Using an iPad for course management and language learning
JoAnne VanTuyl, Associate Professor of the Practice in the Department of Slavic & Eurasian Studies used an iPad during the Fall 2010 semester in her Russian courses. She explored how …
What to do with a new iPad!
Are you returning to Duke this semester with a shiny new iPad in hand? You may have successfully turned on the iPad, charged it up, and browsed the Internet but are wondering what you should do next. Take a look at some of the next steps for your new iPad:
iPads in Music 49S
Brenda S. Scott, Adjunct Assistant Professor and Curator of the Duke University Musical Instrument Collection, Department of Music Project Description: During the Spring 2011 semester, Professor Brenda Scott used iPads …
Mapping Global Internet Access and Censorship on the iPad
Negar Mottahedeh, Associate Professor, Literature Project Description In Spring 2011, Negar Mottahedeh, Associate Professor, Literature, used the iPad in her course Literature 255, Mapping the Technologies of Resistance. The course …
Spring iPad users meetings
Come learn from other faculty and staff about iPad tips, tricks, and apps at the iPad users meeting. These monthly meetings are to share how iPads improve productivity, increase efficiency, and enhance student learning. Please bring your lunch and the CIT will provide dessert and drinks. Attend any or all of the meetings this semester:
Thursday, […]
How Mohamed Noor uses his iPad
Duke’s Mohamed Noor (Biology) explains why he loves his iPad, with descriptions of how he uses the iPad to give presentations, take notes in seminars and meetings, read and annotate PDF files, and generally make life more efficient. If you’ve just received an iPad, or are thinking of getting one, get some tips.
iPads facilitate training in the Pratt student machine shop
Students using the Pratt Student Shop now have more options for learning how to safely use the machines to construct their projects. The shop has 3 iPads, configured to access short videos demonstrating the proper use of the machines.
EReading Pilot Project
Denise Comer; Assistant Professor of the Practice in Writing and Director, First Year Writing Program; Thompson Writing Program
Project description:
During Fall 2010, Denise Comer, Thompson Writing Program, will be working in collaboration with Kenneth Rogerson, Lecturer in Public Policy and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Sanford School of Public Policy; and Rebecca Vidra, Mellon Lecturing Fellow, Thompson […]
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.