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Gustavus' faculty commitment to continually enhancing their own pedagogy also incorporates new technologies. This series, Teachers Talking Technology, focused on low technology, is used by Gustavus faculty in their teaching. All faculty are invited to attend Teachers Talking Technology sessions. They are open to all faculty at the College and are focused on issues of interest to teaching and learning that are technology-related.

The sessions run from 11:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. and are repeated from 12:30 p.m. - 1:20 p.m. The Program provides free lunch in the Three Crowns Buffet for all faculty attending, then meet in the St. Peter Room. If you have a topic suggestion, please let us know.

NEW! Teachers Talking Technology Blog

2009-10 School Year:

September 22, 2009 - Online backups, synchronization, and sharing
Join Sean Cobb and Yurie Hong when they discuss their experience using services such as Dropbox and Mozy to keep an off-site backup of important files, to keep files synchronized across multiple computers, and to have a shared filespace that could be used with students for assignments and research collaborations.

October 20, 2009 - Are you interested in learning more about the purposes, design, and format of an ePortfolio? If so, please join Joyce Aarsvold and Jeanne Herman for a conversation about the ePortfolio designed by majors in Physical Education and Health Education using Google Sites.  After a brief overview, we will provide opportunities for you to ask any questions you may have.

November 18, 2009
How do you manage your citations when writing books and papers? What do you recommend to students taking your classes or working with you? Today, we will discuss two options. Tom Huber will demonstrate how to use EndNote Web to organize references from websites such as, the Web of Science, and how to use the EndNote Web plug-in for managing references while writing in Microsoft Word. Kyle Chambers will demonstrate how to use the Zotero Firefox extension to capture and share citation information and documents from common repositories (e.g., EBSCO) and newspapers (e.g., New York Times) as well as how to add digital annotations to these articles.

February 23, 2010

March 23, 2010

April 20, 2010 - Heritage Room

Past Teachers Talking Technology:

• 2008-2009
• 2007-2008

The Kendall Center has several books on Technology available to faculty at the Folke Bernadotte Library.

• 147 Practical Tips for teaching online Groups: Essentials of Web-based Education, Donald E. Hanna, Michelle Glowacki-dudka, and Simone Conceicao-Runlee Atwood Publishing, 2000.
• Bridging the Gap: Leadership, Technology, and Organizational  Change for Deans and Department Chairs, Michael J. Johnson, Donald E. Hanna, and Don Olcott Jr., Atwood Publishing, 2003.
• Effective Teaching with Technology in Higher Education, A.W. Bates and Gary Poole, Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2003.
• Essential Elements: Prepare, Design, and Teach Your Online Course, Connie Elbaum, Cynthia McIntyre, and Alese Smith, Atwood Publishing, 2002.
• Facilitating Online Learning: Effective Strategies for Moderators, George Collison, Bonnie Elbaum, Sarah Haavind, and Robert Tinker, Atwood Publishing, 2000.
• Just-In-Time Teaching: Blending Active Learning with Web Technology, Gregor M. Novak, Evelyn T. Patterson, Andrew D. Gavrin, and Wolfgang Christian Prentice Hall, 1999.
• Quality in Distance Education: Focus on On-line Learning, Katrina A. Meyer, Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2002.
• Technology. Scholarship, and the Humanities: The Implications of Electronic Information, Eliza Kelly, Keens Company, 1993.