Workshop (31-Aug)

 
 
 
EGO Ped­a­gogy Work­shop 31-Aug 2009

“Inte­grat­ing Tech­nol­ogy into Ped­a­gogy”
Pre­sen­ters: Gary Hink and Cari Kee­baugh
Date: Mon­day, August 31 Time: 5:00pm-7:00pm
Place: 150 Pugh Hall
Descrip­tion of Event:
“Get tips on inte­grat­ing tech­nol­ogy into your course. This work­shop will espe­cially inter­est instruc­tors who cur­rently or would like to use web sites, blogs, dis­cus­sion forums, etc. (in addi­tion to/beyond e-learning and sim­ple “syllabus-in-HTML” pages). Top­ics will be tai­lored to the needs of the work­shop par­tic­i­pants. This work­shop is a great place to bounce ideas off oth­ers and get advice from oth­ers who have been there. Bring any and all of your ques­tions, ideas, and concerns!”

 
 
 
Teach­ing Resources

Basic HTML Site examples:
• F09 LIT 4334 (Keebaugh)

• S09 AML 2410 (Keebaugh)

 
 
Dig­i­tal Ped­a­gogy — Exam­ple activ­i­ties / assignments

• Upload read­ings (e.g. site; e-Learning rec­om­mended — secure), in PDF)
  • Find books in PDF: Scribd

  • Cre­ate PDF: Win | Mac (use Print dia­log box; or a con­verter plu­gin)

   

• Teach with Media (ref­er­ences from Literature)
  • e.g. music in Rag­time

  • e.g. Jack­son Pol­lock and the New York School poets
  • e.g. Big Sur and Ker­ouac
  • e.g. Cubism & Stein

• Online Dis­cus­sion (of read­ings)
   

• Post work for feed­back (from stu­dents and/or instruc­tor)
  e.g. Pro­pos­als; essays?
   

• select read­ings / groups in advance

  e.g. Dis­cus­sion Schedule

• online dis­cus­sion in place of meet­ing: Exam­ple

• Cre­ative Assign­ments:
   
  • e.g. Cold War affect through Beats’ or New York School poets’ figures

  • e.g. Slaugh­ter­house Five Response
  • e.g. Fig­u­ra­tive Expres­sion through Exper­i­men­tal style

   

• Back­ground / His­tor­i­cal Read­ing Online (with dis­cus­sion):
   
  • e.g. Author back­ground, con­texts
     
    • e.g. Pyn­chon­Wiki

    • e.g. Ten­der­But­tons

     

  • e.g. Bed­ford Glos­sary of Lit­er­ary Terms

     

  • e.g. His­tor­i­cal Overview
    • e.g. “Dig­i­tal His­tory” (U.Houston) – 1920s

      — main: Dig­i­tal His­tory
      — inter­ac­tive timeline

  • e.g. “Man­hat­tan Project: Inter­ac­tive History”

   

• Sup­ple­ment notes / lectures:
  • e.g. Rag­time

  • e.g. WWII
  • e.g. Plot Against America

   

• Post rel­e­vant / related links (for optional read­ing):
  • Exam­ple 1

  • Exam­ple 2
  • Exam­ple 3

   

• Maps and Narrative:
  • e.g. Helga Crane’s flight path in Quicksand

   

• Require stu­dents to read/reply to each oth­ers’ work:
  • e.g. Exam­ple 1

  • e.g. Exam­ple 2