This upcoming Tuesday, April 9, 2013, Scharber will keynote the spring Rochester Area Math Science Partnership professional development event at Century High School in Rochester, MN. Geared toward math and science educators, Scharber will speak about meaningful technology integration and the considerations of using iPads and laptops within these content areas. Scharber will also lead [...]
Held March 28 at the beautiful McNamara Alumni Center on the University of Minnesota campus, the North of Sixty expedition kickoff event was a fun time and a great sendoff for the team! Attendees from across campus and the local community came to learn more about the forthcoming expedition to Baffin Island in Canada, as [...]
Students and staff in the Learning Technologies program attended and presented at the annual SITE (Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education) conference in New Orleans (March 25-29). Congratulations to Jim, Daryl, Engin, Justin, Josh, & Nesrin! Tooling Audio Accommodations in Spanish 1 for Students with Specific Learning Disabilities (Daryl Boeckers) Designing multimedia artifacts to [...]
Please join Cassie for an #Engchat on Monday, April 1 from 7-8pm EST/ 6-7pm CST focused on iPads. To date, there is an iPad initiative or pilot program occurring in every state within the U.S. Similar to technological advances before them, iPads are being touted as the latest and greatest tool to be used in [...]
During the CEHD Research Day event held yesterday, LT Media Lab faculty, staff, and grad students were kept busy answering questions from attendees about the many exciting and innovative projects at the lab. This annual event, sponsored by the College of Education and Human Development, showcases research from across the college. LTML highlighted several current [...]
Please join us March 28 from 2:00-4:00pm at McNamara Alumni Center for a special kickoff event for the North of Sixty arctic expedition! Everyone is invited to come and hear the special guest speakers, try on and test out gear and tech, meet the team, and learn more about the expedition route and goals. We’ll [...]
Dr. Aaron Doering, LTML co-director, recently keynoted the International Technology, Education and Development Conference in Valencia, Spain. His keynote focused on designing and developing transformative learning experiences. Doering was then interviewed about his vision for education, and that interview will be posted online soon. The two-day conference drew 700+ attendees from 70 different countries and [...]
Six North of Sixty° explorers, led by Aaron Doering, LTML co-director, are gearing up to undertake an expedition in April 2013, pulking from Qikiqtarjuaq to Pangnirtung in Nunavut, Canada. The team will also visit schools and interview teachers, students, elders, and others in both communities, while providing regular online updates about their journey and educating [...]
A huge thanks to Roger Landsberg who flew over from Australia to give a presentation at the LT Media Lab this past Friday. We couldn’t have asked for a more engaged audience and we want to thank everyone for coming out!
The Avenue world languages e-assessment platform (see http://ave.umn.edu/info) inched closer this week to a planned summer launch on the iPad. Congrats to Judah on the first stable build that we tested on the iPad around the office! The Avenue project is led by Dr. Charles Miller (LTML Co-Director) and Luke Lecheler (LTML Lead Developer), with [...]
