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And The Survey Says…

July 10, 2009 · 1 Comment

Interactive classrooms are the way to engage your students. In larger classes or lectures, it can be difficult to get all students involved in a discussion.

By using surveys and polls, it is easy to gain an immediate instructional response. Student are more apt to participate with the learning material through short questions & quizzes in a large group setting with new online resources.

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Quick assessments help students learn material, review important concepts, itemize learning outcomes, prepare for assignments/tests and help the educator understand how much has been learned. Here are just a few surveys & poll resources that I have tried for the classroom, seminars, workshops and research collection:

If you have others you like/prefer… please share!

Categories: Learning Technologies
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Photo Sharing… Say Cheese!

February 19, 2009 · Leave a Comment

NACADA Tech was a great seminar for sharing & swapping ideas for photo sharing. I have learned:

  • Geo-Everything (tagging) is on it’s way in
  • Cool ideas for event photo sharing
  • Clouds – data collection
  • Experiential learning with online tools
  • Web communication plans with students
  • What others are thinking about for their campus
  • Challenges to online university/college advisin
  • What’s on the horizon in technology & how we’ll plan for it

Be sure to check out more photos on the NACADA Technology Seminar Flickr Group. Smile!

Categories: Collaboration · Photo Sharing · Virtual Communities
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