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2016 Pilots: Try New Technologies In Your Spring Course!
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Are you interested in helping the FAS Academic Technology Group test out new tools for teaching and learning? Contact us to learn more about our expanded Spring pilots of VoiceThread, AnnotationsX, and Flashcards, each of which can be seamlessly...
ArcGIS
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ArcGIS is the geography platform for your organization, enabling you to create, organize, and share geographic information and tools with anyone by using intelligent online maps and useful apps. These apps run virtually anywhere—on desktops, the web...
Teaching a Gen Ed Course in a Semi-Flipped Format with Canvas
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For his Gen Ed course Science of the Physical Universe 29 The Climate Energy Challenge, Prof. Dan Schrag is trying a “semi flipped” format this fall. For the first half of the semester, prior to attending class each week, students are expected to watch...
WorldMap
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The WorldMap platform is being developed by the Center for Geographic Analysis (CGA) at Harvard to lower barriers for scholars who wish to explore, visualize, edit, collaborate with, and publish geospatial information. WorldMap is Open Source software...
TurningPoint Clickers
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Academic Technology for FAS has a limited set of Turning Technologies clickers available to FAS courses through Cabot Library in the Science Center. Instructors interested in using this service should register their courses with Academic Technology. We...
Using Clickers with Canvas
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By Daniel Jamous, Senior Instructional Technologist for FAS ATG One of the benefits resulting from the adoption of the Canvas Learning Management System has been the integration with third-party tools. An example of this is the Turning Technologies...
eBooks / iBooks
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Overview Apple’s iBooks Author has provided a platform for easily creating interactive electronic textbooks. Harvard Professor E.O. Wilson has created a phenomenal example with his biology textbook, Life on Earth. Academic Technology has been working with...
Academic Technology teams up with History Department, Bok Center, and Harvard Library to offer first Digital Teaching Seminar
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On August 29 and 30, HUIT Academic Technology offered its inaugural Digital Teaching Seminar, a two-day interactive event dedicated to providing a hands-on introduction to technologies and technological approaches that are becoming more commonly used in...
HUIT Supports Cutting-Edge Bioinformatics Research Tools in a Freshman Seminar
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By Daniel Jamous, Senior Instructional Technologist, Academic Technology for FAS In Fall 2016, two HUIT groups – Academic Technology for FAS and the division of IT Support Services responsible for managing Harvard’s computer classrooms – collaborated to...