Thank you to those who joined us at Tech It Out Day 2021! The website has been updated with session recordings and presenter resources. We hope you enjoyed “kicking the tires” on the latest and greatest educational technology. It’s always a pleasure to connect with colleagues who are driving innovative teaching! Tech It Out Day.
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Tech It Out Day 2020 Highlights
Mahalo to everyone who helped to make this year’s Tech It Out Day a success in this new format, too, synchronously online! It was so good to see everyone’s smiling faces and connect with you even at a distance. Tech It Out Day is always a fun way to kick off the new semester!
We had over 50 participants this year join us via Zoom and eight sessions of cool tools to support teaching and learning, and promoting interaction and engagement.
- iSee – How to Setup Your iOS Device as an Extra Camera in Zoom
- 5 Finishing Touches for Laulima Lessons to Enhance the Course Experience
- Create Interactive Tutorials with Iorad
- Interactive Online Learning Activities with H5P
- Screencasting with Loom
- Communicate with Impact: Create Engaging Animated Videos with Adobe Spark
- Using the New Google Sites
- Jammin’ with Jamboard
Mahalo also to our faculty who presented and shared their mana’o with us this year: Anika Gearheart, Junie Hayashi, Kelly Kennedy, Michael Cawdery, and Erin Thompson.
Participants Said…
“All of the sessions were incredibly helpful for my new online classes! I particularly liked Iorad to help “technology challenged” students access all of the tools in the course.”
“I will be using Loom to record my course and syllabus intro and hope to use it for more difficult assignments. Love Jamboard and will use it in my synchronous meetings with students.”
“I’m excited to use H5P in my Laulima Lessons.”
“Tech-it-out days are always engaging and useful to hear about new technologies and platforms. Great job on the first Zoom version of the workshops! It was well organized and easy to follow!”
Recordings
Did you miss Tech It Out Day or want to re-visit a session? You can access the session info, presenter info, resources, and recordings on our website. Also, don’t forget to request your Participant Badge and claim it by the end of this month if you haven’t already done so.
See you at next year’s Tech It Out Day! You might even have something awesome to share as a presenter!
Looking for More?
Loom
By popular demand, we’ll be doing a full workshop on Loom, a free video screencasting tool. So many uses for teaching, learning, or work tasks, for screencasting how-to video tutorials, video presentations, mini lecture presentations, video feedback on students’ work, and more! Save the date: Friday, September 18, 2020 at 1:00-2:30pm. Watch for email from the Educational Media Center to register and for more workshops coming this semester.
CanDO PD
Our CanDO PD (Classroom and Distance Online Professional Development) series is starting next week! Don’t miss out on this valuable opportunity to help you examine your course and explore approaches for online delivery. These will also help you in meeting the Baseline Recommended Actions for Distance-Delivered Instruction and even some of the Distance Education Guidelines. There are five, two-week online “mini courses” to choose from or sign up for all five!
- Teaching Approaches (8/31 – 9/11)
- Learning Outcomes (9/21 – 10/2)
- Assessment (10/12 – 10/23)
- Laulima Lessons (11/2 – 11/13)
- Communicating (11/23 – 12/4)
Register today!
Tech It Out Day 2018
We kicked off the fall 2018 semester on Monday, August 13 with Tech It Out Day, a free half-day event to explore how technology can enhance teaching and learning in the classroom and online. There were four tracks of four, 30-minute hands-on sessions with about 60 faculty and staff participating. It was also a time to reconnect with each other after the summer break and enjoy some tasty snacks and manapua!
Sessions were facilitated by the EMC Educational Technologists and Leeward CC instructors. Topics included:
- using Google Team Drive for collaboration
- engaging students with reading resources
- augmenting reality
- promoting student engagement with Pear Deck
- creating interactive content for knowledge checks using H5P
- using Zoom for synchronous web conferencing to interact with students online
- blogging
- using Google Sites for weekly modules and committee websites
- giving video feedback to students through screencasting
- and more!
Visit the Tech It Out Day website for more information, resources, and photos.
