Thursday, October 16, 2008
Friday, June 13, 2008
2008 HP Technology for Teaching Grant - ELEVATE
I've added a portion of the press release to show you a little of what I've been up to this Spring. The good news is that the equipment came in this week on Tuesday (6/10/08). Rama and I are like kids in a candy store. I'll be loading pictures up here soon. But here is part of the story!
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Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC) was selected as one of 39 two- and four-year colleges and universities in the United States and Puerto Rico to receive a 2008 HP Technology for Teaching grant, which is designed to transform teaching and improve learning in the classroom through innovative uses of technology. SMWC will receive an award package of HP products and a faculty cash award valued at more than $77,000.
Bellampalli Ramachandran, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry, served as SMWC's principal investigator for the HP Technology for Teaching grant proposal. Jennie Mitchell, Ph.D, professor of business in the Business, Art, & Media/Technology Department, and Dottie King, Ph.D, associate professor of mathematics and chair of the Sciences & Mathematics Department, served as co-investigators for the proposal.
Ramachandran said they were all thrilled when they received news that the College had been chosen as a grant recipient."It was exciting and gratifying to learn [that SMWC had been selected to receive the grant], especially since the competition was open to colleges and universities in the entire North American region," Ramachandran said. "In HP's words, 'This was a very competitive grant process with over 370 applications, so being selected is in itself a sign of success.'"
Each of the HP Technology for Teaching grant recipients will use wireless HP Tablet PCs to enhance learning in engineering, math, science, or computer science.Saint Mary-of-the Woods College plans to use the grant award package to strategically redesign courses to incorporate Tablet PC and Digital Inking technologies in instruction. These technologies, in conjunction with an appropriate Classroom Management System, will facilitate teacher-student and student-student interaction and thus create a highly collaborative and interactive learning environment for students.
Initially, a selected set of courses, including general chemistry, calculus, and business finance, will be redesigned. Several other SMWC faculty members have also expressed interest in exploring these technologies for their courses.
Eventually, more courses, and thus more students, will benefit from the grant."The project title 'Enhanced Learning Experience Via Advanced Tablet-PC Environment (ELEVATE) - Using HP Tablet PCs in Instruction at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College,' and its apt acronym, precisely describe what the project, and the grant, will mean for us," Ramachandran said. "It will 'elevate' students' learning outcomes as well as the educational excellence of the College to even higher levels."
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Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC) was selected as one of 39 two- and four-year colleges and universities in the United States and Puerto Rico to receive a 2008 HP Technology for Teaching grant, which is designed to transform teaching and improve learning in the classroom through innovative uses of technology. SMWC will receive an award package of HP products and a faculty cash award valued at more than $77,000.
Bellampalli Ramachandran, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry, served as SMWC's principal investigator for the HP Technology for Teaching grant proposal. Jennie Mitchell, Ph.D, professor of business in the Business, Art, & Media/Technology Department, and Dottie King, Ph.D, associate professor of mathematics and chair of the Sciences & Mathematics Department, served as co-investigators for the proposal.
Ramachandran said they were all thrilled when they received news that the College had been chosen as a grant recipient."It was exciting and gratifying to learn [that SMWC had been selected to receive the grant], especially since the competition was open to colleges and universities in the entire North American region," Ramachandran said. "In HP's words, 'This was a very competitive grant process with over 370 applications, so being selected is in itself a sign of success.'"
Each of the HP Technology for Teaching grant recipients will use wireless HP Tablet PCs to enhance learning in engineering, math, science, or computer science.Saint Mary-of-the Woods College plans to use the grant award package to strategically redesign courses to incorporate Tablet PC and Digital Inking technologies in instruction. These technologies, in conjunction with an appropriate Classroom Management System, will facilitate teacher-student and student-student interaction and thus create a highly collaborative and interactive learning environment for students.
Initially, a selected set of courses, including general chemistry, calculus, and business finance, will be redesigned. Several other SMWC faculty members have also expressed interest in exploring these technologies for their courses.
Eventually, more courses, and thus more students, will benefit from the grant."The project title 'Enhanced Learning Experience Via Advanced Tablet-PC Environment (ELEVATE) - Using HP Tablet PCs in Instruction at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College,' and its apt acronym, precisely describe what the project, and the grant, will mean for us," Ramachandran said. "It will 'elevate' students' learning outcomes as well as the educational excellence of the College to even higher levels."
Friday, February 01, 2008
Focus on the Nation
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College had a Focus on the Nation, January 31, 2008. I was able to present, Sustainability & The Triple Bottom Line, as part of the program. The entire day was a wonderful experience. I'm going 
to try to upload my PowerPoint. I've been asked by several students to send my powerpoint since I didn't visit many of the links since I was afraid I would take time away from the other speaker during my session.
to try to upload my PowerPoint. I've been asked by several students to send my powerpoint since I didn't visit many of the links since I was afraid I would take time away from the other speaker during my session. For more information, visit http://www.smwc.edu/
This next week, I'm working on QuickBook problems for Prentice-Hall. I should have had them done by Jan 31, yeah - that didn't happen. But this week looks a little better. Not Monday - but Tuesday looks better. Monday, Rama and I are working on the HP Grant. In fact, I set up Office Live for us and the other grant buddies to use. Have you tried that yet? Go to http://workspace.office.live.com/ and beg for a beta workspace. This rocks. You can save files directly to your workspace, and it is safely tucked behind a username and password. Then you invite others to play! Some of the greatest features include ready-made templates so you get a feel for how to use it. It's free now, so I'm going for it for all my shared meeting files.
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