Teaching in Higher Ed

By Bonni StachowiakEducation How To

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May 21, 2015EdTech tools | Spring 2015
Bonni Stachowiak provides an update on some of the edtech tools she experimented with in Spring 2015.
Podcast Notes
Slack
Team communication for the 21st century. Imagine all your team communication in one pace, instantly searchable, available wherever you go.
Create channels, which include messages, files, and comments, inline images and video, rich line summaries, and integration with services you use every day, like Twitter, Dropbox and Google drive.
How did we use it?
Has default channels: #general, #random… added ones for #movienights at our house (address, carpooling, etc.), and for each of the research/service learning projects. Can do private ones that no one else sees, which we did for the business ethics competition, so competitors wouldn’t be able to see the cases we were considering, etc.
Students’ feedback
Really liked it. Searchability. Ease of use.
What they didn’t like was just the number of places they have to remember to check, assuming they weren’t on the web app.
Empathy for our students
A veteran teacher turned coach shadows 2 students for 2 days – a sobering lesson learned
Piazza
Recommended by Doug on episode #035
Watch a video that shows the power of Piazza
Primarily will want to have students use their .edu address to sign up for Piazza
There are also integration options for LMSs, etc.
TextExpander snippet for students who ask a question directly to me, instead of on Piazza
OmniFocus
https://pinboard.in/u:bonni208/t:omnifocus
http://learnomnifocus.com/videos/
Project templates
Tim Stringer at Learn Omnifocus.com (http://learnomnifocus.com/about-tim-stringer/)
Recommendations
1 password
https://agilebits.com/onepassword
29 min
May 21, 2015 EdTech tools | Spring 2015
Bonni Stachowiak provides an update on some of the edtech tools she experimented with in Spring 2015. Podcast Notes Slack Team communication for the 21st century. Imagine all your team communication in one pace, instantly searchable, available wherever you go. Create channels, which include messages, files, and comments, inline images and video, rich line summaries, and […]
29 min
May 14, 2015Using Evernote in Higher Ed, with Scott Self
Scott Self and Bonni Stachowiak share how they each integrate Evernote into their classes and workflows. Even if you aren’t an Evernote user, you’re bound to pick up a few tips.
Podcast notes
Guest:
Scott Self
Director, University Access Programs, Abilene Christian University
Productive Nerd Blog
The landscape of options for notebook-type applications
Microsoft OneNote
Writing-specific applications, such as Ulysses or Scrivener
Circus Ponies Notebook
Guidance on maximizing the value of course assets
Linking smart post
LMS – keep the course assets out of it
Creating collaborative learning environments with Evernote
Use it in a uni-directional way, not necessarily a conversational tool…
Classroom becomes a kind of conversation around learning
Scott gives students the unique, Evernote email address to send notes to the class-specific evernote notebook
He sets permissions up so that he’s the only one who can edit the notes in the notebook – read-only
Getting started with Evernote
Scott’s posts
Evernote in Higher Ed Introduction
Evernote in the classroom
We both recommend
Brett Kelly’s Evernote Essentials eBook
Big advantages of Evernote
Easy capture
On iOS – text, audio, sticky notes, documents (auto-size), photo
Web clipper
Drafts – iOS app – start typing
Email – lots of tricks to organize when you send
Search capabilities
Integration with other apps and services
Keeps one’s course out of the LMS environment – the instructor should own the material, not the LMS
Our advice
Grow with it (start with the basics and go from there)
Keep folder structure simple
Bonni uses just reference, work, and personal, along with a shared notebook and a couple required ones that store my LiveScribe pencasts
Scott has only a few notebooks. I do have one for each section of a course that I teach so that I can share lecture notes, resources, and “FYIs” with my students.
As a “Premium” user, we have access to the “Presenter” view. Scott says:
Students see my lecture notes in a clear and uncluttered presentation, and have access to the information in the shared notes. I prefer that students take notes about the lecture – rather than copying down what’s on the screen.
Use tags when you would have normally used a folder. Scott says:
Yes! The search function is so powerful, it is often faster to search for a note than to navigate through a tree of folders
Capture whiteboard brainstorms in meetings (will recognize your handwritten text). Scott says:
My students with disabilities have become infamous on campus for snapping pictures of whiteboards. This saves time (and frustration for the students with learning disabilities), and the snaps can be annotated.
Use the inbox for quick capturing and have an action in your task management system to process it however regularly you need to… Scott says:
This can be done very quickly, since you can select a number of notes and bulk process them (tagging, merging, or sending to a notebook)
When you get really geeky with Evernote
Automate agendas in Evernote
Use Drafts app to prepend / append notes on a given topic (our kids’ “firsts” notes, research ideas)
Use TaskClone to capture and sync to dos with your task manager
Katie Floyd’s Article on Evernote and Hazel
Save Kindle highlights into Evernote
Recommendations
Scott recommends
Taskclone
Chungwasoft
Scannable
Bonni recommends
The Checklist Manifesto
Closing credits
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40 min
May 14, 2015 Using Evernote in Higher Ed
