Teaching with Technology
Brown Bag Workshops
Fondren Library’s Digital Media Center and Educational Technologies (part of the division of Information Technology) will sponsor a series of workshops that focus on the use of technology in teaching and collaborative learning. These informal, practical workshops, open to all faculty, instructors, staff, and graduate students, will introduce how and why to use educational technologies.
Free box lunches will be provided for the first 15 people who register by emailing lspiro@rice.edu.
Upcoming Presentations
April 9, 2008 - Information Overload- Lisa Spiro
Recently business research firm Basex named information overload the “problem of the year” and estimated that it costs $650 billion annually. According to a 2005 UK study, information overload can lower IQ by as much as 10 points. Feeling overwhelmed by the deluge of information? Lisa Spiro, director of the Digital Media Center, will provide practical tips for dealing with information overload as part of the Teaching with Technology brown bag series, which is sponsored by Fondren Library’s Digital Media Center and Information Technology’s Educational Technologies group. She will discuss methods such as the “Getting Things Done” approach as well as computer-based tools for finding information, managing projects and to-do lists, organizing research, and more.Free box lunches will be provided for the first 15 people who register at http://library.rice.edu/news-events-folder/infooverloadbb/view
April 30, 2008 - Teaching with Technology Showcase - guest presenters from Rice Faculty
Rice faculty share their experiences in using technology in for instructional purposes. Come hear how Rice instructors are using clickers, games, social networks, blogs, and more in their classrooms.. Free box lunches will be provided for the first 15 people who register by emailing lspiro@rice.edu.
To see previous workshop topics, take a look at the past brown bags page.
All sessions take place from noon until 1:00 p.m. in Herring Hall 129 unless otherwise noted.
See Also: OWL-Space Instructor Training Brown Bag Workshops scheduled on a weekly basis at the beginning of each semester.
