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Chris Dede, Professor at the Harvard School of Education
Teaching with Technology Day, April 28, 2009
« Back to listNortheastern's fifth annual Teaching with Technology mini-conference was held on Tuesday, April 28, from 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. beginning in the Curry Center Ballroom.
Our keynote speaker was Chris Dede, award-winning Timothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies at the Harvard School of Education. Dr. Dede's fundamental interest is expanding human capabilities for knowledge creation, sharing, and mastery through emerging technologies. His research includes projects on multi-user virtual environments (MUVE), using immersive technologies to assess middle school students' science inquiry learning, and handheld devices for ubiquitous learning.
Click here to download the keynote presentation powerpoint.
Teaching with Technology Day was co-sponsored by The EdTech Center, The Center for Innovation and Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CIETL), Information Services, CPS and University Libraries. Over 120 faculty, staff and graduate students joined us to hear how fellow Northeastern faculty are using technology in their courses. Participants learned about a variety of technology related to effective teaching strategies.
| 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. in the Curry Center Ballroom | |
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| 8:00-8:30 | Registration, Coffee, Networking |
| 8:30-9:30 | Development, Showcase and Assessment: ePortfolio Pilots at Northeastern |
| 9:30-10:00 | Break |
| 10:00-11:00 | Keynote Presentation: Chris Dede, Emerging Interactive Media: What to Use, When, and How? |
| 11:00-12:15 | Interdisciplinary Project Creation in the Digital Media Design Studio |
| 12:15-1:00 | Lunch |
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1 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. in 200 and 215 SL Dessert will be served |
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| 1:15-1:45 | “Go Huskies," Northeastern Athletic's iPhone ap. |
| 1:15-1:45 | Effective Media Integration for Faculty and Students |
| 1:15-1:45 | Epsilen online e-learning and collaboration environment |
| 1:15-1:45 | ArtStor Digital Library of Images |
| 2:00-3:00 | Lou Kruger’s documentary film, “Children Left Behind” |
| 2:00-2:30 | Films on Demand: Digital Educational Video |
| 2:30-3:00 | Digitization Project of unique and rare books |
| 2:00-3:00 | Technology for Teaching |
| 3:00-3:30 | Tours, Questions |
