Technology Showcase

Many faculty members at BVU are doing amazing things with technology in and out of the classrooms to support student learning. Check out the examples below of the innovative ways our faculty are supplementing the educational experience.

Flash: Diagramming Reed-Kellogg Sentences Online

The TLTC has created a flash exercise for the Reed-Kellogg diagramming in an Advanced Grammar course. In this example with advanced sentences, there are 3 hints which the students can click on for help.
View the Reed-Kellogg Diagram

eBVyou: Care & Feeding Video

The laptop training video "eBVyou: Care & Feeding" produced in the summer of 2004 by the TLTC has been named a finalist for the 26th Annual Telly Awards. This video received the award for its "Use of Humor." The Telly Awards is a premier award for honoring outstanding video and film productions. This video, used to introduce students and faculty to their new BVU laptops, was almost entirely student-produced.
View the "eBVyou: Care & Feeding" video (requires Real Player)

JavaScript: Using Popup Functions for Rollover Definitions

Bob Ferguson, Ph.D. has incorporated a freely available JavaScript function into his existing class Web site for General Psychology. This function gives students the ability to simply move their mouse over a term or concept and be presented with a definition popup box. He has shared a sample page of his course Web site that has been modified for demonstration purposes.
View the definition popup box example

Microsoft Access: Database Technology for Behavior Journaling

Bob Blodgett, Ph.D. has used an Access database for his Behavior Modification class. This database allows students to enter information about experiences they had in trying to change their actions. In addition to simply storing information, the database is searchable. This allows students to go back through previous entries quickly and easily. He has shared with us some screenshots of the database.
View the definition database example

Respondus StudyMate: Flash Jeopardy-like Game

The TLTC has created a demo flash game using Respondus StudyMate. StudyMate is being designed to allow faculty to easily create interactive educational games with such things like Flash Cards, Matching, Fill in the Letter, etc. This is an example of a Jeopardy-style game that could easily be incorporated into a course for students to use in review for exams.
View the StudyMate example