1. Teaching and Learning with Technology in the College of Arts and Humanities Tuesday, February 2nd Heather Rodriguez, Academic Technology

2. Points to Consider When Selecting a Technology Tool Your end goal What teaching objective do I want to accomplish? (Ex. facilitate collaboration among students, organize course material, etc.) Learning Curve Time Investment On-Campus Support available WILL THIS TECHNOLOGY REALLY CONTRIBUTE TO AND ENHANCE THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE?

3. Common Teaching and Learning with Technology Goals Organize and present course materials (documents, audio, video, presentations, etc.) Record course lectures (podcasting) Increase student participation (discussion board, blogs, collaborative authoring, social media) Share and organize research (Zotero, social bookmarking)

4. Organize and present course materials

5. Record course lectures MICROPHONE (or Webcam!) + SOFTWARE + UPLOAD to web = PODCAST

6. Record course lectures (cont.) Screencapture software (ex. Camtasia Studio) Record voice over PowerPoint presentations Capture contents of your screen Narrate over still images/video clips

7. Increase student participation BLOG WIKI DISCUSSION BOARD/CHAT SOCIAL MEDIA

8. Share and organize research Save bookmarks in one online location, share with friends, organize with tags del.icio.us Make notes, highlight and clip web pages, save bookmarks, access/upload files from smartphone, etc. Capture and organize citation information and store PDFs

9. On-Campus Resources Academic Technology, College of Arts and Humanities http://www.arhu.umd.edu/tech/academictechnology Tools How do I…? Twitter feed: http://www.twitter.com/ARHUTechnology Technology Events Calendar: http://www.humanities.umd.edu/calendar/index.php?calendar=18 Learning Technologies, Office of Information Technology http://www.otal.umd.edu

10. Other Resources EDUCAUSE: http://www.educause.edu EDUCAUSE’s 7 Things You Should Know About… series: http://www.educause.edu/7Things Commoncraft’s videos on technology: http://www.commoncraft.com/