by Valerie Robin | Apr 20, 2015 | Atlanta connections, CURVE, digital pedagogy, workshops
Dr. Randy Swearer came to Georgia State University to give a 2-part talk titled “Understanding Emerging Trends in Higher Education” last week. Swearer has been provost of Philadelphia University since 2009 – and I find this to be an exceptional...
by avaughan4@gsu.edu | Dec 7, 2014 | CURVE, data visualization, digital archaeology
Earlier this semester , Georgia State Anthropology hosted a visit from Dr. Dominique Rissolo. Dr. Rissolo is an accomplished researcher and is currently a program director at the Waitt Institute and is also involved with the Center for Interdisciplinary Science for...
by nryerson1@gsu.edu | Oct 26, 2014 | Atlanta connections, CURVE, digital pedagogy, mapping, pedagogy, SIF Projects
This week I sat in on the two presentations given by Rich Halverson on : Education, Technology, and Society Speaker Series Center for Instructional Innovation. Much of his presentation was analyzing how technology does and can influence the way we educate and the...
by aboll1@gsu.edu | Oct 26, 2014 | CURVE, data visualization, mapping
I would like to begin a series of “Maps for the Classroom: How To” blog posts that will share with readers different tips, trips, and tools that educators can use with little to no training to visualize spatial data. The first tool I would like to...
by aorrego1@gsu.edu | Oct 23, 2014 | CURVE
As CURVE begins to gain “regulars” , “newbie” traffic, and large intellectual groups I continue to see the growth and resources that the CURVE space is able to provide for not just GSU students but the community. The visuals in the space are...
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...