Humanizing the Classroom with Technology - Course Technology Computing Conference Presenter: Thad Crews, Western Kentucky University Digital assets are increasing in number and quality. At the same time, the opportunities for faculty to engage students in active, deep learning INCREASES as we properly integrate appropriate digital assets. Numerous practical examples of engaging in-class activities will be demonstrated and actively discussed. Your future students will thank you for having attended this session.

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Humanizing the Classroom with Technology
Dr. Thad Crews, Western Kentucky University
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DISCUSS
What was your
BEST class lesson ever?
DISCUSS
What is the hardest part
of flipping your class?

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RESEARCH
Question 1: “Think back on the
face-to-face classes you’ve taken.
What were some of the
characteristics of the best ones?
What was it that made some
stand out in your mind?”
RESEARCH
Question 2: “Think back on the
online classes you’ve taken.
What were some of the
characteristics of the best ones?
What was it that made some
stand out in your mind?”

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We have a growing collection of Content (books, SAM,
MOOCs, Google, Wikipedia, YouTube, etc.)
Chapter 3: Computers and Mobile Devices
3.1 Computers and Mobile Devices
3.2 Desktops and Mobile Computers
3.3 Servers
3.4 Supercomputers
3.5 Terminals
3.6 Cloud Computing
3.7 Mobile Devices
3.8 Game Devices
3.9 Embedded Computers
3.10 Putting It All Together
3.11 Ports and Connections
3.12 Protecting Hardware

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QUESTION
Have you heard the
phrase “Digital Native”?
What does it mean?

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Information
Natives
(rather than Digital Natives)
Remember… ENIAC was digital
Students Have Information
(or they know how to get it)
Students Need Wisdom
Students Have Information
(or they know how to get it)
Students Need Wisdom

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61% of young
consumers feel that
video ads are too long
and occur too often.
Forrester, 2007

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“We need to prepare
our kids for the 21st
century economy.”
President Barack Obama
The Blueprint for Change: Education
http://www.barackobama.com/issues/education/

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Source: Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Facebook (November 12, 2009 at 6:28am)
a) Very Large things
b) Very Small things
c) Electromagnetic things
d) Genetic marker things

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A couple of idea
• Distributed Human Monty Hall Experiment: Students perform the
Monty Hall problem, record their results, and then aggregate the
results to investigate the base problem
• Team Review: Students make small groups (2-4) to discuss without
NOTES OR BOOK a couple of review questions from last class (2
minutes). Then, staying in the group, they use their notes or book
to check their work and fill in the gaps they "forgot" (2 minutes).
Then a 2-minute large group review where you call on a group at
random to answer each of the review questions, and you add
encouraging clarification to their work.

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Comments?
Questions?
Clarifications?
Email me at thad.crewsii@wku.edu