Educational Technology

Category: Technologies

  • Student Response

    Student response sites, systems, and apps can be used for informal, formative assessment in the classroom. They also provide a way to promote student-teacher and student-student interaction, even with large classes. What is formative assessment? Refer to Carnegie Mellon University’s Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence & Educational Innovation. The goal of formative assessment is to monitor student learning to provide…

  • GarageBand workshop

    GarageBand is an Apple music and podcast creation software that enables users to create multiple tracks with pre-made MIDI keyboards, pre-made loops, various instrumental effects, and voice recordings. Agenda Creating a GarageBand project Recording Importing Media Adding Tracks Editing Tracks Adding Effect Plugins Adjusting Track Effects with Automation Using Apple Loops Exporting Audio File For additional resources: see details about…

  • iOS App Development

    This workshop will introduce attendees to the Xcode environment. Attendees will create a small iPhone app and test it using the iOS Simulator or their own iOS device. No coding experience required. The code used in the workshop can be found downloaded here: iOS Workshop Code Learn more about Xcode from Apple XCode is available for download…

  • Prezi workshop

    Prezi is an online presentation software available for free at https://prezi.com Prezi is a visual storytelling software that provides greater flexibility than traditional slides like PowerPoint. Prezi presentations offer a map-like canvas that enables users to pan between topics, zoom in on desired details, and pull back to reveal context.

  • Adobe Illustrator workshop

    The 3 workshop sessions ideally will cover different things that Illustrator can do. Generally, the series is for Illustrator beginners. Difficulty levels may increase but not drastically so don’t worry if you miss the previous one and want to go to the next one! If you have questions, you are also more than welcome to pass…

  • QuickTime Player

    What is it? QuickTime Player (version 10) is a software application used to play, record, edit, and share audio and video files on your Mac. Key Features Play video Record a movie (including recording the screen of an iOS device connected to the Mac) Record audio only Record your computer screen Edit Share See the…

  • PowerPoint for Posters workshop

    Agenda In this workshop, we will cover how to make Posters from a PowerPoint slide including slide formatting, adding and editing images to slide, text and font guidelines, as well as saving and submitting your poster to be printed. We will be using PowerPoint 2016 (Mac). Set Poster Dimensions Open a new PowerPoint file, choose Blank Presentation…

  • Blender Workshop

    Blender is an open source program that can be used in game design, modeling, animation, and image editing. This workshop series will teach some modeling and animation basics and techniques within Blender. Participants will start by creating a bear model and finish with animations and textures for the bear. The resources for each part of the workshop series…

  • Apple TV

    What is it? Apple TV gives you access to the best content — blockbuster movies, TV shows, sports, your music and photos and more and displays it to an HDTV or projector. You can even play content from your iOS device or Mac wirelessly using AirPlay. Key Features Hit movies and TV shows on demand Live…

  • Microsoft OneNote app

    What is it? Microsoft OneNote – lists, photos, and notes, organized in a notebook (*free – use College OneDrive account to sync) Microsoft OneNote for iOS on iTunes Microsoft OneNote for Android on Google Play Capture your thoughts, discoveries, and ideas with OneNote, your very own digital notebook. With OneNote you can seize that moment of inspiration,…