Tech For Teaching

May 5, 2021

Read&Write for Studying and Research

Reading Time: 2 minutes The following is a message from Conestoga College’s Library Services department. Read&Write is a literacy toolbar that helps students enhance their reading, writing, studying, and...

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April 29, 2021

Overview of the Essential Elements

Reading Time: 3 minutes All courses must provide Essential Elements to students. Learn more about the Essential Elements for your course.

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April 20, 2021

Teaching Software, Hardware, and Cybersecurity

Reading Time: 2 minutes Apply these tips in your teaching to engage students and to monitor their progress during lessons. 1. Show students the Big Picture Always start with the big picture for a new unit of learning....

Lesson Planning/Teaching Tips/Tech For Teaching Comments: 0

March 8, 2021

Encouraging Online Group Work Management with Microsoft Planner

Reading Time: < 1 minutes Online Group Work Students’ ability to organize tasks and manage time can affect their online group work experiences. In online team situations, Hurst and Thomas...

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January 13, 2021

Boost Engagement with Zoom Text Chat

Reading Time: 2 minutes Ideas and tips for using text chat to boost engagement and clear communication during remote synchronous meetings

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January 5, 2021

Tech Spotlights and Drop-Ins

Reading Time: < 1 minutes Stop in to learn more about tech you could be using in these spotlight and drop-in sessions.

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November 13, 2020

Liven up Zoom Classes with Video Filters & Studio Effects

Reading Time: 2 minutes By Mike Wong, PhD Feeling a slump in your teaching? Are your students losing engagement? This tip shows you how to activate video filters and...

Online Synchronous/Tech For Teaching/Zoom or Teams Comments: 0

October 7, 2020

Competitive and Gamified Quizzes

Reading Time: 5 minutes Educators across the globe use game-based quizzes to add a bit of competition and engagement to review, quizzes and retrieval practice activities. But what does the research say about these types of activities for learning? How can we best leverage them to improve student outcomes?

Gamification/Tech For Teaching Comments: 4

September 9, 2020

The Power of PowerPoint

Reading Time: 2 minutes Many studies have investigated the value of using PowerPoint as a lecture tool. PowerPoint’s strength is often the comfort we have as educators and learners...

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September 8, 2020

Building Accessible PowerPoint Slides

Reading Time: 6 minutes Tried and true, PowerPoint has been the best known presentation software for the last 30 years. Its strength is often the familiarity we have with using it, and many other apps and services are based on its look and feel.

New Faculty/Teaching Materials/Tech For Teaching Comments: 3

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