We are completing our 5th year of ITIP. Thus, this is the third group of faculty completing their first three-year cycle. You might recall that the third year is a “portfolio year,” in which faculty are asked to present the scope of their work and demonstrate their professional improvement and progress in a “portfolio” form. […]
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iPad Summit – San Diego – Reflection
Thoughts and Reflections about the San Diego iPad Summit The San Diego iPad Summit was held at the San Diego Convention Center February 3-5, 2014. The theme was “Leading Change in Changing Times,” and it was sponsored by the EdTech company, which holds iPad conferences around the country several times each year. Several hundred […]
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While written and oral language dominate instruction, the explosion of visual information has created new opportunities to represent complexity, reveal themes, explore data, and communicate information in powerful ways. Here is an overview of some of my favorite examples of visual data representation for education. Molecular Models Image from http://pymol.org/ Students cannot see individual molecules […]
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