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Why is it taking so long for higher education faculty to adapt to the myriad opportunities made available by information technology and Web 2.0 interfaces and functionalities? Instead of trying to find fault, let's look for causes.......

iPads in the classroom: Creating faculty and students tech-savvy risk takers

"NYU School of Medicine Virtual Microscope " * Parasitology * Histology Supplementary Slide Collection * Histology Slide Collection * Pathology Most Viewed: Slide Views Artery, vein, ... 5,075 Dentine formation 2,581 Thick skin, ... 2,218 Spleen, small ... 2,070 Pig head 1,994 Kidney, cardiac ... 1,765 Endochondral bone ... 1,540 Tag Cloud 771 slides available. 137,853 views. 227 chat messages. 127 Faculty Markers. 780 Student Markers. NYUSM Students and Faculty: When you log in via an ALEX course you can: * SlideChat: real time chat across lab rooms or dorm rooms with synced microscope viewing * Add/Edit slide markers * Tag slides with any terms you want * Take practice quizzes * Within ALEX this application is available in Foundation for Medicine or by joining the Virtual Microscope course from the Course Browser within your My Workspace Get started by checking out some sample slides from the collection:

""This is one of the challenges that faculty who engage students in critical reflection find all the time. We don't know where students will go with their reflection, and … we have to let go of thinking of ourselves as the expert in a certain topic, because critical reflection opens questions that we are not necessarily going to be the expert on.""

Dr. Lauire Curtis, KSU faculty... daughter-in-law is a 5th grade teacher. She loves science. This is her blog for her new class pet... a praying mantis, and now it is going to have babies. I think it is pretty clever and a way to integrate reading, writing, science....we have to think about this! I might send it to my students. The video is a bit gruesome...but probably very engaging for 5th graders! I still think it is a pretty neat idea to integrate technology. http://boltsblog.weebly.com/

Partnership between college faculty, elementary teachers, and students.  Based on National Science Foundation 

Seton Hill gave students iPads and MacBook Pros, how its faculty members are adjusting to the university's new approach

"By Kurt Schick My university recently convened an emergency "summit" for librarians, tutors, and concerned faculty members to solve a citation crisis. Our library help desks reportedly cannot complete their core mission of assisting students with information literacy (finding, choosing, and using sources) because students keep pestering them with questions about how to format obscure citations: "I'm analyzing poetry for my 'Punk Literature' seminar. Using MLA style, how do I cite a limerick scribbled in the third-floor toilet?""

"Three universities are getting pumped to hand out free iPads to students and faculty with hopes that Apple's tablet will revolutionize education."

"Gmail, Calendar, Docs and more. Google Apps Education Edition offers a free (and ad-free) set of customizable tools that enable faculty, staff and students to work together and learn more effectively."

"The Computational Science Education Reference Desk (CSERD) is a Pathways portal of the National Science Digital Library and funded by the National Science Foundation. CSERD aims to help students learn about computational science and to help faculty and teachers incorporate it into the classroom. "

I know that the summer months are a great time for reflection, but I also know that many of us are thinking ahead to the start of our school year.  I wanted to share an activity called, The Marshmallow Challenge, that has been popularized by Tom Wujek's Ted talk called, "Build a Tower, Build a Team."  After watching his presentation last summer, we performed this activity at a faculty meeting early in the year and I though it was a great way to have some fun and launch some great discussions.  We have worked very hard over the past few years to build a collaborative culture and I knew that this challenge would lead to a great discussion about the power of teaming.

Grading Practices: Liabilities of the Points System