by Jessica Smith | Sep 20, 2019 | Presentation, Small Teaching Tip, Teaching Advice
The belief that people fear public speaking more than death has become so readily accepted that Jerry Seinfeld’s joke about preferring to be in the coffin than giving the eulogy is now cliché. Unfortunately, this fear prevents us from honing our oratory skills since...
by Mendi Benigni | Feb 28, 2019 | instructional technology, Presentation, Video
H5P is a free, online content creation application. You can use it to create interactive content quickly and easily. No coding or web skill is required. Here’s what you can create: Images: Agamotto: layer images and create a timeline for those images to...
by Mendi Benigni | Oct 2, 2017 | Assessment, instructional technology, Presentation, TLT, Video
These days infographics are all the rage but, while they can deliver a lot of information on one page, they can be a bit boring and sometimes I really need someone to explain the graphic. Biteable now offers a way to have the easy to read and understand statistics...
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 Mendi Benigni | Nov 30, 2016 | instructional technology, Presentation
Twine is an interactive, non-linear story creator. It allows the user to create Choose Your Own Adventure-type stories or branched stories, tutorials, or assignments. Can be web-based or a downloaded computer app. How It Works Uses for Faculty...
by Mendi Benigni | Oct 11, 2016 | Classrooms, Collaboration, Conferencing, Presentation
Zoom is an online conferencing tool, similar to WebEx or Go To Meeting, and allows you to host online, collaborative sessions. The free version is full featured for up to 45 minutes of conferencing. With the FREE version of Zoom users can: hold unlimited 1 on 1...