Emerging Technologies from the 2009 Showcase
- Skype Video Conferencing – Skype is a free downloadable
software that works over the Internet to allow you to talk, instant message
(IM) or make video calls to other people who have Skype.
- Learn more
- Skype: www.skype.com to download Skype
- Adding contacts in Skype
- Making a
Skype video call
- READI – READI is a web based diagnostic tool that is used
to assess a students' level of readiness for online learning. The tool
evaluates the degree to which an individual student possesses attributes,
skills and knowledge in five major assessment categories that contribute to
success in online learning.
- www.readi.info
- E-mail Learning Technologies to set up a READI group for your students or to take the READI assessment yourself.
- Digital Camera Kit – The kit is designed to be used for classroom projects that put cameras in the hands of students. Cameras are signed out to students so that they can use them outside of the classroom for their assigned project.
- Learn More
- How-to Guide
- Sample Online Gallery Assignment (from Art 225 course)
- Photojournalism exercise
- Photo of Kit
- Sample Camera Sign-out form (from PTA department)
- Blackboard Learn – The latest upgrade to the college's
Blackboard course management system includes a new look with drag and drop
functionality and new features including a blog/journaling feature.
- Access Blackboard Learn at
bb.kellogg.edu
- Access Blackboard Learn at
bb.kellogg.edu
- SoftChalk – SoftChalk is an easy to use
learning activities/content creation software that generates interactive web
pages for uploading to Blackboard or the or your web site. Lesson features
can include pop-up text annotations, self-assessment quizzes, and
interactive learning games.
- Learn more from Softchalk.com
- SoftChalk User Guide
- Blackboard Integration Guide for uploading SoftChalk lessons
- Tablet PC – The Tablet PC is a laptop with a digital writing surface that can be used for classroom or other projects that use the innovative features of the tablet to display and record digital ink writing (i.e. digital whiteboard, drawing tool, note recording).
- Academic Web Resources/YouTube – YouTube is an online video sharing service that offers an impressive catalog of video. Learn how faculty quickly search and find relevant videos for educational classroom use with YouTube.
- Flip Digital Camera – The Flip camera is designed to be extremely easy to use to record video and post it to the web. It is a "point and shoot" camera with built-in USB to connect directly to your computer.
- Learn more
- About
the Flip "Ultra" Video Camera from theflip.com
- Library Resources – Discover the functionality of Amazon.com's Kindle, an e-book reader, learn about instructional technology websites and investigate Research Pro, a federated search engine available through the KCC Library. Librarians will be on hand to guide your exploration of these resources.
- Training Opportunities
