Track 2
Innovative Technology Tools for Teaching and Learning
Monday, April 9
Tuesday, April 10
Creating Database-Driven Web Pages with Filemaker and Claris Homepage
Donald Luck, Austin Peay State University
Presentation
Monday, April 9
KUC 313
9:50-10:50 a.m.
The session will demonstrate the construction of a database-riven web site utilizing FileMaker Pro and Claris HomePage on the Macintosh computer. This combination allows users to search and/or add information to a database over the web. It also allows the creation of web pages with user selected information.
Developing Course Materials Using Flash
Lawrence Husch and Sharon Husch, University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Workshop
Monday, April 9
LRC Lab B
9:50-Noon
In this workshop, we will provide an introduction to the use of the program Macromedia Flash to develop interactive course materials that can be delivered over the web. Macromedia Flash is a program that can be used to develop "movies" in a variety of formats including Flash movies, animated GIFs, QuickTime, Windows AVI, etc. Examples of Flash movies that have been used in mathematics courses will be shown to illustrate what can be done. If there is interest, the method for including mathematical notation into a Flash movie will be shown.
Interactive Instructional Animation in JAVA
James Gary, Western Kentucky University
Presentation
Monday, April 9
KUC 314
11:00-Noon
We are constructing instructional animations to illustrate concepts in programming and algorithm design. The animations are written in Java for portability and potential delivery via the Web. We are using the XTango system (Stephen J. Hartley, Drexel University) as the basis for our work. We envision the animations to be useful in a classroom, online review and student experimentation, and in online courses.
Flash Animations: A New Tool for Teaching Music History
Patricia Gray, Rhodes College
Presentation
Monday, April 9
KUC 314
1:15-2:15 p.m.
Macromedia's Flash software allows for the production of intriguing animations that illustrate concepts in music such as the evolution of forms, the transcription of early notation, and the technical analysis of individual works. These subjects are often forbidding for undergraduates but the animations present them in a more lively and engaging context. This is particularly true when the students are a part of the design and creation process.
Introduction to FrontPage 2000
Brenda Kerr, Middle Tennessee State University
Workshop
Monday, April 9
TTC
2:35-4:45 p.m.
The Microsoft FrontPage 2000 web design tool has many time-saving features that can be very helpful to the busy faculty member who is trying to quickly put up a web site and update it throughout the semester. Navigation bars, Page Banners, and contact information can be placed in shared borders that automatically display this information on all pages of the web site. Making a change to a shared border on one page will automatically change the same shared border on all other pages of the web site.
FrontPage web sites are built in Navigation View. Navigation View contains the navigation structure of the web site. Web pages can be renamed or moved around in the navigation structure and all links to these pages will automatically be updated. Navigation bars can be added to web pages that automatically update according to the information placed in the navigation structure.
During the workshop participants will become familiar with the basic web page editing and web site management tools built into FrontPage 2000. Emphasis will be placed on using FrontPage 2000 features that are unique to this program such as setting up a web site navigation structure in Navigation View, setting up navigation bars, adding Shared Borders, adding page banners, and choosing graphical themes. Class activities will also include general web page editing procedures.
Web-Enhanced Teaching: Advantages of Integrating Technology into the Large Lecture Course
Linda Simpson and Lisa Dallas, Eastern Illinois University
Presentation
Monday, April 9
KUC 316
3:45-4:45 p.m.
Web-Enhanced courses are effective in transforming the large lecture course to a small-scale course. The purpose of this presentation is to identify the advantages to both faculty and students in web-enhanced course environments.
The benefits to faculty and students revolve around access and flexibility. In addition, students are better prepared to take web-based courses, and faculty may use it as a stepping stone to eventually offer a web-based course.
From Gertie to Gigabytes: Animation in a Digital Age
Ed Counts, Kathryn DiPietro, and Sharon Husch, University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Presentation
Tuesday, April 10
KUC 318
9:50-10:50 a.m.
The content of this presentation will focus on techniques and software that teachers and students can use to make stimulating, creative, expressive, and educationally valuable animated movies. This session will present many examples - from digital flip books to digital claymation to animated movies made with software such as Flash 5 and QuickTime.
Promoting Transfer of Mathematics Skills through the Use of a Computer-Based Instructional Simulation Game and Advisement
Richard Van Eck, University of Memphis
Presentation
Tuesday, April 10
KUC 316
11:00-Noon
This study examined whether a computer-based instructional mathematics game can promote, transfer and improve attitude toward mathematics and the game by including built-in advisement; situating the transfer opportunities and advisement in a meaningful, authentic context; and allowing for learner control of advisement. A secondary purpose was to examine ways to increase advisement use and effectiveness. Results of the study will be presented in detail along with a demonstration of the game.
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