Participants commented:
I participate in tech it out day to see how others are using technology in their classrooms trying to visit those presentations that I think might possibly be useful in my teaching.
I liked the fact that the sessions covered online feedback; in class activity interaction; creating videos for students and creating websites.
I really enjoyed the sessions. The length of the sessions were perfect to get just enough to decide whether you need more assistance. Most of the sessions had a hands-on component that was really helpful. Thank you!
Thank you for having Tech it Out day! It’s really amazing to find out what’s out there to make life easier for people.
Mahalo to our facilitators, participants, and the Leeward Staff Development Funds. We hope you join us at next year’s Tech It Out Day… maybe even as a facilitator! The call for proposals will be emailed in March 2019.
Highlights from Tech It Out Day 2017
We had another great Tech It Out Day on August 14, 2017. Thank you for sharing part of your day with us in exploring how technology can enhance teaching and learning in the classroom and online. Sessions were a short 30 minutes to keep things light and fun, and spark interest and curiosity. Participants were able to “test drive” different tools and apps and see how fellow colleagues are using technology in their classes. We had sessions for formative assessment apps to make learning interactive, tools and ideas for communication and building community in your classroom, and even 3D printing.
Special thanks to the EMC and Library staff for facilitating sessions and helping at the event and the Leeward Staff Development Funds who provided funding for food.
View all photos here.
Participants commented:
This was the most accessible and most useful Tech It Out Day ever.
I always enjoy Tech It Out [Day] and learning from colleagues’ ideas and experience.
I like the small group learning environment and all the presenters were enthusiastic and encouraging. Another fun morning, thank you.
If you would like to follow-up your learning for more, please check the website for additional resources and the presenter’s contact information. See you next year!
Mahalo for spending your Convocation Week with us
It was so nice to see everyone back from summer break during Convocation Week!
The EMCers hit the ground running before the semester started by offering several opportunities and professional development events during Convocation Week. Many digital badges were awarded to participants who participated and accomplished the events’/workshops’ objectives (perfect for including as evidence in contract renewal / tenure / promotion dossiers). Here’s a quick re-cap of what happened.
Tech It Out Day
We enjoyed another great Tech It Out Day at Leeward CC on Tuesday, August 16, 2016. Tech It Out Day is an event to explore how technology can enhance teaching and learning in the classroom and online where participants can “test drive” a variety of technology tools, network with peers, and celebrate the start of a new semester.
This year, we were fortunate to have some faculty facilitate sessions by sharing how they use technology in their classes and leading folks through getting started with using the technology tools that they shared. A participant said, “Thank you for the short but very useful sessions! I learned a lot without feeling like the workshops went on for too long! Also, these workshops are so helpful, I can definitely use them in classes.” Another participant commented, “Thank you for engaging sessions. They got right to the point and provided immediately useful information and other resources.” Facilitators and participants earned Tech It Out Day 2016 badges for their involvement and participation.
Now that you got to see and try a few new things, if you would like further help using what you learned or tried, feel free to contact us. We’d love to help you take it to the next step.
For more photos, check out our Tech It Out Day 2016 album.
Laulima Challenge
Following Tech It Out Day on Tuesday, we had a full house at the Laulima Challenge workshop, facilitated by Greg Walker, Brent Hirata, and me. Everyone was super engaged and learned how to set up the basic tools in Laulima by working together in pairs to do several tasks in Laulima to complete the Laulima Challenge activity. At completion, they earned the “Laulima Challenge Finisher” badge.
Smart Classroom Challenge
On Wednesday, August 17, 2016, Brent Hirata facilitated two Smart Classroom Challenge workshops where instructors had the opportunity to learn about, troubleshoot, and try out the Smart Classroom technologies. Reef Amano, Electronics Technician at the EMC, was also there to lend a hand answering technical questions about the hardware. Participants appreciated the opportunity to access a typical Smart Classroom as well as the newer Smart Classroom in the Education Building. By completing the Smart Classroom challenge activity, participants earned the “Smart Classroom Challenge Finisher” badge.
