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August 14, 2023

“White Snow, Yellow Snow” and Crumpled Paper. New Ideas for Class Discussion

I was listening to NPR’s All Things Considered yesterday, and I heard a wonderful story about ways to invite introverted students to share their thinking in class. As an introvert myself, I appreciated these discussion strategies to make space for students who don’t feel comfortable speaking up in class. This piece focused on a 9th-grade classroom, but I think the...

Articles of Interest/How-To/Learning

March 23, 2023

Social Annotation in the Age of AI

I’ve been following how Hypothes.is is responding to the rise of AI tools like ChatGPT. I appreciate that Hypothes.is is leaning into the practice of social annotation as a way to support the academic processes of reading, thinking and writing now that students can also access ChatGPT. In fact, the resources shared below help to illuminate how engaging with ChatGPT...

Articles of Interest/Digital Life/Resources

January 13, 2023

Design Daze

As we prepare for the start of the Spring semester, I’ve been busy preparing for the launch of Design Daze here in the Digital Learning and Media Center (DLMC). Digital Design Daze are 90 minute workshops aimed at helping take a project from concept to prototype using digital tools that we have access to at Colgate. Some workshops will help...

Articles of Interest/Events/Learning

December 2, 2022

Open source: for more than just applications?

In looking around for some new stock footage with which I could teach, I rediscovered a concept I first encountered years ago: open source films. You might be familiar with open source projects, or the concept of open source. Many popular pieces of software are created, distributed, and maintained by using this principle: Firefox, VLC, Blender, and most of the...

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“White Snow, Yellow Snow” and Crumpled Paper. New Ideas for Class Discussion

Social Annotation in the Age of AI

Design Daze

Open source: for more than just applications?