With all the encouragement to integrate active learning techniques into your teaching, it’s easy to get confused about what to use when. Specifically, deciding which technological tools to use can seem overwhelming. Three of the most common tools instructors use in their classes are blogs, wikis, and dicussion boards. To guide you in the process […]
Continue Reading March 13th, 2009
WBGU provides BGSU Faculty with a wide variety of music that can be used for education projects. Visit http://music.wbgu.org/ to get started. Music is offered in numerous genres and multiple file types. While this is an extremely powerful resource it should be stated that: THIS MUSIC IS FOR BGSU EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS ONLY. This music can […]
Continue Reading January 10th, 2008
Stock.xchng is a leading, free, stock photo site. This site is great for generic searches, yielding high-resolution images that could be used to enhance student or faculty presentations or applied to any other visual media projects. Along with browsing over 250,000 quality stock photos by more than 25,000 photographers, you can share your own personal […]
Continue Reading December 10th, 2007
Ever wish you could watch a video that would easily explain these new technology concepts? Well today your prayers have been answered! Below are three great YouTube videos that help to explain what a the concepts behind wikis, RSS feeds, and social bookmarkingWikis RSS Social Bookmarking Did these quick videos help with your understanding of […]
Continue Reading November 30th, 2007
This is a useful article on how our students are using Facebook and things that we should consider as college educators. Listed below are rules 1 and 2 in a list of 10. For more information, please click here: http://chimprawk.blogspot.com/2006/01/how-university-administrators-should.html 1. The Facebook isn’t going away. While Facebook.com may not last forever, a service like […]
Continue Reading 1 comment November 9th, 2007
Follow the link below for 23 Learning 2.0 Things. The site gives you tasks designed to make you more comfortable with Web 2.0 technologies. Tips and advice are provided along your journey. Learn more about blogging, RSS, photo sharing, tagging, wikis, and other online tools. http://plcmcl2-things.blogspot.com/ What tasks have you tried? What ideas or tools […]
Continue Reading October 18th, 2007
What is your opinion of the video? Do your students have similar concerns? How can you or the University help to change and encourage better student interaction? …Click on the COMMENTS link below to get started! For another great video from this group check out The Machine is Us/ing Us a short video about the […]
Continue Reading 1 comment October 15th, 2007
Here are a couple of useful resources that we would like to share: The Library of Congress offers an Ask-a-Librarian service, where they provide the ability to choose a research area and then ask a librarian via either online chat or email. http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/ Another option is to use BGSU‘s own Ask-a-Librarian service, The library offers […]
Continue Reading October 3rd, 2007
“Office 2007 looks totally different different. How do I use the new interface?” AL’s answer for Excel 2007http://www.atomiclearning.com/almovie?key=28638 AL’s answer for PowerPoint 2007http://www.atomiclearning.com/almovie?key=29120 AL’s answer for Word 2007http://www.atomiclearning.com/almovie?key=28723 Do you think ribbons are more effective than drop down menus? What other new features have you used in Office 2007? …Click on the COMMENTS link below […]
Continue Reading September 27th, 2007
(This is a re-posting of a previous post on MyFiles @ BGSU. See the full, original post here.) BGSU has unveiled a new service for Faculty, Staff, and Students… MyFiles is a network-based, file storage system. It can be accessed at myfiles.bgsu.edu, simply login using your BGNet Username and password. MyFiles provides 1 Gigabyte of […]
Continue Reading 1 comment September 18th, 2007
