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This 10-hour workshop focuses on development and delivery
of technology-enhanced course content with an emphasis on
these areas:
- Course management systems such as Telesis
- Web-based tools for content delivery such as Wikis, Blogs
and Google Documents
- PowerPoint (including how to use PowerPoint effectively in lectures as well
as for interactive lessons)
- Pedagogical uses for web-based social utilities such as Second Life and Facebook
There is no cost to departments or graduate students, but
enrollment is limited.
Workshops will be held in the Arc
Technology Center, Olin Library Level A
The Graduate School
of Arts & Sciences
offers peer-led technology workshops
to A&S graduate students each year. Workshop goals include
preparing graduate students as future faculty and professionals
working in an increasingly technology-intensive world and
providing a strong foundation of technology skills and concepts
for teaching. Additional information will be available soon.
*Completion satisfies one workshop/seminar requirement toward the Teaching Citation
Comments from 2007 GSSW participants:
“Comprehensive information provided at one place and an engaging introduction to different possibilities...balanced look at the use of technology.”
“I particularly liked that we began with a framing conversation devoted to understanding how technology might fit within our particular teaching goals. ”
“Every aspect of the workshop provided useful information. For the programs I was already familiar with, I learned some neat tricks. ”
The workshop is offered in a choice of 2-day
sessions: please choose one session:
Session I: May 19-20, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Session II: May 21-22, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Faculty Panel Discussion: May 22, 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. (with refreshments)
Tech-Supported "Sandbox" for additional questions and assistance: Friday, May 23, 10:00 a.m. to noon
REGISTER HERE
This series of workshops has been developed by the Washington
University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, in cooperation
with the Teaching Center, and the Arts & Sciences
Computing Center.
The Summer
2007 workshop web pages, as well as those from Summer 06, Summer 05, and Summer
04 can be used as tools for
independent study. Please feel free to use these pages for
your professional development and in your own teaching, with
the condition that Washington University Graduate School of
Arts and Sciences be informed and the course development team
be credited.
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