Educational Technology Blog » Read & Write Gold http://sites.bu.edu/edtech Wed, 15 May 2013 17:42:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Teaching Talks and Teaching Tech Talks scheduled for Spring 2013 http://sites.bu.edu/edtech/2012/12/21/teaching-talks-and-teaching-tech-talks-scheduled-for-spring-2013/ http://sites.bu.edu/edtech/2012/12/21/teaching-talks-and-teaching-tech-talks-scheduled-for-spring-2013/#comments Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:51:47 +0000 Amod Lele http://blogs.bu.edu/edtech/?p=144 CEIT has now posted its list of Teaching Talks and Teaching Tech Talks scheduled throughout the Spring 2013 semester. The talks are scheduled on various dates and times to make it possible for faculty to explore some talks whatever their schedule. Some scheduled talks with an emphasis on new technologies include:

Databases for non-majors (Jan. 10)
The top 5 things faculty need to know about Blackboard Learn (Jan. 10)
Read & Write Gold (Feb. 6)
Flipped classroom and Echo360 (Feb. 13)
Collaboration tools in Blackboard Learn (Feb. 20)
iPad applications in the classroom (Feb. 25)
Google Apps in your classroom (Feb. 25)
Increasing instructional interactivity with clickers (Mar. 19)
Virtual student exchanges (Apr. 3)
High-tech cheating (Apr. 3)
How to use ePortfolios (Apr. 5)
Making grading easier and more transparent with rubrics in Blackboard Learn (Apr. 11)
Dimensions of online courses and student perceptions (Apr. 17)

The CEIT site has a complete list of talks. If you’re interested, please sign up and reserve a space!

]]> http://sites.bu.edu/edtech/2012/12/21/teaching-talks-and-teaching-tech-talks-scheduled-for-spring-2013/feed/ 0 BU Today: Read & Write GOLD for learning disabilities http://sites.bu.edu/edtech/2012/11/07/bu-today-read-write-gold-for-learning-disabilities/ http://sites.bu.edu/edtech/2012/11/07/bu-today-read-write-gold-for-learning-disabilities/#comments Wed, 07 Nov 2012 18:31:30 +0000 Amod Lele http://blogs.bu.edu/edtech/?p=123 Today’s issue of BU Today features an article highlighting Read & Write GOLD, literacy software that helps students with reading, writing, research, and organization. The software is available to the BU community for free download via TechWeb. It is especially helpful for students with learning disabilities but can be useful for anyone, especially in language-learning classes. See the article for more about how BU got Read & Write GOLD and what it can do for students.

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