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Integrating Technology into Teaching: Overcoming Growing Pains

Explore the challenges faced by faculty when integrating technology into teaching and discover strategies for success. Presented by Paula Pedersen-Randall, Kathy Heltzer, and Helen Rallis, University of Minnesota, Duluth.

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Integrating Technology into Teaching: Overcoming Growing Pains

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  1. Growing Pains: What Happens When Faculty Integrate Technology Into Their Teaching The Collaboration Conference February 2000 Paula Pedersen-Randall Kathy Heltzer, & Helen Rallis University of Minnesota, Duluth

  2. What happens…???

  3. Presentation Overview • Introductions & goal setting • How faculty are integrating technology at UMD • Small groups: Sharing your stories • Large group report back of “gems” • Our Stories: Kathy, Paula, Helen • Conclusion: Issues to consider when integrating technology

  4. Introductions • Introduce yourselves • Survey participants • Background • What you would like to learn

  5. How UMD faculty are integrating technology • Slides showing examples • How faculty learn to integrate technology: • Self taught • ITSS workshops • ITSS consulting • Tech Camp • Technology Certificate • From colleagues & students

  6. What have been your experiences? • In 3 groups share: • How are you using technology? • What have been your growing pains/obstacles? • What have you tried to overcome these obstacles? • Large group: share “gems”

  7. Helen Paula Kathy Our stories...

  8. Issues to consider • Who? • Why? • When? • Where? • How?

  9. Less is more Start out badly Get help: university/IT colleagues students Plan ahead: your teaching the applications you use the classroom & equipment Re-evaluate your teaching paradigm Recognize your: learning style limits stage of learning Accept that: if something can go wrong, it will things that go wrong aren’t necessarily bad Top Tips (for relieving growing pains)

  10. Online Resource http://www.d.umn.edu/~hrallis/ITSS/TechTeaching/GrowingPains.html

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