Syllabus: Teaching & Technology Workshop

Teaching and Technology: A Faculty Workshop
July 16-18, 2002

Note: Most required readings will be available online through electronic reserve; The first 50 minutes of each session will consist of a brief presentation and discussion on the “whys” of using the technology. We will then have a two-hour hands-on workshop teaching you how to use the technology.

I. Beyond the Syllabus: Using the Web to Advance Your Course Goals
July 16; 9:00a.m.-12:00 noon

Presenter: Lois Leveen

Required Reading:
• Horton, Sarah. Web Teaching Guide. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000.43-108. Available on e-reserve

• Handout

• Lois's Presentation

Other Readings:
• Maddux, Cleborne and Cummings, R. “Developing Web Pages as Supplements to Traditional Courses” Instructional and Cognitive Impacts of Web-based Education. ed. Beverly Abbey. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Publishing, 2000. 147-155. Available on e-reserve
• Nielsen, Jakob. Designing Web Usability. Indianapolis, IN: New Riders Publishing, 2000. 98-161.Available on regular reserve.

II. Using Technology to Enhance Presentations, Lectures and Discussions
July 17; 9:00a.m.-12:00 noon

Presenter: Laura Arnold.

Required Reading:
• Parker, Ian. “Absolute PowerPoint” The New Yorker, May 28 2001.Available online here.

Other Readings:
• Anderson, Winifred and Sommer, Barbara. “Computer-Based Lectures using PowerPoint”
• Norvig, Peter. “The PowerPoint Gettysburg Address”
• www.presentations.com

III. Technology and Writing: Using Technology to Improve Student Writing from Hum 110 to the Thesis (and in Between)
July 19; 9:00a.m.-12:00 noon

Presenter: Gail Sherman.

Required Reading:
• Slatin, John M. “Hypertext and the Teaching of Writing” Text, ConText and HyperText. Edward Barrett, Ed.. Cambridge, MA: 1988. 111-129. Available on e-reserve

Other Readings:
• Bolter, Jay David. Writing Space: The Computer, Hypertext, and the History of Writing. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1991.

• www.turnitin.com

I. Beyond the Syllabus: Using the Web to Advance Your Course Goals July 16; 9:00a.m.-12:00 noon
	Presenter: Lois Leveen Required Reading: • Horton, Sarah. Web Teaching Guide. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000.43-108. Available on e-reserve • Handout • Lois's Presentation
	Other Readings: • Maddux, Cleborne and Cummings, R. “Developing Web Pages as Supplements to Traditional Courses” Instructional and Cognitive Impacts of Web-based Education. ed. Beverly Abbey. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Publishing, 2000. 147-155. Available on e-reserve • Nielsen, Jakob. Designing Web Usability. Indianapolis, IN: New Riders Publishing, 2000. 98-161.Available on regular reserve.

II. Using Technology to Enhance Presentations, Lectures and Discussions July 17; 9:00a.m.-12:00 noon
	Presenter: Laura Arnold. Required Reading: • Parker, Ian. “Absolute PowerPoint” The New Yorker, May 28 2001.Available online here.
	Other Readings: • Anderson, Winifred and Sommer, Barbara. “Computer-Based Lectures using PowerPoint” • Norvig, Peter. “The PowerPoint Gettysburg Address” • www.presentations.com

III. Technology and Writing: Using Technology to Improve Student Writing from Hum 110 to the Thesis (and in Between) July 19; 9:00a.m.-12:00 noon
	Presenter: Gail Sherman. Required Reading: • Slatin, John M. “Hypertext and the Teaching of Writing” Text, ConText and HyperText. Edward Barrett, Ed.. Cambridge, MA: 1988. 111-129. Available on e-reserve
	Other Readings: • Bolter, Jay David. Writing Space: The Computer, Hypertext, and the History of Writing. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1991. • www.turnitin.com