The WRC: Forging Student Connections
This morning I was eating my snack at a table in the Writing and Reading Center when I overheard a conversation between two students. One student asked the other if she was at the WRC for her psychology paper or her sociology paper. When the other student responded...
When Accounting is Spelled, “Water…”
Lofty ideas and ideals need to have a landing place. Words and ideas need to become flesh if they are to have any value at all. I am an educator. But I am also an innovator. I guess that makes me an educational innovator? Strangely, that label...
The AHA Moment
In calculus III we spend the majority of our time studying functions in 3-dimensional space. I told the students early on that making a real 3-D model would, at times, be the only way they would really be able to “see” it. Most of the semester our 3-D grapher has been...
Why I Hated Remind.com
“Use Remind,” they said, “your students will find it so convenient!” “Remind is instant,” they said, “and all your students will see updates right away!” “Remind is Safe,” they said, “nobody will be able to see or steal your students’ numbers and they won’t see...
Have you Met Justin?
If you have stopped into Educational Media Technologies lately, you may have had the pleasure of meeting the new Instructional Technology Assistant Justin Guillard. Justin came to EMT from the Interlochen Center for the Arts where he was an intern at the IT help desk....
Point of No Return
This was the week of no return. At an average of 100 pts a week, the 11th week marks the point at which some students have enough points to pass the course. They will pass regardless of what they do for the remainder of the semester. The students who have enough...
Student Adoption and Use of Technology
Traditional age students entering higher education institutions today are the last group of college bound students that are part of the Digital Native and/or Millennial generation. They view technology as an important part of their everyday lives for communication,...
Teaching Worldliness
Now that educational technology has advanced to the place where it threatens the traditional role of the teacher, I find myself pondering just what our role is as educators. I addressed this question in general in a prior post, but today I would like to discuss what I...
Educational Media Technologies: New Office Hours!
Have you heard the excitement that the Osterlin building will be opening at 7:30am starting November 16, 2015? EMT also feels that this is a great opportunity to support students, faculty, and staff prior to those 8:00am classes. That is why we have decided that we...
Skywalker or Lucas?
Since many of us are waiting in anticipation of the newest Star Wars episode, I thought I might use that for inspiration. I recently watched a TED talk by Will Wright (found here), twice. Will is a game developer and has most notably created SimCity, The Sims, and...