TECH@

RTC

A Brief OverviewApril, 2013

Institution Subscriptions:Tegrity Lecture-capture and more…

COMPUTERS:

• Every faculty member has access to a computer (Part time faculty use computers in workrooms)

• Campus-wide student computers: 1017 (including 41 in library.)

• - Balance issues arising with new technology: 795 students in Basic Studies now take federally-mandated ecasas tests online and need twice-weekly labs but only have access to 55 computers (5%).

Classroom Tech Gear:Document Cameras

(highly-used; Reading Apprenticeship classroom staple.)

SimulatorsExample: Anesthesia Technician

Smartboards…used in a variety of ways

Weekly teaching tips sharedyoutube.com/rtclife

• Camille Pomerey: Start with Positivity

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbDD1DcsDr0

• Elisabeth Fredrickson:

Inform, Instruct, Inspire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qYKg6Y7btg

Our Learning Management System• Fall, 2013:

Migration from ANGEL to Canvas; will be used institution-wide for grading in all classes.

The living room is being re-arranged.

Yes We Can-Can Canvas!

It will be worth it…

• Canvas: A student Perspective

• http://youtu.be/6Y93JL1liX0

The other buzzword you should know about: OER: Open Educational

Resources

• http://youtu.be/wLQsirKvcxU?t=6m6s

• (Starts with Connie Broughton, SBCTC)

• WASHINGTON IS A LEADER WITH THE OCL: OPEN COURSE LIBRARY

New Directions….“We are in a revolution.” –David Pearce Snyder