Misc.
Methods 2 Student in the Field
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011Taking Advantage of the Wireless Classroom
Friday, September 9th, 2011During the summer of 2011, wireless technology was made available in all of the Keene State College classrooms thus enabling students to interact with class material and engage in class activities in new ways. CELT has highlighted two proven learning … Continue reading
Crowdsourcing or YouTube: Which Free Captioning Route Do You Choose?
Monday, August 15th, 2011You’ve just put together a short informational video that gets to the heart of the topic you’ll be discussing with your students. You’re proud of it but it feels incomplete. There’s something missing. That something is captioning. Captions are simply … Continue reading
PowerPoint Ate my Video!!!
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011Have you ever lost the video you embedded in your PowerPoint presentation when you emailed it to someone else? Here’s a quick explanation of what’s happening in your computer, and how you can make sure that you don’t end … Continue reading
5 Easy Things You Can Do to Your Course This Summer
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011We thought Dr. Amy Collier’s recent post was so on-target we asked if we could reprint it here. Thank you Dr. Collier, Director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Texas Wesleyan University. Please post any comments on … Continue reading
Having Trouble with Blackboard? It Could be your Browser
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011Follow these two steps for a better browsing experience: Check here to make sure you’re using a browser supported by Blackboard. Then take the time to clear your browser’s cache. What is “browser cache” you ask? The browser cache contains … Continue reading
Making your Mark… on Google Maps
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011Google Maps has long been one our favorite tools over here in CELT. Google maps is great for a lot of reasons, but especially when it comes to creating personalized maps with landmarks and boundaries. To add to an already stellar online tool, Google just released a crowdsourcing portal for Google Maps called Mapmaker.
For those [...]
Flipping a Class
Thursday, March 31st, 2011Flipping a class is the process of providing students with content, often lecture-demonstration content, outside the class and then applying the concepts in class. The “flip” is that the student does the “homework” in class. Prof. Dick Jardine explains how … Continue reading
Got a Blackboard Question? You’re Not Alone.
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011Since our upgrade to Blackboard 9.1 last July (’10) we have been inundated with questions, as well as a few complaints – understandably so. The reason for this is twofold; Blackboard 9.1 was extremely different from 7.3 (our old version) … Continue reading
Media Literacy
Friday, February 25th, 2011What does the skill set of today’s learner look like?
Last year, several faculty met to have just that discussion. As a product of their meetings they created the Media Fluency Rubric, outlining four areas critical for development in today’s student.
Critical Consumption – Use appropriate technology and methods to evaluate the credibility of networked information.
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