While we are on this discussion of teaching technology, I would like to ask a question. Do other people have difficulty writing on overhead projector slides? Looking into that bright light while writing makes me feel like I'm going blind. When I look up I can't see for a few minutes. Should I wear sunglasses?
Melady Preece A powerpoint devotee... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences digest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "tips digest recipients" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 9:00 PM Subject: tips digest: October 13, 2003 > TIPS Digest for Monday, October 13, 2003. > > 1. Re: I Hate Dry Erase Markers > 2. RE: RE: I kind of like Dry Erase Markers > 3. The old PowerPoint/chalkboard dichotomy > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: I Hate Dry Erase Markers > From: Doug Wallen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 09:57:44 -0500 > X-Message-Number: 1 > > But remember to always call it please, RESEARCH! > -- > Doug Wallen, Psychology Dept. (507) 389-5818 > Minnesota State University, Mankato [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 23 Armstrong Hall > Mankato, MN 56001 > > > From: Paul Brandon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 19:06:58 -0500 > > To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: I Hate Dry Erase Markers > > > >> Stuart Vyse wrote > >> "Call me old fashioned........... But when it comes to drawing the > >> normal curve, I love the feel of chalk on a hard blackboard. > >> .............. I sometimes think I went to school for the privilege > >> of walking around with chalk dust on my pants. Chalk is symbolic of > >> our profession." > >> > >> I'm with you, Stuart. Who remembers that old Tom Lehrer ditty about > >> the the great mathematician, Lobechevsky (sp?). According to the > >> lyrics, he was ".... the greatest to ever get chalk on his coat!" > >> Ed > > > > "Plagiarize! > > Do not let a word evade your eyes! > > Plagiarize, > > Plagiarize, > > Plagiarize!" > > -- > > * PAUL K. BRANDON [EMAIL PROTECTED] * > > * Psychology Department 507-389-6217 * > > * 23 Armstrong Hall Minnesota State University, Mankato * > > * http://www.mankato.msus.edu/dept/psych/welcome.html * > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: RE: RE: I kind of like Dry Erase Markers > From: Vivian Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 09:24:21 -0700 > X-Message-Number: 2 > > Another option is to use an overhead projector with colored pens -- that=20 > way you can be interactive and connected to your students, without the=20 > smell of the dry-erase or the mess of chalk. :-) > > Vivian > At 12:08 PM 10/12/2003 -0500, you wrote: > >Since I teach anatomy-based courses, I like using dry-erase markers (the=20 > >low-odor kind) because I can easily use several different colors. I do NOT= > =20 > >like power point because I believe it distances me from my students. They= > =20 > >are going to draw every diagram they see, so it helps them to draw right=20 > >along with me. I like the fact that markers show up well and make using=20 > >color that much easier. Yes, I miss chalk--to a certain extent--but I used= > =20 > >to end every day covered in it and that doesn't happen with markers. And=20 > >like leaf smoke (the bane of many of us in the Midwest) some people are=20 > >quite sensitive to chalk dust. > >Carol > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Kenneth M. Steele [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Sun 10/12/2003 11:39 AM > >To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences > >Cc: > >Subject: Re: RE: I Hate Dry Erase Markers > > > >I agree with Mike. Powerpoint is fine for a formal convention > >presentation but a chalkboard provides a more flexible and > >interactive medium. Typically I use a combination of the > >chalkboard and screen projection of complex/standard materials > >from a class web page. > > > >Ken > > > >On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 14:53:49 -0500 Mike Scoles > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Re: I Hate Dry Erase MarkersChalk is more interactive than Powerpoint. = > You > > > can ask students to generate ideas and record them on the board. You= > also > > > get a sense that you are writing with the students, rather than waiting > > > through that awkward pause when students are copying a slide. (No, > > > animation doesn't solve the problem, and I don't like the passive nature= > of > > > handing out notes or putting them on a web site.) > > > > > > Dry erase markers? They're just gross. Chalkdust is better than an= > oily > > > stain. > > > > > > ************************************************* > > > Michael T. Scoles, Ph.D. > > > Director, Arkansas Charter School Resource Center > > > Associate Professor of Psychology & Counseling > > > University of Central Arkansas > > > (501) 450-5418 > > > ************************************************* > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Stuart Vyse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2003 8:00 AM > > > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences > > > Subject: Re: I Hate Dry Erase Markers > > > > > > > > > Call me old fashioned. I am not, really. I use Powerpoint, and I use= > our > > > fancy new video document projector=97a replacement for overhead and= > opaque > > > projectors. But when it comes to drawing the normal curve, I love the= > feel > > > of chalk on a hard blackboard. I teach in a building that was built in= > the > > > 1930=92s, and it still has several heavy black slate boards, not green= > or > > > brown painted composition boards. When the chalk hits the board, there= > is a > > > high clicking sound, not a dull thud. The simplicity of chalkboards is= > part > > > of their beauty. It is like writing with your finger in the sand.=20 > > Scratching > > > on the cave wall. It connects us with history. Call me a romantic, but= > =20 > > that=92 > > > s how I feel. > > > > > > I sometimes think I went to school for the privilege of walking around > > > with chalk dust on my pants. Chalk is symbolic of our profession. > > > Chalkboards are for the classroom. White boards are for the corporate= > board > > > room. > > > > > > --Stuart > > > -- > > > Stuart Vyse |Box 5621 |Phone: 860-439-2339 > > > Professor and Chair |Connecticut College |Fax: 860-430-5300 > > > Department of Psychology |New London, CT 06320 |Email:= > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --- > > > >---------------------- > >Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Dept. of Psychology > >Appalachian State University > >Boone, NC 28608 > >USA > > > > > > > > > >--- > >You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > >--- > >You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Vivian M. Hamilton > Instructor of Psychology > Portland Community College > 12000 SW 49th Avenue > Portland, Oregon 97219 > (503) 977-4296 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: The old PowerPoint/chalkboard dichotomy > From: "Rick Froman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 11:48:40 -0500 > X-Message-Number: 3 > > The old PowerPoint/chalkboard dichotomy (you can't be interactive with = > your students with PowerPoint) was broken for me recently when I was in = > my Stats class and had forgotten to bring my dry erase marker. After = > stumbling around and rifling through the drawers desperately looking for = > something with which to write on the board, I remembered something one = > of my colleagues does regularly. It was way too simplistic to ever get a = > write-up in ToP and yet it seemed to break some powerful taboo. I just = > opened a simple word processing program and typed the things I wanted to = > put on the board. Ta-da! > > Not only does this give students the impression that you actually care = > what they are saying, you don't have to break the impression by = > callously erasing their pearls of wisdom at the end of the period. You = > can save the comments to a file and refer to them even in a later class. = > It is true that it is hard to draw things like the normal curve but, = > despite the artistic flair I feel upon completing a bell-shaped curve on = > the board, it is almost never accurate enough to make the fine points I = > want to make ("yes, the curve is symmetrical, unlike the one you see = > here, yes the inflection points are one SD from the mean on either side, = > unlike what you see here, yes the curve never actually touches the = > X-axis, unlike the one you see here"). I usually use a prepared digital = > image of a normal curve to refer to during the lecture. > > Rick > > Dr. Rick Froman > Associate Professor of Psychology > John Brown University > 2000 W. 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