Technologies

Below you will find many of the technologies supported by the Academic Technologies Department.

Clickers (Personal Response Systems)

Blogs, Wikis, Discussion Forums, and Mailing Lists

Videoconferencing
Are you interested in hosting (or participating in) a videoconference? Check here to see what we support, and how we can provide assistance.

Applications of Interest in Teaching and Learning

Twitter in the Classroom

Twitter is a social networking tool that allows you to post brief updates to the Web via a browser, cell phone or Instant Messenger. "The messages are limited to 140 characters, so they lean toward pithy, haiku-like utterances." (Clive Thompson, Wired Magazine)
Ways to use Twitter in Academia - Some suggested uses: Class Chatter, Classroom Community, Follow a Word, Follow a Famous Person or Professional, Rule Based Writing, etc.
7 Things You Should Know About Twitter - From the Educause Learning Initiative (ELI)
MakeUseOf.com - The Complete Guide to Twitter

Academic Software

Mathematica

SPSS

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