by Mendi Benigni | Jun 28, 2019 | Accessibility, Best Practices, instructional technology
Did you know that the College has purchased a site license for Read&Write from TextHelp (thanks Disability Services). Read&Write is a toolbar for your computer or web browser that allows the users to increase their literacy. This toolbar works in any...
by Mendi Benigni | Aug 23, 2016 | Google, instructional technology, TLT
SAS Writing Reviser is a Google Docs add-on that helps to create better writers. Writing Reviser collects and highlights a multitude of potential flaws in a paper or writing sample and displays it in categories for the writer to review and change if desired. The goal...
by Jessica Smith | Apr 11, 2016 | Best Practices, iPad, Teaching Advice, TLT
As the semester winds down, I’ve begun reflecting on the successes and failures of my class. Which topics led to fruitful discussion? Which assignments caused students the most trouble? Which instructions did I constantly have to clarify? Which activities...
by Jessica Smith | Oct 16, 2014 | Google, Google Apps, Innovative Instruction, Portfolio, TLT
When I first began teaching, each class involved a major research paper that was due at the end of the semester. Much to my chagrin, most students never picked up their graded papers, having already left for home and forgotten the assignment entirely. About four...
by Mendi Benigni | Aug 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
A word cloud, also called a tag cloud, is a graphical representation of text data. In a word cloud the more a word is used in a group of words or a document the larger it will appear in the graphic. Below is an example of a cloud representation of the TLT Services...