http://charlottejones.net/blog/late-to-the-laptop-party/ college teaching tools for the hip traditionalist Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:34:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://charlottejones.net/blog/late-to-the-laptop-party/#comment-341 Old School 2.0 » Blog Archive » PacMan Cometh Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:33:47 +0000 http://jimgroom.net/charlotte/?p=26#comment-341 [...] so I’ve been trying something new. I can’t do it in research classes because of the laptop problem. But instead of hogging the computer during an individual research appointment in my office, [...] [...] so I’ve been trying something new. I can’t do it in research classes because of the laptop problem. But instead of hogging the computer during an individual research appointment in my office, [...]

]]> http://charlottejones.net/blog/late-to-the-laptop-party/#comment-20 Jeff Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:14:22 +0000 http://jimgroom.net/charlotte/?p=26#comment-20 I've brought extra laptops into classes twice now to do hands-on (yet directed) searching on topics. I've had them split into pairs to work on one person's topic briefly and then the other's. We start with the library catalog and move to other sources (JSTOR, American History and Life) if there's time. It's amazing to the students how their peers can think of useful keywords and angles to approach someone else's topics. And it all happens in a (chaotically) supervised manner. [Plus there are all these shared nuggets of faster searching/computing methods that emerge when a class of fifteen is working together (albeit on 7-8 different topics at any given time).] I’ve brought extra laptops into classes twice now to do hands-on (yet directed) searching on topics. I’ve had them split into pairs to work on one person’s topic briefly and then the other’s. We start with the library catalog and move to other sources (JSTOR, American History and Life) if there’s time. It’s amazing to the students how their peers can think of useful keywords and angles to approach someone else’s topics. And it all happens in a (chaotically) supervised manner. [Plus there are all these shared nuggets of faster searching/computing methods that emerge when a class of fifteen is working together (albeit on 7-8 different topics at any given time).]

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