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Another project :)

Posted on December 8, 2014 by | Leave a comment

For my Approaches to Latin American history last class we had to rethink a timeline we did at the beginning of the semester. Everyone plunged into creative memes and drawings. I had little time, but I did not want to be less creative. I made Weirdos and Losers (or a short history of Latin America) in Piktochart. I did it from scratch so it took longer than I thought. I am fairly satisfied with the result (I think it could have been a little better).

The “infographics” is here

What I couldn’t do is to print it in several pages to make a huge poster. Suggestions?

Thanks!

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Technology and Teaching Ancient Greek

Posted on October 21, 2014 by | Leave a comment

One of the ways that I’ve integrated technology into my biblical Greek classes is the use of online versions of ancient Greek manuscripts. There are a few places online, most notably the Codex Sinaiticus website, that display high quality images of biblical manuscripts. The online editions are often of better quality than print facsimiles and much easier to show to a larger class. After teaching the students some basic paleographical skills, we will start to read the ancient texts together in class. This not only is an opportunity to bridge the gap between today’s world and the ancient world, but I think it goes a long way in helping to foster new interests in studying an ancient book and its transmission through history.

I often tend to use traditional teaching techniques in my classes but am definitely more interested in learning new methods of engaging students and I think I have a lot to learn from TPC+R in this respect. Also as someone considering a career as an academic librarian, I hope to gain skills that will help me help others with their research and teaching.

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Posted in Active Learning, Brandon Wason, Technology