Scott Self and Bonni Stachowiak share how they each integrate Evernote into their classes and workflows. Even if you aren't an Evernote user, you're bound to pick up a few tips. Podcast notes Guest: Scott Self Director, University Access Programs, Abilene Christian University Productive Nerd Blog The landscape of options for notebook-type applications Microsoft OneNote […]
40 min
May 07, 2015Developing metacognition skills in our students, with Todd Zakrajsek
Todd Zakrajsek speaks about developing metacognition skills in our students.
Podcast notes
Todd Zakrajsek, Ph.D.
Todd speaks at TEDxUNC
Metacognition
Todd’s two unusually low grades in college
Our brain as a smart phone
Working out our brains
Multitasking
Music, sleep, and exercise
Defining terms
Tools
Asleep app on iOS
Android white noise app
Logitech wireless presenter
Help students draw less cognitive energy on exams by giving them a preview of what it will be like to take a test in your class
Anytime you’re surprised, stop and think about why you were surprised and what just happened.
Next steps
Attend one of the Lilly Conferences
Read one of Todd’s books
The New Science of Learning: How to Learn in Harmony with Your Brain
Learner-centered Teaching: Putting the Research on Learning into Practice
Todd agrees to come back to Teaching in Higher Ed later this year to share about his new book: Teaching for Learning: 101 Intentionally Designed Education Activities to Put Students on the Path to Success
Recommendations
Bonni recommends:
Dropbox’s new commenting feature
Todd recommends:
f.lux
Forest app
40 min
May 07, 2015 Developing metacognition skills in our students
Todd Zakrajsek speaks about developing metacognition skills in our students. Podcast notes Todd Zakrajsek, Ph.D. Todd speaks at TEDxUNC Metacognition Todd's two unusually low grades in college Our brain as a smart phone Working out our brains Multitasking Music, sleep, and exercise Defining terms Tools Asleep app on iOS Android white noise app Logitech wireless […]
40 min
April 30, 2015Ending well
Bonni Stachowiak suggests strategies for ending well.
Podcast notes
Ending well
Guard against student fatigue
Sleep deprived
Focused on the short term
Challenged by their context
Thinking a lot about context, especially after speaking with Steve Wheeler on episode #038)
Beware the temptation to vent
Josh Eyler reminded us of this on episode #016
Research shows it doesn’t help
There was that research that said cursing helps, though
Recognize their achievements
Demonstrate how the learning objectives have been attained
Have them articulate the value they have received
Administer the course evaluations professionally
All sorts of concerns over evaluations
Students don’t realize the gaps that occur in the evaluation process in higher ed
We wonder if they are in a position to properly evaluate our teaching (recent thread on the POD listserv re: what even to call course evaluations; student experience of teaching (Debra Gilchrist from Pierce College in Lakewood WA, Ed Nuhfer wrote about the importance of separating assessment (various ways to assess student learning) from evaluations of people who strive to facilitate learning.
Take more breaks
Apple Watch – standing alert
Penn state experimenting w/ Apple Watch to measure student learning this Fall
Frasier Spiers on presenting with an Apple Watch
Set timers
Natalie Houston spoke about this on episode #034
Recommendations
Bonni recommends:
We all love Ella: Celebrating the first lady of song
In particular: You are the sunshine of my life: duet with Stevie Wonder…
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22 min
April 30, 2015 Ending well
Bonni Stachowiak suggests strategies for ending well. Podcast notes Ending well Guard against student fatigue Sleep deprived Focused on the short term Challenged by their context Thinking a lot about context, especially after speaking with Steve Wheeler on episode #038) Beware the temptation to vent Josh Eyler reminded us of this on episode #016 Research shows […]
22 min
April 23, 2015Calibrating our teaching, with Aaron Daniel Annas
Aaron Daniel Annas and I converse about how we have calibrated our teaching over time.
Podcast Notes
Calibrating our Teaching
Aaron Daniel Annas
Assistant professor of cinema arts
Faculty Director of the Vanguard Sundance Program
Reflections on year one
Bonni reflects on her first year
Taking things personally (a good lesson on how to avoid this is to hear Cheating Lessons author, James Lang, on episode #043)
Aaron Daniel reflects on his first few semesters
You’re not giving someone a grade; they’re earning a grade.
Calibrating your teaching
Importance of setting expectations
Stressing the whys as you raise the level of challenge
Realize they aren’t likely to thank you during the process of being challenged
Bonni’s post: The Dip
Atherton J.S.’s post: Course of a course
Essentialism: The disciplined pursuit of less, by Greg McKeown
Determining what hours to have direct contact with students should be allowed
TextExpander (Mac) | Breevy (Windows)
Recommendations
Aaron Daniel recommends
Kindle First, for Amazon prime members
Kindle first newsletter for amazon prime members. One free book from their editor pics each month
Get in touch with Aaron Daniel on Twitter
Closing credits
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36 min
April 23, 2015 Calibrating our teaching
Aaron Daniel Annas and I converse about how we have calibrated our teaching over time. Podcast Notes Calibrating our Teaching Aaron Daniel Annas Assistant professor of cinema arts Faculty Director of the Vanguard Sundance Program Reflections on year one Bonni reflects on her first year Taking things personally (a good lesson on how to avoid […]
36 min

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