by Mendi Benigni | Feb 23, 2021 | Best Practices, Collaboration, communication, Innovative Instruction
We all want our students to ask “good” questions and to dig deeper but we also know that this isn’t a skill they often come by naturally. When faced with a statement or a problem you may hear,I don’t even know where to start… OK, but now tell...
by Mendi Benigni | Sep 29, 2020 | Assessment, Innovative Instruction, instructional technology, Video
I love video projects. I think they are one of the best ways to get students to let loose their creativity and focus on delivering information in a succinct manner. In addition, creating a video forces the students to plan and to spend more time with the material...
by Mendi Benigni | Jul 23, 2020 | Best Practices, Distance Ed, Innovative Instruction, Pedagogy
TLT is excited to share a couple of announcements with you that we hope will serve as resources as you continue to prepare your courses for the fall semester. RESILIENT TEACHING SITE As was shared with faculty in June (attached), the Resilient Teaching Task Force...
by Mendi Benigni | Oct 21, 2019 | content, Innovative Instruction
Customizing your Textbooks with AR!Textbooks are awesome. Almost everyone uses them. But sometimes they don’t cover the material in the same way you are or they aren’t as clear, customized or interactive as we wish they were. However, adding augmented...
by Mendi Benigni | Jul 30, 2019 | content, Innovative Instruction, instructional technology, Video
What is a 360º camera? It’s a video/still camera with two lenses that takes images of what is happening all around the camera. How does a 360º camera work? Most of these cameras have a fisheye lens on each side of the camera and these lenses can capture 180º in...
by Mendi Benigni | Jun 6, 2019 | Collaboration, Innovative Instruction, Pedagogy
Do you teach in a large, fixed-seating classroom and think you can’t do group work successfully? Well think again! Team-based Learning, or TBL, is a teaching strategy that is an “evidence based collaborative learning … strategy designed around units...