Illustrative Technologies

FIT pilots can help you expand your understanding of familiar, but not effectively utilized technology, as well explore new technologies for the benefit of teaching or research.

Objective(s) for Learning Technology Ideas to Explore

Launch your own campus YouTube

Kaltura- video management and publishing with central repository for easy access.

Students request and schedule a meeting with their professor rather than waiting outside the door. Especially effective during mid-term and finals

Google Apps- cloud based access to calendar and documents from any device. 

Help researchers easily gather, manage, store and share all types of information, as well as generate citations and bibliographies.
Save your ideas, things you like, things you hear, and things you see.

Refworks- Online research management, writing and collaboration tool.

Zotero-is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources. It lives right where you do your work-in the web browser itself.

EverNote- free and works with every phone computer, mobile device

Real Time Journalism , Marketing, Live blogging, real time collaboration

Social Media- Twitter, Facebook, Blogs, Wikis, Twitter hash tags, Twapper, Cover it Live

Rank user-submitted questions, suggestions and ideas. Track responses, conduct quick surveys, create games, understand "Crowdsourcing".

eLearn assessments /Scantron bubble sheet scoring / PollAnywhere/ Clickers- Turning Point/Surveys/content sharing/games

Track student achievements, learning goals, outcomes

e-Portfolio, eLearn assessments

Web Conferencing for guest lecturer, training, student presentations

Adobe Connect , DimDim, Google, WebX, Go To Meeting, Jing

Technology that allows instructors to record what happens in their classrooms and make it available digitally
Bring course content to life; record audio, whiteboard, speaker. Interact with digital content. Save files from whiteboard. Create a podcast.

Lecture Capture- Panopto


Smart Podium- interactive pen displays are perfect presentation tools. Simply connect the SMART Podium to your computer and projector to bring any presentation to life.
Relationship PowerPoint presentations

Mimio Teach - Interactive Whiteboard System

Increase student engagement and awareness by reaching them on any platform

iPads/Smart Phones/Mobile Devices

Group Collaboration

Skype / Live Chat/Google Chat/Fb/FaceTime

Digital Stories, Digital Media Production

Audacity,/Imovie/Movie Maker/ Animate/BrainShark/Captivate/Wikispaces, Delicious, Unity 3D, Inform 7, Rocket

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