Innovative professor, or shill for Apple?

You decide. . .

 

(I totally should get a commission from Apple; many of my students bought their own devices following this experiment.)

Comments

  1. that’s AWESOME!! you should definitely get a commission from apple ๐Ÿ˜‰
    I’d really love to know how the students’ projects turned out!! And someday I’d like to talk to you about women’s history.

  2. Who’s interviewing you? Where’s the video from?

  3. Leslie M-B says:

    Susan, a student hired by Academic Technologies made the video as part of a mobile learning program I’ve been participating in for the past two years.

  4. Well done! I definitely vote for innovative professor! I too would love to see some examples of the students’ finished projects.

  5. Leslie,

    This is way cool! I know this question is premature, but do you suppose this approach could extend beyond Apple products? Sounds like you have a great Faculty Academy keynote in the making. Just sayin’

  6. Your experiment looks really interesting and exciting, especially given (as you note) the relatively limited historiography you have for a state-specific women’s history course. I like the idea of getting students to generate their own content, and of using the tablets as a means of helping them find their own primary sources for visual analysis.

    A colleague of mine used his senior research seminar in a similar fashion, although not with tablets. The students collaborated in researching and mounting a website for an under-developed National Park, and together they produced a site of stunning historical, environmental, botanical, and political interest.