Technology in the Service of Education

The School of Arts & Science uses information technology to promote learning and discovery, to enhance research, to foster collaboration, and to achieve excellence in teaching and learning.

Qualtrics

Posted September 17th, 2009 by marcotte
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Qualtrics is an online service for creating and administering surveys. The School of Arts and Sciences has a site license for Qualtrics.

Tech Workshops for Teaching and Learning

Posted September 8th, 2009 by jtreat
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The Weigle Information Commons is offering workshops for people who wish to brush up on tech tools like Blackboard, video, and audio.

Identity Finder Protects Sensitive Personal Information

Posted November 24th, 2008 by brisson
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Identity Finder is software that can find personal information, such as Social Security numbers and credit card information, that is stored on a personal computer. Penn has licensed Identity Finder to help users find and protect this kind of data.

New Blog About Technology and Pedagogy

Posted September 25th, 2008 by macderm
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["Engaging Students Through Technology]

Engaging Students Through Technology is a new blog that's available to faculty and others at Penn.  The name of the blog clearly reflects its purpose - we want to help promote ways in which technology can get students more involved in their education.

Audience Response System “Clicks” with Instructors and Students

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Anu Vedantham using Clickers

SAS Computing now offers Audience Response Systems, which we call “Clickers”, for use in classes.

clicker and handsetStudents use small handsets (pictured to the left) to vote on multiple-choice surveys or quizzes that are projected on the screen by the classroom computer or the instructor's laptop. Software on the computer collects the responses and displays a histogram of the results when voting has finished. The instructor can choose to indicate which was the correct answer, or can withhold this information to promote discussion. All of this is easily set up by the instructor using free software from TurningPoint.

Phishing Scam Alert

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NEVER DISCLOSE YOUR EMAIL PASSWORD.

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