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Blackboard: Office Hours: Assessment and Grading: Thu. 5/23, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
WordPress: Basics: 5/24, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Illustrator: Tue. 5/28, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Photoshop: Layers: Tue. 5/28, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Blackboard: Office Hours: General: Wed. 5/29, 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Faculty Resources
We request faculty to consider including some suggested language about WIC in course syllabi. Students receive assistance services here with research, writing, planning, speaking and technology. WIC staff also provide training and support for courses. In addition to group study study spaces for general use, WIC has spaces for faculty reservation including the WIC Seminar Room and two alcoves.
Exploring Tech Tools
Nurturing Student Creativity Through Video Projects
: CTL Teaching with Technology Discussion with Linda Chance and Elaine Simon
PowerPoint in the Classroom: CTL Teaching with Technology Discussion with Michael Kaplan and Jeremy McInerney
Wikis: Linda Chance discusses how to inspire and maintain student engagement.
Poster Design: Ann Greene discusses poster design assignments to explore visual literacy.
Online Mapping: Amy Hillier discusses online mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to develop teaching and research materials.
Online Data Tools: Paul Rozin discusses tools such as Survey Monkey to analyze real-life and class data.
Statistical Software: Herb Smith discusses statistical software such as STATA for data analysis and critical thinking skills.
- Conversation with Penn Faculty : Pedagogy of video assignments with Regina Austin, Peter Decherney, Louise Krasniewicz, Andrew Lamas and Jacqui Sadashige.
- Critical Writing : multimedia showcase of Jacqui Sadashige's freshman writing seminars.
- Anthropology : a multimedia showcase of Louise Krasniewicz' course projects.
- Cinema Studies : a multimedia showcase of Peter Decherney's course projects.
- Assigning Video Projects
: Pedagogy suggestions from the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL).
- Reflections on uses : CTL Teaching with Technology Discussion with Paul Heiney and Melissa Wilde.
- Large lecture classes : Alain Plante discusses how to engage students with course material and with small-group problem-solving.
: CTL Teaching with Technology Discussion with Linda Chance and Elaine SimonPowerPoint in the Classroom
: CTL Teaching with Technology Discussion with Michael Kaplan and Jeremy McInerneyWikis
: Linda Chance discusses how to inspire and maintain student engagement.Poster Design
: Ann Greene discusses poster design assignments to explore visual literacy.Online Mapping
: Amy Hillier discusses online mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to develop teaching and research materials.Online Data Tools
: Paul Rozin discusses tools such as Survey Monkey to analyze real-life and class data.Statistical Software
: Herb Smith discusses statistical software such as STATA for data analysis and critical thinking skills.Faculty Advisory Group
The Weigle Information Commons Faculty Advisory Group meets once a semester and provides guidance on the content and structure of WIC activities. Interested faculty can email the Advisory Group.
Idea Starters and Support Resources
- Success Stories and Student Work Showcase: Examples of faculty and student uses of WIC.
- The Library Support for Faculty page: Library services, programs and resources that support teaching and research at Penn.
- Course Tools @ Penn: Social Science Data Analysis Tools, Citing Sources and Writing a Research Paper
- The Forums for Teaching and Learning provided an opportunity for showcasing and collaboration. Forum archives from 2005 and 2004 include video clips of faculty presentations.
- WIC hosts workshops for faculty and provides online tutorials.
- Talk about Teaching & Learning: Archives of relevant Almanac articles.
Relevant Resources at Penn
- Center for Teaching and Learning
- Communication Within the Curriculum (CWiC)
- SAS Computing
- Online software tutorials from Penn Language Resource Center
- MMETS provides SAS students with equipment and services, including technology lending.
- SAS Instructional Technology Grants provide seed funding for faculty technology projects.
- ISC Technology Training Services offer workshops on campus.
- School of Design Computing Resources
- School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Computing and Educational Technology
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