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Service Sheet: Teaching with Technology Certificate

Cole Camplese — Wed, 28 May 2008 18:18:34 +0000

The Teaching with Technology (TWT) certificate program enables graduate student teaching assistants to strengthen their educational technology capabilities. Through the free program, graduate students apply existing technology skills in course instruction, acquire new skills, and develop a philosophy about teaching with technology.

Participants in the program assemble an online portfolio highlighting their knowledge and skills, under the guidance of departmental representatives. Examples of completed portfolios can be viewed at http://ets.tlt.psu.edu/twt/portfolios/.

Upon approval of this portfolio, students receive a certificate from The Graduate School. This certificate is valuable when seeking teaching positions, as employers are looking for personnel who have strong technology skills and can make decisions about appropriate use of technologies in education.

Our Service Sheets have been designed for you to print and share with others. It will provide you with the main details around this service and should give you all the information you may need to begin taking advantage of this Penn State resource.

Download the TWT Service Sheet PDF.

Service Sheet: Turnitin

Cole Camplese — Wed, 21 May 2008 15:22:51 +0000

Turnitin is an originality detection system owned by Turnitin.com, to which Penn State has a license. Faculty can submit students’ papers themselves or allow students to submit their own papers to the system to perform originality checks. Faculty can optionally allow students to view Originality Reports generated by Turnitin, and use the system as a tool to teach plagiarism prevention.

Download the Turnitin Service Sheet PDF.

Service Sheet: SCOLA Foreign Language Service

Cole Camplese — Sat, 17 May 2008 12:56:53 +0000

SCOLA is a nonprofit educational organization that receives and retransmits television programming from around the world in languages including Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. SCOLA programming is available to all Penn State instructors at no cost to help students learn languages, increase knowledge of current events, and gain a global perspective. It is ideal as a textbook supplement and suitable for use by an individual or a class to extend vocabulary, grammar, reading, and comprehension skills. Anyone with a Penn State Access Account can access the material.

Download the SCOLA Service Sheet PDF.

Service Sheet: Learning Design Community Hub

Cole Camplese — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:14:20 +0000

The Penn State Learning Design Community Hub is a place where Penn State staff and instructors working with instructional technology can communicate and collaborate.

Download the Penn State Learning Design Community Hub Service Sheet PDF.

Service Sheet: iStudy

Cole Camplese — Fri, 02 May 2008 12:26:12 +0000

The iStudy for Success! modules provide an introduction to college-level learning, focusing on areas in which students often need to build skills, such as study methods, time management, and communication. The modules help students prepare for the work that lies ahead of them, both academically and on the job.

The twenty-one modules, which incorporate sophisticated course design, multimedia resources, and student-centered activities, have been adapted for use in an ANGEL course or group. Each iStudy for Success! module contains an introduction, objectives, directions, references, and a summary. Activities make use of the quizzing feature in ANGEL as well as the My Notes tool. Information about the topic is presented in two different formats, a page of information and a student conversation among members of a virtual team.

Download the iStudy for Success Service Sheet PDF.

Service Sheet: Digital Commons

Cole Camplese — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:28:34 +0000

The Digital Commons is a University-wide initiative to provide students and faculty with the means to enrich the educational experience through the creation of digital content for courses. By 2009, all Penn State campuses will have been equipped with a common set of computing tools, support materials, and opportunities to create digital media of all kinds.

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Service Sheet: Podcasts at Penn State

Cole Camplese — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:25:43 +0000

Podcasts at Penn State is a pilot program that is designed to help faculty to quickly and easily use podcasting technology for courses and research. The program includes access to software; tutorials in the form of audio, video, and screencasts; opportunities to attend training; and contact with podcasting experts for additional help.

Download the Podcasts at Penn State Service Sheet

Service Sheet: ANGEL CMS

Cole Camplese — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:23:14 +0000

Penn State’s Course Management System, ANGEL, at http://cms.psu.edu/, allows instructors to create or upload a wide variety of course materials in a single online location without the need to know HTML.

Download the ANGEL Service Sheet.

Service Sheet: The Blogs at Penn State

Cole Camplese — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:09:04 +0000

The Blogs at Penn State is the Web-based blogging platform centrally supported by Information Technology Services (ITS) across the Penn State community. The Movable Type platform supports blogs, portfolio publishing, and team document collaboration.

Download the Blogs at Penn State Service Sheet.

Service Sheet: Adobe Connect Pro

Cole Camplese — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:01:26 +0000

Adobe Connect (formerly Breeze Meeting) at Penn State is the Web-based videoconferencing system centrally supported by Information Technology Services (ITS) across the Penn State community. Live, collaborative interactions including videoconferencing, application sharing, polling, chat, and whiteboards take place right on your desktop.

Download the Adobe Connect Service Sheet.