Tag: Teaching Aids

Assessment and Alignment

We’ve added a new category to our web-based resources and included the content below. Find these resources and more on our web-based resources page. Professor Dancelot and the Perils of a Misaligned Course No one would really teach a dance class this way, would they? This video takes a humorous look at what can go wrong when …

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New Webinar Opportunity

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Respondus is a powerful tool for creating and importing exams into your Blackboard courses. Two, free forty-five minute sessions are offered to introduce you to Respondus 4.0. These sessions are also great for those of you who are familiar with the software but would like a refresher. Wednesday, March 27th at 2 p.m. ET – …

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Reminder: Google in Education Alaska Summit

This high intensity, two-day event in April (6-7) at the University of Alaska Anchorage focuses on deploying, integrating, and using Google Apps for Education and other Google Tools to promote student learning in K-12 and higher education. The program features Google Certified Teachers, Google Apps for Education Certified Trainers, practicing administrators, solution providers, Google engineers, …

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Reminder: SoftChalk Webinar March 6!

Join us for an info-packed, hands-on webinar Wednesday, March 6 from 8:30 am – 12:00 pm! You must register prior to March 6 to receive the download files and log on information. How do you do that? View our blog post for all that good information! Image: ©iStockphoto.com/CamiloTorres

Some Things I Learned at ASTE 2013

I just returned from the ASTE 2013 Conference in Anchorage and thought I might share a few things that I took away. First, one of the keynote speakers, Cara Heitz showcased her k12 classroom that was based on using blogs and wikis. She stressed that teachers today need to design their own professional development to …

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The First Google in Education Alaska Summit!

A new exciting opportunity for Alaskan educators! Jim Sill, who presented a two day Google workshop for Sitka faculty and staff last year, is coming to Anchorage for the first Google in Education Alaska Summit. This high intensity, two day event in April (6-7) at the University of Alaska Anchorage focuses on deploying, integrating, and …

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Hands-On SoftChalk Training

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Join us for an info-packed webinar on March 6 from 8:30 am – 12:00 pm, brought to you free from your Title III team! This three and a half hour webinar will cover the basics of SoftChalk. You will learn how to: Copy from Word into SoftChalk Create navigation in a lesson Insert graphics and …

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VoiceThread Recorded Webinar

VoiceThread is a tool that you can add to your online or face-to-face classroom that will allow you to create interactive voice or text conversations. It can be used in so many different ways. If you missed the webinar this week on creating VoiceThread we have the link to the recorded session available to you. We …

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iTeach Sitka

Early this summer, a small group of faculty will converge for a week of intensive work on a course intended for fall or spring delivery (2013-2014). This could be you! iTeach Sitka will be June 3-7, 2013 and is based on a UAF model which provides opportunities for small groups of faculty to develop their …

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VoiceThread Basics Webinar

VoiceThread Basics Webinar Times: 10 am – 11 am Location: Online Navigating, creating, commenting on, and sharing VoiceThread as well as using VoiceThread inside Blackboard. Registration information can be found on our Webinar page.