by Chris Meshanko | Nov 17, 2020 | content, Google, instructional technology, Productivity, Web 2.0
In the past, Skitch was my go-to app for creating annotated screenshots. Sadly, Evernote stopped supporting Skitch in 2015. As someone who uses a Mac, PC (Windows), and Chromebook, I’ve been searching for a free (or inexpensive) solution that works on all...
by Chris Meshanko | Sep 22, 2020 | content, Distance Ed, Video, Web 2.0
What is VideoAnt? URL: https://ant.umn.edu/ Do you host your lectures on YouTube (unlisted) or share other videos with your students? If so, you and your students can use VideoAnt to take notes or leave comments during video playback, anywhere on the video timeline....
by Jessica Smith | Oct 18, 2019 | Best Practices, Small Teaching Tip, Teaching Advice, Web 2.0
If you’re like most faculty, you receive an inordinate number of questions from students that they could have easily answered themselves if they only consulted the syllabus. For years, I’ve pondered the question: why don’t students read the...
by Laura Plotts | Aug 1, 2016 | 1-1-1, Innovative Instruction, iPad, Web 2.0
This month’s faculty blogger is Heidi Collins, who is Adjunct Faculty of French in the Department of French-Francophone-Italian Studies. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Looking to...
by Jessica Smith | May 31, 2016 | 1-1-1, Faculty Technology Institute, Web 2.0
Today’s Faculty Guest Post is from Glen Riecken, Visiting Professor of Marketing. Glen attended TLT’s 2015 Faculty Technology Institute. In this post, he reflects on the process of incorporating VoiceThread into his MKTG 302 (Marketing Concepts) courses. I am...
by Laura Plotts | Apr 27, 2016 | Collaboration, Conferencing, discussion, Mobile, social networking, TLT, Web 2.0
What is Blab? From Blab’s site “a platform for publicly broadcasting live video conversations or talk shows.” Blab allows for live video conversations. In addition to a host you can have 3 other people talking live at once on a split screen. All...