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Case Study
Teaching with Technology: Facilitating the Process (Part 2)
The means to bring about change
9/5/2007
- We are very fortunate to have the technology we have. Anyone who does not understand that should take a trip to any of the other colleges (in the university)!
- Having technology already in the classroom makes it much easier to deliver. I appreciate being able to take the disk instead of having to take the projector and the computer and all the other stuff. Thank you!
- I would like a document camera in the classrooms. The whiteboard in the Electronic Classroom is fantastic--I know I am dreaming, but the more of those we can get into classrooms, the more interactive and demonstrative our teaching can become. Way to show opaque materials, i.e., books, forms, sample work....
- I would like DVD players in the computers in the classrooms.
- Whenever possible, I use technology in my classroom and for out-of-class assignments. I believe it's important to show students how to use technology rather than just for pleasure (games, etc.) With the expansion of the technology in the College of Education, it makes teaching and learning much more possible.
2005
- We are the envy of all other colleges on campus with the access we have to technology for our courses and our professional work. It is abundantly clear when I am at conferences where I hear other professors talk about the technology (and lack thereof) that we are so far ahead.
- As a new faculty member, I have been pleasantly surprised and impressed with the quality of the technology available in the classrooms. I use them on a daily basis with my classes. I would like to have access to closed caption on the televisions if possible as I have one student who is hearing impaired and it makes it difficult to use videos in the classroom without captioning. Every time I have called for assistance, my problems or request have been taken care of in record time. Thank you and your staff for all you do - there are many like me who really appreciate all the work.
- I would like a wireless mouse added to the classrooms.
- Access to the USB ports is very difficult on most of the classroom machines in TPH. This limits some of the uses I and my student would like to have (use of cameras and pen drives)
- We are very fortunate to have the technology we have. Anyone who does not understand that should take a trip to any of the other colleges!
2006
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