Technology Resources

Here are a collection of technology resources and links for faculty members.

Resources Available through the University

Academic Technology Services

Within the Information Services Division is a unit called “Academic Technology Services.” This unit includes a number of subdepartments including the Education Technology Center.

http://www.ats.neu.edu

Education Technology Center

One of the best places for technology resources is the Education Technology Center. Their overall website is at

http://www.northeastern.edu/edtech.

However, a particularly useful page on their website features a long list of how-to’s.

http://www.northeastern.edu/edtech/howdoi

The bullets are listed below, but their page features descriptions under each bullet.

• Digital Story Telling – First Person Narratives
• Building Mashups From Multiple Data Sources
• Podcasting 1: Recording Your Lecture
• Podcasting 2: Enhancing Your Lecture
• Rich Media Sharing and Integration (Flickr, YouTube, Slideshare)
• Creating a Digital Story
• Getting Started with Blackboard
• Disruption Planning
• Online Participation Guidelines
• Managing Online Discussions
• Developing a Podcast
• Google Earth
• Connecting Your Classroom with Facebook
• Can Blogs and the Popular Media Help Educators? Working with Numb3rs
• Turning Point Demo – Clicker Technology
• Integrating Clickers in the Classroom at Northeastern
• TaskStream Demonstration
• Digital Photography – Tips for Taking Great Pictures
• Teaching with PowerPoint
• Description of Turning Technologies Products
• TurningPoint PowerPoint – Clicker Training
• TurningPoint Anywhere – Clicker Training
• Build your personal learning network with Twitter, Ning and Delicious
• What are Clickers and How Can I Use Them in Large Classes?
• How can I design an effective Digital media assignment?
• Google Forms
• Slideshare
• Jing
• Prezi
• Youtube
• BB9 Journals, Blogs and Wikis
• Google Docs
• Quick Response (QR) Code
• How To Use TaskStream Eportfolios
• Google Chat