Cool Tools Poster Session at the Innovative Instruction Conference
This morning the Exchange presented a Cool Tools Poster Session at the Instructional Innovation Conference put on by the Center for Instructional Innovation and the Exchange. We had several requests to make our interactive poster available online, so here you...The Exciting Conclusion of Code Camp
This semester the Exchange experimented with a new format for learning technology called “Learn with the Exchange.” The idea for “Learn with the Exchange” is to choose a topic that we at the Exchange basically know nothing about but would like...Code Camp – amCharts challenge – 3/31/2014
Hello, Code Campers. We haven’t blogged about what’s been going on at Code Camp for awhile because, let’s face it, we’ve mostly just been slogging through Code Academy. This week we tried something new. Each of us has our own reasons for...Cool Tools – Wideo, Moovly, and PowToon – Animated Videos Made Easy
Have you ever wanted to create a sweet splainer video? (I swear ‘splainer’ is a real word. At least as long as appearing in urban dictionary counts.) Do you admire the animated videos you see on websites and wish that you could make one for your course...Cool Tools – VoiceThread
Are you looking for a way to foster interaction at a distance? Do you want students to debate, share their reactions, or critique? VoiceThread may be just the tool you need. As VoiceThread puts it, the tool “bridges the gap between real-time discussions and...123D Make
AutoDesk is best known for its suite of tools for 3D design, engineering, and entertainment that includes AutoCAD, Maya, and 3Ds Max. Many of these tools are fairly pricey. However, their free 123D Series allows you to create some pretty spectacular stuff quickly....Cool Tools – Thinglink
Thinglink is a very cool tool. What makes it great is its simplicity. Essentially, Thinglink is a powerful way to create interactive images. Do you have an image that tells a story? Upload it to Thinglink and annotate the image with links, audio, images, video,...Making Up for Lost Time
Need to make up for lost time? Recent weather and related closings have created challenges for many instructors across campus. We’re here to help. In partnership with technology support groups across campus, we’ve pulled together a variety of resources...Cool Tools – Blackboard Collaborate Online Rooms
Blackboard Collaborate is a web-conferencing tool that is integrated with Desire2Learn. You and your students can meet together in a Collaborate online room in order to conduct an online session or for more informal purposes like online office hours. As the...ARIS Game – Stat Megacode Triage
Last Friday, we had an ARIS Game Jam at the Exchange. Several new ARIS users were introduced to the web-based editor for creating games for Apple iOS devices. They created a simple Pink Panther game that introduced them to some of the possible interactions within...Instructor Makerspace – ARIS Game Jam
In this week’s makerspace, we played and made ARIS games. The Augmented Reality and Interactive Storytelling platform, or ARIS, is an open source and browser-based authoring platform for designing interactive storytelling games that can be played on iOS devices....Cool Tools – SkyDrive
Do you have files that you want to to access from anywhere? Would you like to share and collaborate on documents with your students and colleagues? Well, there’s a great tool for that. I know what you are thinking…Google Drive. But, that’s not...Instructor Makerspace – Digital Textbooks
In our second ever Instructor Makerspace, we explored ways to bring down the cost of college while at the same time creating customized textbooks for your courses through the creation of eBooks. With so many important works in the public domain, you can easily...Code Camp: Javascript – Session 1
Our first Code Camp meeting was a rousing success. Thank you to all who participated. We had a lot of fun meeting you, sharing coding solutions, and learning together! Here’s a recap, in case you missed it. To introduce ourselves to some of the foundational...Subscribe by Email
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