OT? Leaders and best at CES
http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/professors-classroom-ipad-app-de…
January 11th, 2012 at 6:44 PM ^
...including going to class.
"For the app to be fully utilized, all of the students and the professor would need either an iPad or a laptop loaded with the software as they sit in the classroom."
“If we have the technology available, how can we use it in a way that’s going to keep the student engaged without them going off to Facebook?”
In the future, Mr. Samson said, the app will expand to include analytics functions, letting professors track classroom participation.
January 11th, 2012 at 6:50 PM ^
I saw that, but there is no real reason the lecture and slides can't be viewed at home and still track participation and progress. They have had recorded lectures you can watch remotely in the med school for years.
January 11th, 2012 at 6:45 PM ^
Did anyone see the Panasonic presentation? It was mostly horrible, but they demoed myspacetv. it is basically a way to interact with people (video chat room) while watching tv. The trailer video was Michigan fans across the country watching the pay game together. They used footage from this year, including the odoms td catch
January 11th, 2012 at 9:29 PM ^
autocorrected by droid. they showed footage from the OSU game
January 11th, 2012 at 11:19 PM ^
was auto-corrected to "pay?"
January 12th, 2012 at 12:15 AM ^
i use slideit. great for swiping normal words quickly... but insists on turning everything i type into words in the dictionary.
January 11th, 2012 at 6:48 PM ^
....when I was at Michigan in the late-90s. I had to settle for a first generation iMac in orange, damnit.
Just a note - this is credited to a professor in atmospheric,oceanic and space sciences, not CES, per the article. It's a cool idea all the same and I would love to find a use for it in our own corporate training programs actually.
January 11th, 2012 at 6:49 PM ^
CES = consumer electronics show, where this was getting press.
January 11th, 2012 at 6:57 PM ^
I drifted toward "Computer And Engineering Services". Oops.
Too many acronyms in the world - it's official. Take it from someone who once told a customer he worked for SWPD at WWSC.
January 11th, 2012 at 7:00 PM ^
I think you meant - TMAITWIO
January 11th, 2012 at 7:03 PM ^
I was a TA for Perry while a master's student at Michigan. He is a truly great teacher and a truly great mentor.
January 11th, 2012 at 7:25 PM ^
Damn it was crowded.