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Reasons 150 Professors Added Computer Enhancements. Communication-Interaction Collaboration-Teams Consultants-Adjuncts Customization-Diversity Controversy-Debate. www.ankerpub.com/books/brown.html. www.ablongman.com/professional/catalog/academic/product/1,4096,0205355803,00.html.
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Reasons 150 Professors Added Computer Enhancements • Communication-Interaction • Collaboration-Teams • Consultants-Adjuncts • Customization-Diversity • Controversy-Debate www.ankerpub.com/books/brown.html www.ablongman.com/professional/catalog/academic/product/1,4096,0205355803,00.html
Communication-Interaction • 1247 emails • Announcements • Muddiest • One Minute Quiz • Reaction to Talk • Student Profiles
Collaboration-Teams • Professors Share Resource Materials • Students Study Together • Departments Create Shared Databases • Examples--- • 2 Students Submit 1 Answer • Edit Rough Draft Papers • PowerPoint in Class • Listserv Between Classes • Public Web Page
Consultants-Adjuncts • Alumni Editors • Globe Theatre • Session with Expert • Disciplinary Colleagues • Previous Students
A Winning Strategy[Go for Low Threshold Uses] • Rethink! Use this “teachable moment” to think first about teaching and learning, not technology! • “If it ain’t broke…” Keep What Works! • Add On Options! Prune Later! • Focus First on High Benefit, Low Cost • Don’t be Overwhelmed by the delivery of a truckload of new gardening tools!
Main Points • Learning increases when both professor and student use technology. • Early adopters are using technology to enhance 5 teaching strategies. • The simplest uses of technology are the most rewarding