This community of faculty met during AY 2015-16 and explored various ways in which instructors can harness the power of student technology in their classrooms. Participants explored ways to incorporate students’ devices into lessons and lectures so that students can actively engage using technology they already have access to. The primary goal was for participants to find ways to turn potential distractions into classroom strengths. Participants developed, implemented, and planned to assess new lessons (or modified existing lessons) that make specific use of student technology to support the lesson’s content objective. These lesson plans include strategies for assessing and evaluating how using this technology specifically impacts student learning.
Members:
Tiffany Gierasch (Chemistry & Biochemistry)
Milvia Hernandez (Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication)
Tomoko Hoogenboom (Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication)
Yvonne Huang (Mathematics & Statistics)
Tracy Irish (Education)
Carole McCann (Gender and Women’s Studies)
Laura Rose (Psychology)
Donald Snyder (Media & Communication Studies)
Liz Stanwyck, Facilitator (Mathematics & Statistics)
Samples of work produced:
Student technology in the classroom White Paper
Student technology in the classroom FLC Year-End Celebration slides