Collaborating with faculty and students to explore questions of pedagogy, practice, and technology.
The National Council on Public History conference took place in Hartford, Connecticut March 27-30th. The conference brings together public historians from all over to discuss, workshop, share, collaborate, and much more on challenges and opportunities within the public history field. Digital Public History Lab I feel very lucky to have facilitated a session and participated […]
Agenda Introduction What is Educational Technology, digital projects, and The College of Wooster Post-it Note Activity: What is digital history pedagogy? Examples and Exploring Pedagogy Experiment Mapping: VisualEyes Timeline: Timeline JS VR/AR: YouTube 360/XR Portal and Google VR Tour Creator (demo) Questions and Wrap Up Resources Educational Technology at The College of Wooster: http://tiny.cc/wooedtech Google […]
Recently, Educational Technology’s Megan Smeznik joined the National Council on Public History’s Digital Media Group as a committee member for the Digital Public Lab. Megan participated and led a workshop during the Digital Public Lab during the annual meeting for NCPH this year in Hartford, Connecticut. The Digital Media Group is responsible for keeping the […]
Educational Technology is offering workshops to help faculty and staff launch into the 2nd semester. Registration is appreciated and can be done so by visiting the links below. To see all of our workshops for the rest of the semester, visit our events page. Can They Access That? Tools for Improving the Accessibility of Your […]
What is it? Oculus Go is a Standalone VR headset that allows users to enter virtual reality with no PC or wires attached. Visit the Oculus website for more details. Using Your Oculus Go Getting Started with Your Oculus Go – Set up and use your Oculus Go for the first time. Using the Oculus Store – Purchase and download […]
College users have access to Office 365. Log in with your College credentials at http://office365.wooster.edu Office 2019 is now available for all students, faculty, and staff. Our licensing allows five installs per user across any combination of macOS, Windows, iOS, or Android. Read What’s New in Office 2019 Office 365 basics – video training What’s new […]
Groups in Office 365 let you choose a set of people that you wish to collaborate with and easily set up a collection of resources for those people to share such as: a shared Outlook inbox a shared calendar a document library for collaborating on files When creating a group you’ll need to decide if […]
Student Engagement Read 3 ways to increase student engagement in your classroom Rank the three ways on the provided sticky note Strategies for supporting better student presentations What is Good Presentation design? Plickers quiz Example one PowerPoint Face-to-face presentation: Three Minute Thesis Wooster’s IS Symposium 2017 and Technically Speaking from Denison U. Framing things as a […]
Skype for Business lets you connect with co-workers or partners around the world. Start conversations with IM chat, voice, or video calls. See when your contacts are available online, in a meeting, or presenting. Broadcast online to a large audience. Present your screen during meetings Use Skype for Business in other Office programs to chat, […]
Social Media 101: What is it? What’s it for? We’ll provide a basic overview of popular social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat. We’ll explore examples of sites being used on campus such as the College’s official Facebook page, departments’ pages, etc. Facebook Facebook Help Facebook’s own FB About page Wikipedia’s Facebook entry “…”launched […]
