Category: Tools

It’s Time to Vote!

No, not at the polls–here on the FLC! We have 6 submissions for our Faculty Challenge #4: Word Clouds. View them below and in more detail (and larger) on our FLC challenge Google site. Cast your vote for your favorite 3 before Monday, November 3 at 12 pm!

Tech Tuesday – PowToon Giveaway

We’ve blogged about PowToon before and want to remind you to snag a free classroom account before it’s too late! PowToon’s giveaway for classroom accounts (1 teacher and 60 students) has proven so popular that they only have a few accounts left. Grab one ASAP before the promo closes this week! PowToon is an easy …

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Whose Inaugural Address?

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Just a reminder that we’re still collecting your word clouds until Wednesday of this week. Please send them to Kathi as soon as possible! Here’s a mini-challenge for you history buffs– I’ve plopped the words to from a past president’s inaugural address into Wordle.net and came up with this. Can you guess whose address this was? Be …

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Faculty Challenge #4: Show Us Your Word Cloud

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Is it true that a picture is worth a thousand words? We think so! Check out the word cloud to the right. It was created by pasting all of the words from all of our Faculty Learning Corner posts this past month into Tagul, a word cloud generator. “But why” you might ask, “would you …

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Tech Tuesday – Online Teaching Tips (in 20 minutes)

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Got 20 minutes? Then we’ve got a deal for you! The UAS Sitka Campus Title III program is offering UAS faculty the opportunity to start their week with dynamic, professional development delivered online in only 20 minutes! The program started in August but there are still 7 sessions remaining. If you contact Nicole this week …

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Surveys and Polls, Challenge Winners!

Thank you Charla and Marnie for contributing ideas about surveys! You can find their submissions at our Faculty Challenge Google Site. Marnie reminded me that when we listed survey tools in our initial post, we forgot to include the UAS Survey tool in our list. She really likes the reports that she gets from this survey …

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Best Practices for Surveys and Polls- This Week’s Faculty Challenge #3 (Continued)

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Are you using polls and/or surveys to collect data from your students to improve your courses? to encourage student participation? to determine what your next lecture or presentation should highlight? to ascertain what aspects of your course students are struggling with? As we mentioned in our previous post, we’re very interested in sharing how YOU …

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Polls and Surveys to Connect with Your Students

Online instructors, especially those teaching asynchronously without video or audio conferences, often express that they don’t know how their students are “feeling”, or if their students are confused, or frustrated with aspects of the course. Survey tools are plentiful and make surveys simple to deploy. Surveys may be one of the most powerful tools in your teaching arsenal, whether …

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Tech Tuesday – Adobe Voice

Adobe Voice is today’s Tech Tuesday topic. We blogged about creating an online presence last week and Adobe Voice is one way you can do that! Adobe Voice is an iPad app that lets you easily create 60-90 second videos. This fun digital storytelling app allows you to make a professional impact by connecting with …

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Tech Tuesday – Sept 22

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Today’s Tech Tuesday introduces you to the Google Chrome extension ‘Search the Current Site’. This simple toolbar button allows you to search all the pages of a website, not just the page you are on. Search any site you’re on by the simple click of a button. The search is done not only on the …

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