Six Strategies for Learning Students’ Names Quickly: A common strategy is to take photos of students wearing name tags on the first day of class and then create flashcards to practice outside of class time. Create rhymes to aid your auditory and visual memory: “Fred eats monkey bread.” When students tell you their names, say … Read more
11 Strategies for Reducing Cognitive Overload Introduce New Content with Video – Support students’ understanding of what is to be learned. Use videos from Youtube Learning, Khan Academy, and MIT Opencourseware. Also, ECU students, staff and faculty have access to lynda.com, an online library of instructional videos teaching the latest software tools and skills. No Scrolling – If … Read more
With the integration of Office 365 and email updates course groups are no longer available. Perhaps now is the time to try Teams with your class, here is a quick tutorial. A new feature that will be available is cross commenting across sections if you are teaching more than one section!
In case you missed this notice ITCS will release Windows 10, version 1809, for campus Windows 10 desktop and laptop computers. Some features it includes are Adjust text size, Clipboard history and dark mode for File Explorer. Still using Windows 7, maybe it is time to upgrade! Want some Windows 10 tips click here.
Mid week break but some may make it a long weekend. The migration to Outlook 365 and Office 365 gives you access to your One Drive for storing files and content relevant to your courses. Tutorial on syncing files on your OneDrive. OneDrive for Business cloud storage is available through your Office 365 subscription and … Read more
Today marks the posting of number 400 on this site as well as it’s 10th anniversary! Started in May 2009, lots of updates, news and information over the years and more to come. In a recently read article this sums up what I try to do each week and over the years: “The best way … Read more
Today marks the Exchange mailbox migration to Office 365 for the DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES for more information and some troubleshooting tips please go to this link. Since course groups are no longer available you might want to try using Teams. Microsoft Teams is a hub for collaboration allowing you to interact, share content and collaborate in a … Read more
Try these I recently found on a random search PowerPoint Presentation Hack #1. Use Poll Everywhere To Ask Your Audience Questions and Keep Them Engaged – available in all classrooms PowerPoint Presentation Hack #2. Use Control + B to Make The Presentation Screen Black and Draw Attention Back to You – and see who is paying … Read more
As we approach the last day of finals for Spring Semester 2019 and for some the last day prior to your students graduating reflect and take notes (I often calendar the notes for a week or so) of what worked, did not work in your classes, labs and other activities. With many technologies and resources … Read more
I am stealing from recent announcements and sharing this fund raising event taking place on Friday, April 5, please help reach Allied Health’s goal and you may even see a bald head or some short locks that day!.