Technology
Explore resources related to the various educational technology options available to you at Penn State. Learn from others across the Commonwealth Campus community about how to integrate technology effectively, meaningfully, and appropriately for your courses and content.
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Workshop: Using Microsoft Teams for Class Community and Collaboration
PSU Scranton Science faculty member Theresa Black has used Teams in conjunction with Canvas and other online tools to meet with her students over the summer and fall. Join us to discuss her experience...
Teaching Writing with Google Docs in the Post-Pandemic World
Google Docs can be a powerful tool to teach writing, both face to face and remotely. Now that so many people are familiar with them, it's the perfect time to capitalize on Google Docs advantages. In t...
Switching it Up: Using Adobe Spark (Adobe Express) for Course Assessment
Join us to learn creative ways of using Adobe Spark Post and Video for both course content assessment and student reflection. This session may be of interest to faculty who are seeking new ways to: en...
Perusall: A Collaborative/Social Annotation Tool
Faculty will discuss their use of Perusall for building community in their courses and increasing content engagement with journal articles, popular news articles, podcasts, and videos. Panelists will...
Increasing Student Engagement with Top Hat
The University has a new tool to enhance student participation in your courses. Top Hat is a cloud-based audience participation solution with presentations, questions, and assignments built-in. In thi...
You Can’t Teach That!
Struggling with how to take your subject area online? Join this conversation to see how martial arts, Spanish, chemistry, choir, and more can be taught online. No perfect answer, but plenty of possibl...
Creating, Finding, and Assessing Instructional Video to Engage Students
Instructional video allows for visually explaining information, assists in bringing contextually relevant examples to class, and, if instructor-created, can allow for an increase in instructor presenc...
Collaboration and Channels in MediaSpace
Learn options for uploading and sharing media, as well as collaborating on media or media collections within Penn State’s Media management and streaming service, Kaltura MediaSpace.
Adobe Spark for Creative and Engaging Assignments
Join us to discuss using Adobe Spark Pages to replace a more traditional research paper including the parameters and guidelines provided to the students in order to support the learning objectives. Al...
Active Learning Through Gameplay
Capturing and securing student attention can be a struggle for even the most seasoned instructors. As educators strive to create meaningful learning experiences for students, we will share two game-ba...
Enhancing STEM learning through 3-D Visualization and Digital Collaboration Tools
Enhance student learning in the Sciences with free or low cost tools for interactive and customizable 3-D visualizations then use these tools to create collaborative learning activities for the lab, c...
Engaging Students in Hybrid Learning Classes
This session will share our ideas and experiences with the integration of online and physical audiences in hybrid classes utilizing tools such as Zoom and Nearpod, and we will discuss the challenges a...