http://blog.lib.umn.edu/pam/it/ Trends, Tips, and Treats Pam Gades, Instructional Technology Specialist University of Minnesota, Morris -- Computing Services pam@morris.umn.edu en-us pam@mrs.umn.edu 2008-09-03T09:10:48-06:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/pam/it/140252.html The new myUMM Faculty Technology Selector allows University of Minnesota teaching faculty to easily provide web links and class messages for their students. The links and messages will appear to students when they are viewing their myCourses tab in the... 140252@http://blog.lib.umn.edu/pam/it/ Tips 2008-09-03T09:10:48-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/pam/it/139120.html Not sure what you all will think about this new tool. Last time such a tool was discussed for use at UMM (the tool at the time was Turnitin), there was some degree of controversy. SafeAssign is a plagiarism detection... 139120@http://blog.lib.umn.edu/pam/it/ Trends 2008-08-20T17:00:58-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/pam/it/139119.html Have you thought about how wikis can be used to enhance learning? Stewart Mader has staked his career on the power of wikis. Mader first worked on wiki adoption in the IT department at Brown University and now is with... 139119@http://blog.lib.umn.edu/pam/it/ Tips 2008-08-20T13:02:36-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/pam/it/137187.html Synchronous Collaboration Tools are revolutionizing traditional faculty office hours and allowing students to redefine teamwork in virtual space. Chat room tools, such as those included in Moodle or WebVista, work amazingly well for online office hours and students meeting online... 137187@http://blog.lib.umn.edu/pam/it/ Treats 2008-07-29T11:53:08-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/pam/it/135556.html Texas State University - San Marcos holds an annual two-week workshop for faculty. The faculty participants receive a $1,200 stipend. Across the country, a growing number of colleges and universities are offering similar programs and stipends designed to incent educators... 135556@http://blog.lib.umn.edu/pam/it/ Trends 2008-07-16T13:06:31-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/pam/it/131234.html Law Professors Rule Laptops Out of Order in Class This Chronicle of Higher Education article discusses the pros and cons of allowing students to use their laptops during class. Some say the students have even approved the improvement in class... 131234@http://blog.lib.umn.edu/pam/it/ Trends 2008-06-11T09:56:49-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/pam/it/127703.html An announcement will be coming out soon from the U of M regarding U-wide licensing for SafeAssign -- an anti-plagiarism tool that is now included in the course management system, Blackboard/Vista. See information about SafeAssign... 127703@http://blog.lib.umn.edu/pam/it/ Tips 2008-05-08T15:01:51-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/pam/it/127645.html Want to give your students a little bit further information about a concept? Maybe something you would like to tell them to help clarify a certain point? Some faculty are creating short video clips from their own office computer. Students... 127645@http://blog.lib.umn.edu/pam/it/ Trends 2008-05-08T13:18:52-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/pam/it/124778.html Alexandra Juhasz, Professor of Media Studies at Pitzer College, in Claremont, CA, taught an entire semester's class on YouTube. This piece consolidates lengthier blog entries about a course she ran on YouTube, called “Learning from YouTube,� in Fall 2007. The... 124778@http://blog.lib.umn.edu/pam/it/ Treats 2008-04-25T11:14:02-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/pam/it/123529.html A new kind of eReader -- Amazon's Kindle -- is here. But is higher education ready for it? Kindle is a portable eReader that wirelessly downloads books, blogs, magazines, and newspapers to a crisp, high-resolution display. There is a waiting... 123529@http://blog.lib.umn.edu/pam/it/ 2008-04-17T15:34:04-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/pam/it/111320.html Clickers: Spring 2008 Update for TurningPoint Student Response Systems TurningPoint Student Response Systems (SRS) are small handheld devices coupled with receiving hardware and presentation software. The system allows an instructor to present questions, usually via a computer projector, and collect... 111320@http://blog.lib.umn.edu/pam/it/ Tips 2008-02-18T14:57:33-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/pam/it/110118.html I've been practicing with the Wimba Voice Tools plug-in for WebVista. Some of our foreign language faculty have begun using these voice tools, and I wanted to become more familiar with them myself. In my previous blog entry, I introduced... 110118@http://blog.lib.umn.edu/pam/it/ Tips 2008-02-13T16:08:06-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/pam/it/110114.html Have you tried Jing yet? Here's a link to my first try using Jing. This is a video of my screen as I am showing someone how to do the one-time setup for NetFiles. http://screencast.com/t/LMyXAbCUZ Then I used Jing to... 110114@http://blog.lib.umn.edu/pam/it/ Treats 2008-02-13T15:37:02-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/pam/it/108912.html Mobile broadband, collaborative Web technologies, and mashups will all significantly impact education over the next five years, along with "grassroots" video, collective intelligence, and "social operating systems." This according to a new report released this week by the New Media... 108912@http://blog.lib.umn.edu/pam/it/ Trends 2008-02-08T14:27:19-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/pam/it/106853.html For a limited time, Atomic Learning is offering free access to their online Blogging Workshop. A blog is a Web site that functions as a journal, or a diary, or a place to post your thoughts and opinions pertaining to... 106853@http://blog.lib.umn.edu/pam/it/ Treats 2008-01-31T11:22:40-06:00