by Valerie Robin | Oct 20, 2014 | Blog, definition, digital pedagogy, innovation, pedagogy
In the last 7 or so weeks as a SIF, I have learned more than I ever imagined I would. A few weeks ago, I decided to write an article featuring the SIF program. In a stroke of benevolence, Brennan gave me permission to spend some of my hours developing the article. So...
by nryerson1@gsu.edu | Oct 16, 2014 | CURVE, pedagogy
Innovation, a word describing a new idea, device or process that is an original, something to bring society up to another level. However, when discussing innovation and education I do not think it has to be in terms of something new, something never been used or...
by Roxanne | Oct 16, 2014 | Atlanta connections, pedagogy
While I have been working diligently on finishing the first safety video and planning out the next installments, I wanted to shift the focus to another interesting project I have been working on – the Tools Wiki. The Tools Wiki is the brain child of Valerie and...
by Siva Charan Kondeti | Oct 16, 2014 | data visualization, mapping, pedagogy
This week at SIF has been a brainstorming week. Everyone in the team has been putting lots of thoughts into the development of the Deliberation Mapping tool.The major discussion has been about the functionality of the Deliberation tool. We are planning to develop the...
by Dylan Ruediger | Oct 12, 2014 | instructional videos, pedagogy
Late last week, I observed a session, devoted to the topic of secession, of the hybrid U.S. history survey. It made me more than a little nostalgic for the classroom, in all its gritty and chaotic glory. And, it reminded me of the madness that is the one-semester U.S....
by Dylan Ruediger | Oct 6, 2014 | instructional videos, pedagogy, SIF Projects
Taking risks in education is, well, risky. As I have mentioned in several previous posts, one of my SIF assignments is to work on the hybrid U.S. history sections being offered at GSU this fall. The course is innovative in a number of ways: it takes full advantage of...
