat-rooms 10 Using team-based learning to engage students in online courses 12 That’s why they call it YOU-Tube 13 “Reading in Context” for networked engagement with course readings 14 Scavenger hunt 18 Just-in-Time Teaching: Using the web to engage students in the classroom 19 The simple visual mapping tool for thinking aloud 20 Combining learning communities with electronic self and peer assessments to increase student engagement in discussion-based courses 21 A source for lecture launchers: Mining public media for accessible illustrations 23 “Hearing Every Voice:” Promoting engagement through electronic discussion 24 Creating with intentionality: Using a personal multimedia narrative to emphasize writing process 25 Designing authentic cross-class collaboration by focusing on activity 26 Using a business strategy simulation 28 Engaging students through a virtual child simulation 29 Social engagement 30 Building a sense of community in an online environment: Student autobiographical videos 31 Online art galleries and clinical stories 32 Providing Access 35 To podcast or not to podcast 37 Some assembly required: Teaching online with good instructions 39 The Open Source Physics Project on ComPADRE 40 Use of Team Viewer software to assist students 42 Utilizing existing gigapixel panoramas for virtual fieldtrips 43 Service-Learning at the Seal Indiana Mobile Program 44 1 2 www.quickhitstech.com Developing medical education teaching applications for mobile devices 46 Making technology-enhanced classroom presentations accessible to students with sensory impairments 47 Blogging in the classroom 49 Virtual Microscopy as a Real and Effective Tool for Teaching Histology 49 “It’s a small world after all:” Using technology to internationalize curriculum 52 The inverted hybrid science classroom 54 The Physlet Project 55 Podcast technology self-directed lecturing for fluoride toxicity 56 Using web-based videoconferencing to extend the F2F experience to distance learners 58 University/school partnership: Using technology to collaborate with middle school writers and create more informed teachers of writing 59 Doppelgänger Professor: High-touch delivery to low-density populations 60 Enhancing Evaluation 63 Google-Doc surveys for teaching Hispanic culture 65 A class wiki for the physical sciences 65 Using multiple-response clicker questions to identify student misunderstanding 66 Grading discussion forums in the online environment 67 Sometimes less is more 68 Using Prezi to produce creative critical thinking assessments 70 Information literacy: Building critical skills for learning and communicating about research on the web 71 Enhancing teaching and learning through technology 72 “Guest Cam” in the classroom — Making speeches real 74 Using personal response devices (clickers) in humanities classes 75 Let students design the test 76 Personal sales pitch: Video assignment 77 Using discussion forums as a learning tool 77 Using clickers to promote participation 79 Technology-mediated feedback 80 WebQuests: A gateway activity for online teaching and learning 82 Use of SoftChalk Software to create interactive content 84 Becoming More Efficient 87 Juvenile Justice Wiki Project – Constructivism through technology 88 Mitigating the workload and increasing student satisfaction with online discussion threads 89 Techiquette: The etiquette of technology 90 Prezi and the decoding of history 91 Images for education—Crime free! 93 Quick Hits for Teaching with Technology vi 4 3 www.quickhitstech.com Chats: A mess or a must? 94 Using audience response systems for classroom post-test reviews 94 Fostering e-learning discourse among professional networking groups 95 Blogging to promote robust class preparation 97 Spreadsheet modeling optimization problems 98 Using podcasts for added instructional effectiveness 100 Implementation of and feedback on the use of a web-based homework management system 101 Group work online 102 Teaching professional communication through email 103 Coupling visual metaphors with discussion forums to enhance reflection and inquiry 104 Using technology to improve empirically based clinical practice 106 Embedded feedback in video recorded student assignments 107 Using cartoons or short movies to engage students 108 Annotated Bibliography 111 Contributors 115 Index 127 Contents vii ...