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What are Emerging Technologies?

Emerging technologies are "new to us" technologies that either impact student learning outcomes or help staff improve processes. Emerging Technologies have the following features:

  • Easy to learn
  • Work across many disciplines
  • Inexpensive to implement
  • Scale up well
  • Work in the existing technology infrastructure

The purpose of the Emerging Technologies group (ET) is to provide opportunities to faculty and staff to use new technologies in their classrooms or work environment.
Need more reasons?

Past issues of the Emerging Technologies Newsletter.

Emerging Technologies Showcase 2010
(open to all KCC faculty and staff)

Mark your calendar for the 3nd Annual Emerging Technologies Showcase

Monday, August 30, 2010

Ohm Building 107,108,109

11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

  • Wander through poster sessions

  • Learn about new technologies

  • Visit with friends

Emerging Technologies this year.....

  • WizIQ - WizIQ is a free virtual classroom environment, especially useful for online instructors.  The collaborative web conferencing tool includes a whiteboard, audio and video communication, and chat.  Sessions can be recorded and put on the web for students to access.  .
  • Teaching with YouTube and Twitter- Twitter allows small bits of information, such as homework reminders and links, to be pushed to students via their mobile device or computer.  YouTube can be used to post instructional video.  Taken together reminders can be sent out to students that include instructional video that helps students with their homework.
  • Bubbl - Bubbl is an easy and free tool that can be used for flow carts, mindmapping/idea mapping and brainstorming. 
  • Prezi - Prezi is a free presentation tool that allows you to present your content in a non-linear fashion.  Prezi's interface is intuitive; you place all of your slide elements on a single, open canvas, and then specify the path between elements.  Your Prezi presentation will then glide along the path, as well as allowing you to zoom in and out on a given area of the presentation.  Slide elements can include text, audio, video and images.
  • 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.
  • Starboard - The Hitachi Starboard is an interactive display that integrates into the presenter workstation in several classrooms around campus.  Using a pen and "digital ink",  faculty can annotate on Word, Excel and PowerPoint materials.
  • Flip Digital Camera - The Flip camera is designed to be extremely easy to use to record video and post it to the web or use it for classroom instruction.  The flip camera is a "point and shoot" camera with built-in USB to connect directly to your computer.   
  • 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.   
  • Information Services
  • Training Opportunities

 Emerging Technologies from the 2008 Showcase and 2009 Showcase

WANT TECHNOLOGY? ...NEED MONEY?...
Funding is available to try new technologies from the Emerging Technologies Grant Program.

Follow these steps....

  • Identify a technology you are interested in trying out.

  •  Contact the Director of Learning Technologies at learntec@kellogg.edu to discuss your project

  • Submit application for grant to Emerging Technologies working group.

  • Upon grant approval, work with I.S. and Learning Technologies staff to purchase and implement your  technology.

  • Report back on your experience by filing a follow-up report (template will be provided).

  • Provide a brief hands-on "Tools you can use!" session to update your colleagues on the pro's and con's of the new technology.