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In reply to the discussion: Professors at research universities prefer teaching with old-fashioned whiteboards [View all]d_r
(6,907 posts)with even blackboard. A bunch of grumpy old farts.
eta I don't love the clickers. Some do. My classes are small enough I'd rather just ask them a question to answer it than vote on it. But it fits some classes and some materials.
I don't know where I'd be without power point and I leave the track ll the time. It's what people used to use over heads for, and before that a chalk board, but I don't have to carry the overheads around with me. There's nothing magic about it though.
What I like is being able to put a lecture on blackboard with the power point and video and audio. Or extend an in-class lecture. Being able to edit down a video clip demonstrating something and embed it. To do a little stats right there, to flip upon a paint program and draw something. To have the students take quzzes on line instead of taking class time, and they get to take a bunch of small quizzes instead of a few big tests and we lose no class time. And not having to worry about make up tests because they can take it wherever they are and have a window of time to take it. And they can do writing in journals after an experiential learning op and have it right there. I'm not a fan of discussion boards for classes, it really always turns out shallow imho. But it is a great way to organize an rethink classes. You can do a lot more than just teach the way you have always been teaching the class and shoe horning some tech around it, you can rethink it. Tech for its on sake is silly and a waste of time, it is a tool like any other.