The Academic Technology Center’s Technology for Teaching and Learning (TTL) Group has grown! We would like to welcome Joseph Cotnoir, the newest member of our team. Joe joins us as an Instructional Technology Support Specialist, and will be extending the support hours of the TTL group by working evenings and some Saturdays throughout the year. Joe…Continue Reading The ATC TTL Group Welcomes their newest member!
Breadcrumb – Where Hansel and Gretel meet Google
This past week I was taking a quick look around at what cool new things Google has brewing in the Labs (http://www.googlelabs.com/). While I was there I stumbled across this cool new project called Breadcrumb. According to Google: “Breadcrumb is a platform to develop branching mobile learning scenarios for smartphones… The Google Breadcrumb stories might…Continue Reading Breadcrumb – Where Hansel and Gretel meet Google
Congratulations!
We here in the Technology for Teaching and Learning office would like to send our heartiest CONGRATULATIONS to the class of 2011! Best of Luck! -The TTL Team…Continue Reading Congratulations!
Creating Accessible Presentations
WPI has a new Director of Disability Services starting on Monday, May 2nd and in honor of our new colleague, I thought I would do a post on designing accessible presentations. First, let’s introduce and warmly welcome Aaron Ferguson! Aaron comes to WPI from Springfield College where he served as the First-Year Success Coordinator. You may…Continue Reading Creating Accessible Presentations
Technology in the Classroom: Teach to your talent
Recently, I was listening to a webinar with one of my favorite speakers in education – Sir Ken Robinson. He gave a famous TED talk in 2006 (4 million downloads!) , and then followed up with a new one in 2010, talking about the role of creativity in our school systems. Although the talk is really…Continue Reading Technology in the Classroom: Teach to your talent
Gotcha CAPTCHA!
The Challenge SPAM! No, not SPAM the food SPAM, the stuff you get unsolicited in your email inbox! SPAM, often generated by computers termed SPAMbots, can originate from many places on the web. For instance, some SPAMmers troll webpages looking for email addresses to add to their databases, while others use online forms to generate…Continue Reading Gotcha CAPTCHA!
Thinking of trying out an e-Reader? E-Read this blog post…
As an avid lover of books and all things technology, I thought it was high time we have a post on this blog about e-Readers. If you’re not familar with e-Readers, they are portable electronic devices (typically tablet-like) used primarily for reading digital materials, including books, newspapers, magazines, etc. They exist in different formats, including electronic…Continue Reading Thinking of trying out an e-Reader? E-Read this blog post…
Cut, Paste, Fix and Repeat
Anyone who has ever tried to cut and paste a perfectly formatted Word document into myWPI (Blackboard) has probably experienced some difficulties in doing so. Cutting and pasting from word brings a good deal of HTML-like code with the text. This HTML-like code has, in the past, been the cause of endless frustrations such as…Continue Reading Cut, Paste, Fix and Repeat
Blogs
The New York Times recently ran a story saying what most of us had sensed through anecdotal evidence over the past year or so–blogs aren’t what they used to be. In my journalism class I have found students strangely (to me) reluctant to start blogs. At first I thought they were intimidated by the process,…Continue Reading Blogs
Tools we use – Screen Captures
Have you ever found yourself writing an email (or a blog post!) and wished you could just show what you mean instead of having to try to describe it? We often find that being able to quickly capture what’s happening on a computer screen is invaluable for saving time and communicating more clearly. There are…Continue Reading Tools we use – Screen Captures