Oct 12
SAMR is changing the way instructors are creating their instruction to increase student engagement. SAMR is the acronym for Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, and Redefinition. Substitution allows you to accomplish the goal with no real functional change in what the students were assigned to do without technology. An example of this would be if you asked …
Permanent link to this article: http://sites.tamuc.edu/innovations/to-smar-and-beyond/
Oct 05
Social media is often brought up as the solution to disengaged students, but suggestions rarely go deeper than “Use Twitter” or “Create a Facebook page.” Simply requiring students to use social media for their class work isn’t enough to create connections – but borrowing an old assignment and giving it a new face might do …
Permanent link to this article: http://sites.tamuc.edu/innovations/social-media-commonplace-books/
Oct 03
One recent change to classroom technology systems on several of the Texas A&M-Commerce campuses was the introduction of Crestron Push Button Control panels (see image below). These have replaced hand held remote controls as the primary means to turn on projectors, switch image sources, and control sound in the classrooms. The push button control consists …
Permanent link to this article: http://sites.tamuc.edu/innovations/take-control-of-your-classroom-technology/
Sep 26
Prior to the fall semester, significant technology upgrades were made to many of the classrooms. This included installing a short-throw interactive projector, white-board, speakers, and new computers. The systems are controlled with a Crestron push button interface installed near the instructor’s podium. Posted in each classroom are a set of instructions on how to operate …
Permanent link to this article: http://sites.tamuc.edu/innovations/updated-classroom-technology/
Permanent link to this article: http://sites.tamuc.edu/innovations/coming-soon-olc-innovate-2016-presentations/
Sep 13
Coming Soon: OLC Innovate 2016 presentations
September 13, 2016
Dear Faculty, In the spring, the CFEI sponsored two faculty members to attend the OLC Innovate 2016 conference in New Orleans, LA. Dr. Nathan Templeton and Dr. Monica Tenhunen returned eager to share their resources with you. Don’t miss their presentations! Additionally, the CFEI will show streamed conference sessions in the fall and spring. …
Continue reading