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Bringing More To The Table(T): Ideas And Insights For Using Tablets In Instruction, Rebecca K. Miller, Carolyn Meier
Bringing More To The Table(T): Ideas And Insights For Using Tablets In Instruction, Rebecca K. Miller, Carolyn Meier
LOEX Conference Proceedings 2012
This workshop will focus on resources and strategies for using iPads and other tablet computers specifically in the instruction setting. Attendees that own iPads or other tablet computers are encouraged to bring their devices with them to the workshop, and the workshop facilitators will bring a number of iPads, on loan from their home library and university, to LOEX 2012 in order to ensure that all workshop attendees will be able to gain hands-on experience with the devices.
The facilitators, two instruction librarians who use iPads in their personal and professional lives and who are currently editing a book and …
Instant Classroom: Teach Anywhere With A Classroom In A Box, Meridith Wolnick, Todd Burks
Instant Classroom: Teach Anywhere With A Classroom In A Box, Meridith Wolnick, Todd Burks
LOEX Conference Proceedings 2012
What do you do when your classroom equipment and set-up are obstacles to effective, powerful and memorable instruction? The University of Virginia Library saw that challenge and sought a solution to teach undergraduate students effective research skills without compromising the amount or quality of instruction. What started as a half-baked idea sprung into reality in the form of a an iPad equipped, fully mobile classroom in a box.
Faced with an ever shrinking supply of computer-equipped classrooms, we increasingly relied on student-supplied technology to teach research tools and skills. This presents new challenges; not everyone has access to a mobile …