Presentation Technologies

My students don’t have a good presentation for their group projects. The software they use (powerpoint) does not allow them to do 3 things that I want. My idea is to try a new specialised software that creates charts and graphs. Teaching and Learning Challenge Description of the challenge: My...

Travis Rupp believes that the best way to educate is to entertain. “As teachers, instructors, and professors we are essentially entertainers when we lecture. Since my field is Classics, being able to maintain my students' attention is critical to the preservation of history and my field.” To this end, Rupp...

My pedagogical goal is to get students comfortable doing disagreement as a means of critical thinking and exploring an issue. Getting students to disagree does not require technology. But I do think that technology might be used to minimize some of the face threats students experience while also creating unfamiliar...

A student in the back of the lecture hall leans forward in her seat. A shy freshman raises his hand for the first time. Heads nod. Eyes brighten. The pace of note taking quickens. As a teacher, these small indications that students are engaged can be exhilarating, and no one...