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Teaching and Technology: Links
- Tom Rocklin's (University of Iowa) paper "Do I Dare, Is It Prudent," from the National Teaching & Learning Forum (2001), asks some penetrating questions about the value of using technology in teaching.
- A quick overview of distance eduction, from the University of Idaho.
- Teaching and Technology: A special issue of the National Educational Association's Thought and Action Journal dealing with technology and teaching: Includes papers on a range of key topics.
- Web-Teaching, Second Edition: An entire book dealing with web-based teaching, by David Brooks, Diane Nolan, Susan Gallagher of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
- 2learn.ca's web site of links for teaching tools.
Activities
- Check your tec repetoire. Complete this short inventory of technical skills. This form does not give feedback, yet.
- Join a moderated LISTSERV discussion group or two (but save the message that explains how to remove yourself from the list). Consider, for example, joining PsychTeacher, the moderated discussion listed maintained by Division 2 (Teaching) of the American Psychological Assocation.
- Get a free account on one of the dot.com sites and spend some time configuring your personal page. Use the on-line calendar and note space, for example, and upload a set of "favorite links" to Web sites you visit frequently. Both Yahoo and Excite offer a number of great tools to members.
- Visit an Educational Portal, such as Blackboard or WebCT, and poke around.
- While visiting pages occasionally press the "view source" button on your browser to look at the code (usually HTML and Java) that generated the page.
Examples
- PDF page Example: This page illustrates the way Adobe's Acrobat can be used to generate forms. (Requires the PDF viewer).
- Powerpoint Example: Download this Powerpoint presentation by Lisa Feldman Barrett, Ph.D., which illustrates the visual power of Powerpoint.
- HTML "Slides" Example: This page illustrates the use of common HTML files to create presentations (move through the files by clicking the icon on the lower right side).
- Forum Page Example: Forum areas can be created using various downloadable tools and added to any classroom based page. These pages allow students to post messages to the web page.
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