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Media Center Hiring Student Consultants!
The Media Center is now hiring student consultants for the Fall 2017 academic year. Consultants provide support for students, faculty and staff who visit the media center, offering expertise in Adobe Creative Suite, image scanning, audio recording, and large-format printing. Media Center consultants should enjoy the creative process, and possess an interest in storytelling, video editing, photography, audio production, graphic design, or animation. Above all, consultants should be enthusiastic teachers, excited to share their skills with peers – whether explaining the technical aspects of an Adobe program, offering a critical eye to a friend in need of design advice, or leading a workshop on photo editing. Being tech-savvy is a must, and … Continue reading Media Center Hiring Student Consultants!
Learning Glass – a different kind of blackboard
While attending the CSUN conference at the end of February, I visited San Diego State University to see what they might be doing with alternative classrooms and teaching. That is when I was introduced to the Learning Glass. In addition … Continue reading Learning Glass – a different kind of blackboard
Why Things Stick
Figuratively, that is. I’d have to spend some more time learning why things literally stick to offer you a proper answer. From a young age, learning has been a passion of mine. As it turns out, there are several reasons for that, and Swarthmore’s Ann Renninger and Diane Anderson have devoted quite a bit of time to researching and publishing why we learn better when we’re actively engaged in what we’re learning. Think about something you love doing. I’ll bet you could tell me a lot about it. In fact, I’ll bet you could still tell me a lot … Continue reading Why Things Stick
Zoom Video Conferencing for Remote Teaching
With recent inclement weather restricting travel to campus for some of our community we found ourselves exploring a variety of distance learning resources. One of the technologies already available to all Swarthmore faculty, staff and students is Zoom video conferencing, and thus … Continue reading Zoom Video Conferencing for Remote Teaching
Seeking SPEED Projects and Interns
March marks the beginning of SPEED season for ITS and the Libraries. We are now in the 6th year of running Swarthmore Projects for Educational Exploration and Development (SPEED) and have worked with a wide range of faculty and students on dozens of projects to improve undergraduate learning. SPEED awards primarily consist of dedicated support from academic technologists, web developers, librarians and student intern. For 2017, we are focusing on projects related to data visualization. From infographics to interactive maps to network diagrams, creating graphical displays of information happens across disciplines, whether to explore and synthesize, experiment and reframe, or present … Continue reading Seeking SPEED Projects and Interns
What ITS is Reading: Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days
Earlier this year ITS started a book club aimed at reading books we thought would help us continue to learn and grow at work. This past month we finished reading a book called: Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and … Continue reading What ITS is Reading: Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days