Engaging Students with New Technologies in the Classroom
Derek Bruff
Center for Teaching
Vanderbilt University
Visual Presentations
Use Metaphors.
Show Relationships.
Help students understand and remember.
Spatial arrangements convey meaning.
"Lecturing Basics" by Derek Bruff
http://www.slideshare.net/derekbruff/lecturing-basics
Where to find good images?
http://www.flickr.com
http://creativecommons.org
http://www.compfight.com
"Connecting with Participatory Culture" by Derek Bruff 
http://prezi.com/gwh2_e5r6tme
A Slideshow Makeover
http://www.slideshare.net/brainslides/ph-lecture-makeover
Great Visual Thinkers of Our Time
Demetri Martin
Findings - 
http://is.gd/ed4lf
Jessica Hagy
http://thisisindexed.com/
derekbruff.com
@derekbruff
"Innovation," thinkpublic, Flickr
"Thoughts on Using Prezi as a Teaching Tool" by Paul Hill
http://prezi.com/rfsnedhqmhqa/thoughts-on-using-prezi-as-a-teaching-tool/
"Math 115F: BlackBerry Encryption Summer 2010" by Derek Bruff
http://prezi.com/vkn8p8dulyum/math-115f-blackberry-encryption-summer-2010/
Classroom Response Systems
Clickers
Suppose your sister calls and tells you she's having twins. Which of the following is most likely? (Assume she's NOT having identical twins.)
 
A. Twin boys
B. Twin girls
C. One boy and one girl
D. All three are equally likely.
"Drew and Katie," TheNickster, Flickr
ResponseWare
ResponseCard XR
http://turningtechnologies.com
More Info...
http://derekbruff.com/teachingwithcrs
http://cft.vanderbilt.edu/clickers
Backchannel
The Twitter Experiment
Monica Rankin, History, UT-Dallas
Pedagogy
Technology
Twitter
Google Moderator
http://www.google.com/moderator
http://is.gd/eG1GI
"Backchannel in Education - Nine Uses," Derek Bruff
More Info...
More Info...
http://tinyurl.com/vucftppt
http://tinyurl.com/vucftvizthink
"Practical Advice for Teaching with Twitter," Mark Sample
http://derekbruff.com/teachingwithcrs/?p=472
Upcoming Center for Teaching Workshops
"Wireless in the Classroom: Strategies for Leveraging Student Laptops and Smart Phones," Conversation on Teaching, October 12
"Tools for Creating a Backchannel in Your Classroom," Virtual Brownbag, October 13
Info and Registration: 
http://cft.vanderbilt.edu