by Mendi Benigni | Mar 28, 2022 | Collaboration, communication, Conferencing, discussion, Research
There are times when you or your students want to conduct an interview with someone but it’s very difficult to get together due to time zone issues, busy schedules, or some other reason. Well, Michael Overholt, former instructional technologist with LCWA came...
by Jessica Smith | Sep 25, 2019 | Faculty Focus, Others, Presentation, Research, TLT HD
Fear of public speaking is very common, with an estimated 1 in 4 people reporting being anxious when presenting ideas and information in front of an audience. Some folks report being more scared of public speaking than death! While fear helps to protect ourselves in...
by Mendi Benigni | Sep 9, 2019 | content, Pedagogy, Research
In the early 2000s a popular lesson type was a webquest. The goal of this was to create an inquiry-oriented lesson where all of the information comes from web-based resources. This isn’t a newsletter on how to create a webquest. There is tons of information on the...
by Mendi Benigni | Dec 13, 2016 | Collaboration, discussion, instructional technology, iPad, Mobile, Portfolio, Presentation, Research
“Padlet is a virtual wall that allows people to express their thoughts on a common topic easily. It works like an online sheet of paper where people can put any content (e.g. images, videos, documents, text) anywhere on the page, together with anyone, from any...
by Jessica Smith | May 5, 2016 | 1-1-1, Assessment, Best Practices, Research, TLT
Today’s Faculty Guest Post is from Chris Mothorpe, Assistant Professor of Economics. Chris attended TLT’s 2015 Faculty Technology Institute. In this post, he reflects on the process of revising and improving a group research project in two of his...
by Mendi Benigni | Apr 29, 2016 | Google, Google Apps, Productivity, Research, TLT
I am a huge fan of Microsoft Excel. It’s my second favorite application, after Photoshop. However, I’ve been attempting to move all of my work to Google Apps for Education and I felt like Google Sheets was just not as robust a program as Excel. That being...