Teaching Developmental Writing Seminar Vii

Technology:

Etymology: Greek technologia systematic treatment of an art, from technē art, skill + -o- + -logia -logyDate: 1859

1a: the practical application of knowledge especially in a particular area: engineering; medical technology b: a capability given by the practical application of knowledge: a car's fuel-saving technology

2: a manner of accomplishing a task especially using technical processes, methods, or knowledge: new technologies for information storage

3: the specialized aspects of a particular field of endeavor: educational technology

Current Practices

What types of technologies do you currently use in your developmental writing classrooms?

What is your reasons for using these technologies?

How effective are they?

Why use technology? Real world applications Value for teaching writing Low Threshold Applications (LTAs)

A Low Threshold Application (LTA) is a teaching/learning application of information technology that is reliable, accessible, easy to learn, non-intimidating and (incrementally) inexpensive.

Low Threshold Applications Each LTA should have immediate, observable,

positive consequences, and may also contribute to cumulative changes in teaching and/or learning practice (e.g., helping improve faculty-student contact).

"... the potential user (teacher or learner) perceives an LTA as NOT challenging, not intimidating, not requiring a lot of additional work or new thinking.

LTAs… are also 'low-threshold' in the sense of having low INCREMENTAL costs for purchase, training, support, and maintenance." - Steve Gilbert, President, TLT Group, in AAHESGIT-96

Technologies We Currently Use: Word Processing Email Online Resources

Norton Field Guide To WritingGrammar BytesSchool House RockThe Guide for Grammar and WritingPurdue OwlThe Little Brown Handbook

Technologies We Currently Use: Course Management Systems Google

ResearchDocs (collaboration)Forms

Podcasts

Using Blackboard

As a way to emphasize student responsibilityGradesCourse repositoryCommunication tool

What’s new in Google Docs?http://www.google.com/google-ds/whatsnew.html

Google Docs for Teachershttp://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=158149

Google Templateshttp://docs.google.com/templates

Google Formshttp://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=87809

Podcasts:

Create your ownTo record your lecturesFor student projects and recordingsTo teach or review difficult

As a resourceITunes U

Games and Learning

What can we learn from games and game theory to: help us better use technologies in the

classroom?Help us teach more effectively in the

classroom?

Teaching With Technology ResourcesTeaching Tips Index From Honolulu Community College

Inquiry Based Learning

PLAN: A Study-Reading StrategyTools for Teaching With Technology

Using PowerPoint to Teach Vocabulary and Higher Level Thinking

Teaching With Technology ResourcesTips for Using Common Technology Tools in Teaching

Using Google Docs to Teach 21st Century Skills

Graphic Organizers

Systems Learning Approach to Developing Online Activities

Teaching With Technology ResourcesUC Berkeley-Teaching Library Internet Workshops

Purdue Online Writing Lab

Universal Design

Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking and Technology: Accommodations and Universal Design

Teaching With Technology ResourcesCITE: Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education

SITE: Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education

Free Technology ResourcesEverystockphoto.com offers a search engine that can be used t find free images on the web. http://www.everystockphoto.com

Incometech has a collection of Creative Commons-licensed music http://www.incompetech.com/m/c/roality-free

iTunes U is a collection of audio and video content from higher education faculty around the world that can be freely used for educational purposes. http://www.apple.com/education/guidetours/itunesu.html

Khan Academy provides 800-plus YouTube tutorials covering math, science, and finance problems http://www.khanacademy.org

MERLOT is a peer-reviewed searchable collection of online learning materials http://www.merlot.org

Free Technology ResourcesSearch by Creative Commons provides a convenient way to access search engines that include CC-licensed materials http://search.creativecommons.org

Webcast Berkeley is a collection of podcasts and webcasts from the University of California-Berkeley http://webcast.berkeley.edu

Wikimedia Commons is a repository for public domain and freely licensed educational media such as images and sound and video clips http://commons.wili.media.org

YouTube EDU is a collection of videos and channels from higher education institutions http://www.youtube.com/edu

MIT OpenCourseWare  is a website that contains almost all content form Massachusetts Institute of Technology courses http://ocw.mit.edu