Syllabus Makeover Challenge
On Thursday, August 18, 2016, I facilitated the Syllabus Makeover Challenge workshop. We had guest instructor, Michele Mahi, start things off by sharing her visual syllabus. Then, we discussed various syllabus activities and how we can create more value of it for the students through creativity and design, created a basic doc with the textual contents for a syllabus, and then transformed it into a dynamic, purposeful, and visual syllabus. A free Google Slides template was shared and participants learned different ways to share their syllabus with their students. A collection of instructors’ syllabi can be found here. Participants were excited to bring new life into their syllabus and many finished creating their visual syllabi after the workshop. Once they implement and share how things went, they can earn the “Visual Syllabus Creator” badge.
Self-Introduction Video
Convocation week was also an opportunity for folks to record a self-introduction video. A self-introduction video is great to help students get to know you, about the course or service you provide, and establish a connection with you. Visit our growing collection of self-introduction videos by Leeward CC faculty and staff.
See You Around!
We enjoyed our time with you and hope to see you around, work with you, and see you in our upcoming workshops/events this semester. If you haven’t attended our Convocation Week events this semester, we hope that you do next semester!
Upcoming Events
Don’t miss out! Register now for:
- Gmail Challenge on Tuesday, August 31, 2016 at 1:30-3:00 PM
- Google Docs Challenge on Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at 1:30-3:00 PM
5 things to help you get ready for Fall 2016
Summer just flew by! Are you ready for fall semester? Here are a five things the EMC can help you with to get ready.
1. Tech It Out Day 2016 starts tomorrow!
Come say hello to all your colleagues and participate in four, quick 30-minute instructional technology sessions. You’ll walk away with valuable tips and tools you can integrate in your classes. We’ll also have a fun bonus session at the end – Pokemon Go @ Leeward. This event is free, including beverages and snacks, and open to the Leeward CC Ohana. Quick, register now!
2. Are your Laulima course sites set up?
Laulima is the University of Hawaii’s online collaborative learning environment. You can use Laulima to organize class materials, streamline communication with your students (including feedback on assignments and grades), reduce paper use, and increase student engagement for your online and face-to-face classes.
What’s new in Laulima? Find out here.
Quick Tip: Add the “Statistics” tool in your Laulima site before the semester starts to track student activity in your Laulima course site such as students logging in, accessing certain tools, and more.
Register for the Laulima Challenge which starts after Tech It Out Day on Tuesday, August 16 at 1:00-2:30 PM, where you’ll work with a partner to learn how to use Laulima’s basic tools so you can set-up your courses for the upcoming semester.
3. Get to know your Smart Classroom
Over 60% of Leeward Community College instructional spaces are designated “Smart Classrooms.” These rooms contain the necessary audio, visual, computer and network infrastructure to support 21st century teaching and learning.
Register for the Smart Classroom Challenge on Wednesday, August 17 at 3:00-4:00 PM, to learn how to operate Smart Classroom technologies to support classroom instruction by working with a partner to create an engaging learning activity for students that uses Smart Classroom technologies.
Will you be teaching in the Education Building? Register for the Smart Classroom Challenge (Ed Building) on Wednesday, August 17 at 4:00-5:00 PM.
4. Give your syllabus a makeover
Creating a course syllabus and making it available to students is an essential responsibility as an instructor. Creating an interactive syllabus activity paired with a visual syllabus can help your students learn about the course requirements in a more meaningful way and get them excited about what they will be learning.
Quick Tip: Here are some required and recommended Leeward CC syllabus blurbs you can copy/paste into your syllabus.
Register for the Syllabus Makeover Challenge on Thursday, August 18 at 8:30-10:00 AM, to get started on creating a syllabus activity and giving your syllabus a “makeover” into a visual syllabus.
5. Make a self-introduction video
Self-introduction videos can help you attract students to take your course, establish social presence, and build community in your course. Visit our website to make an appointment to have your self-introduction video recorded by our EMC Video Production crew.
Questions?
The friendly folks at the EMC are available to help you enhance your teaching and students’ learning. Contact an Educational Technologist today.