ASSETT Development Award Funds GIS Archaeology Workshops

Aug. 28, 2014

Dr. Elspeth Dusinberre of the Classics Department hosted a series of four ArcGIS Archaeology workshops with the help of ASSETT Development Award funding and funding from the Arts and Sciences Fund for Excellence . The participants learned how to measure Earth’s topography and make maps using ArcGIS, total stations, and...

History Professor Yonemoto Nominated for ASSETT Teaching Award

Aug. 27, 2014

"Visuals are important," says CU Boulder History Professor Marcia Yonemoto. Yonemoto includes maps and photographs of woodblock art and historic Japanese architecture in her PowerPoint lectures about Japanese history. This spring, students nominated her for an ASSETT Teaching with Technology Award for her well organized presentations in the History seminar...

Anthropology Intructor Inga Calvin Engages Students with Zotero

Aug. 15, 2014

CU Boulder Anthropology instructor Inga Calvin engages first year students with the research tool Zotero in Anthropology 1190, Origins of Civilization. She participated in the ASSETT Teaching with Technology Seminar. Teaching and Learning Challenge ANTH 1190 Origins of Civilization Upgrade I decided to focus on improving my course, ANTH 1190...

Albert Nominated for ASSETT Outstanding Teaching with Tech Award

Aug. 14, 2014

CU Boulder Program for Writing and Rhetoric (PWR) instructor Michelle Albert believes in preparing students to write, "... in the 21st Century! ... This is what I like best about teaching." Last year, students nominated Albert for an ASSETT Outstanding Teaching with Technology Award for her teaching of Writing 1100...

Kan Archives Language Sound Bites with ASSETT Development Award

Aug. 14, 2014

Research team from left: Wes Song, Dr. Pui Fong Kan, Allina Robertson, Shirley Cheung, and Fan Yin Cheng Last year, CU Boulder Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Center Assistant Professor Pui Fong Kan received an ASSETT Development Award to create web based resources for pathologists who treat patients who are...

2014 Colorado Learning and Teaching with Technology Conference

Aug. 13, 2014

More than 400 people attended the two day August 2014 Colorado Learning and Teaching with Technology (COLTT) Conference at CU Boulder. Presenters explored a range of teaching with technology topics and programs, including: PhET interactive science simulations, alternative formats for students with learning disabilities, e-books, MOOCs, digital gaming, podcasts, YouTube,...

Professor Susan Hendrickson Nominated for ASSETT Teaching with Tech Awards

July 31, 2014

Not once, but twice now CU Boulder students have nominated Chemistry Professor Susan Hendrickson for an ASSETT Teaching with Technology Award for her teaching of General Chemistry 2, Chemistry 1133. "[Hendrickson]'s ... a really good, fun, effective teacher!" wrote one student. In particular, students appreciate Hendrickson's use of lecture capture...

Nordic Studies Professor Ben Teitelbaum Nominated for ASSETT Teaching with Tech Award

July 31, 2014

In preparing for a lecture about dueling Nordic poets, CU Boulder Professor Benjamin Teitelbaum was reminded of a modern rap battle. Not one to miss an opportunity to reach his students, Teitelbaum searched for and found a (French) rap battle to play for his Scandinavian Studies class. Such an entertaining...

Communication Professor Matt Koschmann Nominated for ASSETT Outstanding Teaching with Technology Award

July 23, 2014

A white background with black bullet points or musical transitions between colorful slides? CU Boulder Department of Communication Professor Matt Koschmann achieves a delicate balance between both styles of PowerPoint presentations. Students nominated Koschmann for the Fall 2013 ASSETT Outstanding Teaching with Technology Award for his teaching of Communication 4600...

Students Nominate Michela Ardizzoni for ASSETT Teaching with Technology Award

July 16, 2014

"Seeing is believing, and Professoressa Ardizzoni is able to express this succinctly through the use of documentaries and visual aids." Students nominated Dr. Michela Ardizzoni for a Fall 2013 ASSETT Teaching with Technology Award for her teaching of Italian 4990: Multiculturalism in Italy. A student also wrote in Ardizzoni's nomination...

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