1. ICE: Cool Technological
Content Presentation Tools to
Inspire, Challenge, and Energize Learners
A’Kena LongBenton, EdS, PMC
Central Michigan University
akenalong@aol.com
2. Do you hate to lecture?
When you lecture are you tired of students looking
at you like “a deer caught in headlights”—blank
stares and no responses?
Does “Death by PowerPoint” really capture your
teaching style?
Are you still dizzy from Prezi presentations?
3. If yes, then….
O Five Easy and Innovative Technologies
O Connect to pedagogical practices across
various disciplines
4.
5. Workshop Outcomes
O Participate in Activities with Technology
O Integrating Polling Software
O Examples of Practical Application
O Applicable Knowledge
As an instructor, do you hate to lecture? When you lecture are you tired of students looking at you like “a deer caught in headlights”—blank stares and no responses? Does “Death by PowerPoint” really capture your teaching style? Are you still dizzy from Prezi presentations? Well…if you answered yes to one or more of these four questions, this workshop is for you. The facilitator will address easy and innovative technologies to readily connect to pedagogical practices across various disciplines. The following technologies will be introduced: Animoto, Camtasia, QuestGarden, Toondoo, and Weebly. These technologies can be used as course content presentation tools. Instructors can use these tools in their classrooms to present course content. Also, students can be given web links to re-access the online content outside of the classroom.
Well…if you answered yes to one or more of these four questions, this workshop is for you. The facilitator will address easy and innovative technologies to readily connect to pedagogical practices across various disciplines.
The following technologies will be introduced: Animoto, Camtasia, QuestGarden, Toondoo, and Weebly. These technologies can be used as course content presentation tools. Instructors can use these tools in their classrooms to present course content. Also, students can be given web links to re-access the online content outside of the classroom.
As time permits, the aforementioned technologies will be introduced in a workshop format where instructors will actively participate in technology-based instructional activities. For example, using the Poll Everywhere tool, instructors will electronically respond to a posed question using their mobile devices (cell phone, laptop, or tablet). Subsequently, electronic real-time survey results will appear on an LCD overhead projector screen. Below are self-created examples of some of the aforementioned technologies. Furthermore, in this workshop, instructors will have an opportunity to witness what the aforementioned technologies look like in practice. (There's nothing worst than hearing about a concept, but never seeing it in action! :-)) Most importantly, they will be able to walk away from this workshop with applicable knowledge that will assist them in their classrooms.
