Project a PPT Show & See Notes on Your Laptop
With PowerPoint 2010 and Windows 7, it is now possible to show a PowerPoint slideshow on a projector and view your notes on your laptop. Yes, Macs/Keynote have been able …
The iPad in Music Education
During the Fall semester of 2010, Brenda Neece-Scott, Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Music, will be exploring how the iPad can be used by musicians and faculty teaching music. Joining her in the exploration will be H. Wayne Lail, Voice Lecturer in the Department of Music, and Duke’s music librarian, Laura Williams.
Sounds of the Field: Fieldnotes and Annotations on Sport and Sound
This Fall, Thompson Writing Program faculty member Jonathan Dueck is teaching a Writing 20 course, “Sounds of the Field”, where students will write ethnographically about sound and sport. For one section of the course, Dueck will be testing the iPad for various activities related to the assignments.
Responsive teaching
Recently, John Willis (Professor of Biology) assigned several chapters of the book “Why Evolution is True” by Jerry Coyne to his Biology 102 (Genetics and Evolution) students. Based on student comments, he decided to invite the author to talk with students via Skype in the classroom.
Social media workshop
CIT recently co-hosted (along with Duke’s Office of News and Communications) a ‘social media’ workshop for Duke faculty. Here’s a link to the PDF version of the handout from the …
Authors enliven primary literature in the classroom
Dr. Craig Roberts (Visiting Instructor, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences) helped students learn to design experiments, communicate scientific ideas, and read scientific literature in his Neurobiology of Learning and Memory (Spring 2010) course. He selected scientific papers to assign to students; the students then worked in teams to present the ideas to the class. In addition, Dr. Roberts arranged for the paper’s author to visit the class.
Expedition App: Projecting the web on an iPad
A new iPad app called ‘Expedition‘ provides a way to project the web from your iPad. “What?” you ask “I can’t project the web on an iPad by just using …
Lecture or active learning for better education?
Craig Roberts (Visiting Instructor, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences) had a goal for his lectures for his Neurobiology of Learning and Memory course: he would not lecture. He used PowerPoint …
How does your course compare to “Scientific Teaching”?
Scientific Teaching is a framework for teaching science incorporating the nature of science: experimental, rigorous, and based on evidence about how people learn. It incorporates active learning, assessment and diversity. …
PowerPoint Jeopardy for your classroom
Planning a review session? Teaching a summer course and want to try something energizing? Play Jeopardy with your students using PowerPoint! Rochelle Schwartz-Bloom (Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology and …