The 4th Annual Teaching & Learning with Technology Showcase

CIT's Teaching & Learning Team is excited to announce our Fourth Annual Teaching & Learning with Technology Showcase! This showcase features a variety of technologies available at Calvin, as well as a number of innovative faculty members who are doing some great things with these technologies. We invite you to stop by to:

  • See available technologies and talk with the faculty who are using them
  • Meet CIT's Teaching and Learning Team
  • Learn about CIT's Teaching and Learning services
  • Browse the T&L projects showcase
  • Enjoy some dessert and refreshments
  • Ask questions, win door prizes and much more...

Looking for a preview or unable to make it to the Showcase? View our Virtual Showcase

Faculty: Keep an eye out for an invitation in your mailbox. Complete the puzzle on the back and bring it with you to the showcase to win some fabulous prizes, including a Epson 4-in-1 printer! The first 50 people to turn in their completed puzzle will get a (BPA-free) T&L waterbottle!

Showcase presenters:

Rob Bobeldyk, Teaching & Learning, Education
Brian Bolt, HPERDS
Dan Christian, Teaching & Learning
Dawn Crook, Provost's Office
Herm DeVries, Germanic/Asian Languages
Leonard DeRooy, Engineering
Brian Fuller, CAS
David Koetje, Biology
Travis LaFleur, Teaching & Learning
Bob Myers, Calvin Information Technology
Deb Reinstra, English
Howard Slenk, Music, Emeriti
Krista Spahr, Teaching & Learning
Marjorie Terpstra, Education
Jennie Zielstra, Calvin Student
Arlyn Boersma, Edutek Midwest

Featured technologies:

Adobe Captivate, Desktop video recording
Adobe Fireworks, Graphics and image editor
Adobe Photoshop, Advanced graphics and image editor
Clickers, Classroom Performance System (CPS) by eInstruction
GarageBand, Apple audio recording software
Google Apps (available on campus Fall 2009)
iMovie, Apple digital video editing software
Insight, Computer monitoring and control tool by Faronics
Interwrite Pads, wireless pad technology
KnightVision 9.0 by Blackboard
Safe Assign, Plagiarism deterrent software for Blackboard
Wimba, a Web-based collaboration tool
Wikis and blogs by Learning Objects, Inc.
And more...

Teaching & Learning with Technology Recognition

We will also be recognizing the following instructors who have effectively integrated the Classroom Performance System (CPS), or clickers, into one or more of their courses during the 2008-2009 academic year:

  • Eric Arnoys, Chemistry
  • Adejoke Ayoola, Nursing
  • Rob Bobeldyk, Education
  • Brian Bolt, HPERDS
  • David DeHeer, Biology
  • Roger DeKock, Chemistry
  • Jane Genzink, Education
  • Loren Haarsma, Physics & Astronomy
  • David Koetje, Biology
  • Paul Moes, Psychology
  • Mark Muyskens, Chemistry
  • Steve Steenwyk, Physics & Astronomy
  • Jennifer VanAntwerp, Engineering
  • Doug VanderGriend, Chemisty/Engineering
  • Amy Wiltersmann, Biology

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For more information about Teaching & Learning's services, go to:
www.calvin.edu/it/academic

The Showcase will be held Wednesday April 1st, 2009 from 11:30am to 1:30pm in the Commons Annex Alumni Board Room
Brought to you by CIT's Teaching & Learning Team