REWARDS AND CHALLENGES OF USING TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM
Scott E. Van Bramer
Department of Chemistry
Widener University
Preseinted at the symposium on Rewards and Challenges: Experiences of Young College Chemistry Faculty. 216th American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition. Boston 1998.
Introduction
- My Background
- About Widener
What I Teach
- General Chemistry
- Instrumental Analysis
- Advanced Spectroscopy
- Environmental Analysis
What I Did “Special”
- Multimedia in the classroom
- Web materials for course
- NMR software
- Mathcad
How I “Sold” the Teaching
- Talk to people
- Small changes
- Student evaluations
Professional Development
- Journal of Chemical Education
- NMR Concepts
- ChemConf
- Web pages
Academic Citizenship
- Presentations to administrators
- Faculty workshops and presentations
- Informal help
- Committees
- Communication with ITS
In Hindsight
- Try new things but…..
- Don’t be a “fanatic”
- Find a niche
- Talk to people
- Learn the rules of the game
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Department of Chemistry
Widener University
Chester, PA 19013
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