The effective use of technology transforms teaching and learning
This summer we have undertaken substantial improvements to woodle in order to increase speed and allow for greater file storage space. This necessitated making a few changes to the system that impact how you use woodle. 1. Woodle Addresses: There are now two addresses you need to know to access your current and archived [...]
Princeton’s student newspaper, The Daily Princetonian, recently published an article on their recent campus pilot using the Amazon Kindle in courses. Although printing was reduced in each class by approximately 50%, both students and faculty found the Kindle limiting. Despite the Kindle’s environmental friendliness, users said they often found its design ill-suited for class [...]
In response the the global economic slowdown, One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) has announced major cuts in staff and funding, halving their workforce to 32 and implimenting pay cuts for those remaining. Also announced was OLPC’s intention of discontinuing development of the Linux-based ‘Sugar’ operating system that its signature devices, the XO, run. Instead, Sugar [...]
Released today, the 2008 report by The Law School Survey of Student Engagement (LSSSE) has demonstrated that students who use their laptops during class time to review previous lectures, take notes, and reference prepared materials are more likely to engage in classroom discussions, be prepared for class, and “synthesize materials across courses.” Obviously, the focus [...]
Video editing is always a bit of a hassle, especially when dealing with more complex editing tasks, such as editing an object or person across multiple frames. This week, Adobe released a short video demonstrating new video editing capabilities that the company has developed in their Advanced Technology Lab, based around the idea of object [...]
The New York Times recently published a must read article about the “Brave New World of Digital Intimacy”. Specifically it deals with short blog-like updates on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. I must confess that I’ve had a Facebook account for over three years (Twitter for about two) but it’s only been in the last [...]
You are now on the new home for the Instructional Technology Web site. This site has been built using the WordPress blogging platform. By making clever use of page templates, conditional tests, WordPress template functions, and widgets, we are able to create a dynamic site that requires very little time to update and keep fresh. [...]