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UP Tech Talk Podcast
Hosted by UPortland Academic Technology Services · EN
UP TechTalk is a bi-monthly podcast with cohosts Ben Kahn and Maria Erb that explores the use of technology in the classroom, one conversation at a time. Produced by of Academic Technology Services & Innovation at the University of Portland. Visit the UP TechTalk archives at sites.up.edu/techtalk to find our past interviews with UP faculty and experts from outside of our community.
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SE07EP03: TechTalk with Eric Anctil
Feb 13, 201900:26:19Tap to summarizeNo description available
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SE07EP02:TechTalk with Gwynn Klobes
Jan 18, 201900:16:06Tap to summarizeNo description available
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SE07EP01:UPTechTalk with Anne Santiago
Oct 22, 201800:25:57Tap to summarizeNo description available
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S06E03: Untethered in the Classroom
May 2, 201800:24:46Tap to summarizeTeaching from “among” students rather than teaching “to” them is one of the core concepts behind Academic Technology Services & Innovation’s “Untethered in the Classroom” project. Faculty are free to roam throughout the classroom while teaching instead of being chained to the podium at the front of the room. Better yet, students can review all of the class interactions anytime they want — everything is recorded. Because they’re not furiously taking notes, students feel less stressed and more focused. That’s the feedback so far, says Dr. Lorretta Krautscheid, interim Associate Dean of UP’s School of Nursing and our guest on this episode of Tech Talk.
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S06E02: Trolls, Tales, Twitter, and Thoughts
Feb 26, 201800:28:38Tap to summarizeSocial Media seems to pervade every aspect of life and often consumes many waking hours for lots of people. Something with such a large footprint deserves a serious look. Peter Pappas, of UP’s School of Education, has put a spotlight on the topic of where social media has taken us. Once enthusiastic about the promise of this communication tool, Pappas is a little more hesitant these days.In this roundtable-style podcast, we bushwhack through a lot of philosophical terrain from Orwellian outcomes and conspiracy theories to Troll farms and seatbelts for Twitter.
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S06E01: Finding the Tech to Talk to the Way Back
Jan 27, 201800:22:47Tap to summarizeTheology professors face a big challenge. How do you make the words spoken a few thousand years ago talk to young people today? One way is to combine the multisensory stimuli of media with the connectivity of the web and add in a large dose of community building. That’s what Dr. Rebecca Gaudino does to bring the lives of her 21rst Century students into dialogue with ancient prophets and scribes.
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S05E05 - Appy Hour is Happy Hour
Nov 10, 201700:18:51Tap to summarizeDr. Rebecca Smith of UP's School of Education decided to make assessments more fun. How? By having her MAT students take quizzes. What, that doesn't sound fun to you? Ah, but these are not your grandmother's quizzes. Using quiz making apps like Socrative and Kahoot takes quiz making to the next level with fun interactive features that promote collaborative learning.
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S05E04: S05E04: 21st Century Skills for Every Learner
Oct 27, 201700:32:19Tap to summarizeThe ISTE standards (International Society for Technology in Education) for students are designed to empower students to become global, innovative, creative learners by leveraging technology in the process of learning, collaborating and problem-solving. In this podcast with Drs. Eric Anctil and Randy Hetherington from UP’s School of Education, we discuss the role the ISTE standards play in addressing 21st-century skills in learning.
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S05E03: Hand Made Videos that Teach Hands On Skills
Oct 5, 201700:24:53Tap to summarizeGetting students up to speed with hands on technical skills can be challenging, especially when students are coming to class with a wide variety of experience levels. For engineering students, fundamentals like using a multimeter are basic skills needed to move on to bigger projects. Dr. Shaz Vijlee, Assistant Professor of Engineering, decided to make a series of videos for students, teaching them the core technical skills in a self-paced format that has enabled students to tackle new ground in a user-friendly format.
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S05E02: Putting Faculty in the Seat of Students with Online Learning
Sep 15, 201700:22:56Tap to summarizeBootcamps are usually designed to get participants up and running quickly with a new skillset provided they're willing to use plenty of elbow grease. Imagine, if you will, a kinder, gentler bootcamp. That's what Dr. Lindsay Benes and Dr. Joanne Olsen had in mind when they teamed up with Instructional Design & Technology Specialist Ben Kahn (who is the co-host of this podcast) last summer to create a professional development opportunity for School of Nursing graduate faculty.
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