by Jessica Smith | Feb 9, 2017 | Best Practices, Collaboration, Pedagogy, Small Teaching Tip, Teaching Advice
When we ask students to work in groups or turn to their neighbor to discuss course content, many of us wonder whether this kind of collaboration is worthwhile. Students aren’t experts, so could they be teaching each other incorrect information? Or perhaps what...
by Jessica Smith | Oct 4, 2016 | Collaboration, Google, Google Apps, Productivity, Small Teaching Tip, Teaching Advice
Collaboration and project management are important skills for college students to learn. Unfortunately, many students grumble about group work and faculty spend too much time managing logistics. Wouldn’t it be nice if there were tools that could make in-class...
by Mendi Benigni | Sep 5, 2016 | Best Practices, Collaboration, Google, Google Apps, Presentation, Productivity, TLT
We all use PowerPoint to create and deliver lectures and for student presentations. But PPT lacks one major feature…collaboration. Google Slides, part of our Google Apps for Education, is a PowerPoint-like presentation application that has that collaboration piece,...
by Jessica Smith | Oct 9, 2015 | Best Practices, Collaboration, Teaching Advice
Effective collaboration is a foundational skill that is taught as early as kindergarten. By the time students reach college, one would think they would be expert team players. Unfortunately, any professor can tell you that’s not usually true. Students struggle to...