Wireless Rapport in the Classroom
[Archived in Entry, Wireless Handheld]
Alex Gault on 2003/09/15:
„Hoping to make large classes more interactive, a growing number of professors on large campuses are requiring students to buy wireless, handheld transmitters that give teachers instant feedback on whether they understand the lesson. Close to 6,000 of the 17,500...“
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„The authors discuss the use of a "hot new item," a recently acquired mobile wireless laptop lab for writing, revision, research, and collaboration in a traditional workshop setting. This paper analyzes the most serious problems and provides some solutions for them. Introduction Wireless laptop computers in composition classrooms enable instructors and students to access writing and the world immediately, collaboratively, and with great portability.“http://makahiki.kcc.hawaii.edu/tcc/2003/conference/presentations/ bliss.html - Cached
„Looking to bring some new activities into the classroom next year? In this session, Jenifer will describe successful activities she has used that made her stretch outside her own learning style. Come prepared to share learning activities that you have used.“http://www.nait.ab.ca/hr/staff/inservice/ tss.htm - Cached
„Developed by Matthew Kam, Livenotes uses wireless communication and pen-based computing to allow a real-time conversation within a small group of students during a normal lecture, independent of the number of students in the physical classroom. We have tested this software in two graduate classes one a lecture and the other a seminar which we report on here. The program was originally designed for small groups of students to carry on a live discussion during the course of a lecture or presentation to supplement what they were learning directly from the instructor.“http://newmedia.colorado.edu/cscl/225.html - Cached
„It sits perched between two rows of seats in Evenchik's classroom, a mini-amphitheater carved into the foundation of Harvard University's Science Center. About 80 people sit here, too, most of them middle-aged professionals at the end of a hard day's work and a tough drive through Cambridge traffic. They, or their companies, have paid $1,200 to benefit from Evenchik's two decades of experience in computer networking and his 10 years as an instructor at the Harvard Extension School.“http://www.dce.harvard.edu/pubs/alum/1999/ 14.html - Cached
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