BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//UBC Department of Psychology//NONSGML Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://psych.ubc.ca/events/event/ X-WR-CALDESC:UBC Department of Psychology - Events BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181206T0006Z-1544054812.37-EO-13946-2@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20240329T012007Z CREATED:20170822T233203Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200327T205125Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171109T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171109T140000 SUMMARY: Colloquium with Professor Sue Frantz DESCRIPTION: FEATURING Prof. Sue Frantz\, Highline College TITLE Technology for Academics: Essential Tools for Teaching ABSTRACT Step up to the techno logy buffet. This spread of easy-to-use and (mostly) free tools has somethi ng for everybody. Looking to spice up your classroom? Want to make the hard -to-swallow tasks of an academic go down more smoothly? There are tools […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Prof. Sue Frantz\, Highline College
Technolog y for Academics: Essential Tools for Teaching
Step u p to the technology buffet. This spread of easy-to-use and (mostly) free to ols has something for everybody. Looking to spice up your classroom? Want t o make the hard-to-swallow tasks of an academic go down more smoothly? Ther e are tools in here that you didn’t even know you needed. The handout offer s over 40 different tools\; this session will demonstrate about a quarter o f them. For example\, Plickers is a different kind of audience response sys tem\, Trello will track your projects\, Nudgemail will empty your email inb ox\, Fences will corral all of those icons on your Windows desktop\, and La stPass will keep track of all of your (encrypted!) passwords. Bring your ph one\, tablet\, or laptop and try them out for yourself.
< a href="http://suefrantz.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Prof. Sue Fran tz's passions lie in learning enhancement - particularly the role that educational technologies play in the classroom. Asides from developing her own class websites and department website\, Frantz also runs a blog for educators o n technologies that "either make my job easier or make it easier for my stu dents to learn."
To view post-colloquium video\, click here.
Annually the Departmen t of Psychology hosts a Colloquia Series throughout the academic year.
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