Lillian N CasselVillanova University

What resources

• Learning opportunities to get ready to teach a new subject

• Presentations prepared by others, for adaptation and reuse

• Discrete objects to insert into presentations you are preparing

• Tools for you and your students to use• Community connections

Learning opportunities

• Workshops• Local, regional, national conferences• Tutorial sites online• Referrals to appropriate textbooks, articles,

videos, etc.

Presentations prepared by others, for adaptation and reuse

• Many people are teaching the same material; some people are willing to share what they do.

• Approaches and styles vary, but the underlying content may be what you need• Looking at syllabi prepared by other people may generate

ideas for your approach• http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/course/15-211/

• A set of slides produced for use in a different school or college may be useable with little modification.

• Some advanced presentations are interactive, or have supplementary information• http://adapt2.sis.pitt.edu/kt/content/Show?id=4088

Discrete objects to insert into presentations you are preparing

• Even if you are a dedicated do-it-yourselfer, you may appreciate images, video, exact quotes, etc. to illustrate your points.

Univac I Keypunch

Steve Jobs & Steve Wozniak

Tools for you and your students to use

• Walden’s paths• Visual Knowledge Builder• IDEs• On line grading tools• TECH Tools

Community Connections

• Perhaps most important of all• Being in touch with people you know, and

people you don’t know, who share your interests and goals

• Active discussions, pointers to discoveries, a place to ask a question…

A Portal for RET

• Located within Ensemble – Brings connections to other computing educators– Allows a private space for your own use– http://www.computingportal.org/site/node/512

• The structure is there, connections are there, some content is there but most will come as you decide what you want.

Choices

• Do you want a private space not visible outside your community?

• Do you want some private spaces and some open?

• Do you want others to see some of what you post, but not be allowed to post?

• During these meeting days, give some thought to what would best serve your needs.

• Be aware of what is there