TGIF: Tablet-Based Collaborative App on, FridayLive!

You can also view the newsletter here. Thirty-ninth issue, Volume Eight TLT Group TGIF 05.26.15  From TLT Group WorldHeadquartersOn FridayLive! this week, find out about a new tablet-based, collaborative app, Skies.  If you want to experiment with the app during the session, this link will walk you through how to download it to your IOS device and get started.  More information about the session here.

NEXT BOOK DISCUSSION: We are beginning to design the next book discussion, please give us your feedbackBy becoming a member or donating to the TLT Group you will help us continue this work.DONATE,  JOIN USYou can also support us indirectly by purchasing books from Amazon via links in our recommended reading list or shop using this AmazonSmile link. Amazon will then make a donation to the TLT Group. More from the TLT-SWG Bloghttp://tlt-swg.blogspot.com/

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 Members ExchangeIFTTT - Designated Learner SessionDate: May 27, 2015Time: 3:00 PM ETPresenters: Penny Kuckkahn, Nicolet CollegeSteve Gilbert, Beth Dailey, TLT Group and othersRegister HereEarlier this spring Penny Kuckahn shared an LTA with us during FridayLive!, IFTTT, https://ifttt.com/wtf  She is going to take us deeper into this app in this Designated Learner session.  if you want to be the Designated Learner, contact Beth Dailey, [email protected]What are Recipes?Recipes are simple connections between products and apps. There are two types of Recipes: Do Recipes and IF Recipes.Do Recipes Do Recipes run with just a tap and enable you to create your own personalized Button, Camera, and Notepad. The Do apps are available for iOS and Android. _____________________________Upcoming Member Exchange eventsMay 27, 2015  IFTTT - Designated Learner SessionJune 3, 2015 Webinar Exploration Learning CommunityJune 10, 2015 PLANNING MEETING - 4th Spring 2015 Discussion - FICTION, An Unnecessary WomenJune 17, 2015 Evernote Learning Community June 24, 2015 TBD   FridayLive! Free to all!Real-time student engagement: Leveraging tablets for faculty and future faculty developmentDate: May 29, 2015Time: 2:00 PM ETPresenters: Steve Gilbert, Beth Dailey, TLT Group and folks from California Institute of Technology, Center for Teaching, Learning, and Outreach (CTLO):

• Cassandra Horii, Director
• Julius Su, Program Manager, Community Science Academy
• James Maloney, Program Manager, Community Science Academy
• Holly Ferguson, Program Manager

Register HereIn this FridayLive! session, find out about a new tablet-based, collaborative app and how it is being used to enhance active student learning and support faculty and teaching assistants in adopting new teaching strategies. You’ll have an opportunity to examine and discuss data from biology, mathematics, and chemistry courses at both a research university and a community college--a unique partnership spanning a diversity of teaching contexts and student interests. Analysis of modes and types of student participation, student learning outcomes and self-reported experience, and patterns of student engagement in time during class, reveal new insights into how teaching and learning work.If you would like to experiment with the Skies app during the session, you are invited to download it to your ISO device.  This link will provide directions on how to do so.______________________________________________Up-coming FridayLive! eventsMay 29, 2015 Real-time student engagement: leveraging tablets for faculty and future faculty development June 5, 2015 “Saving Our Stuff?” - A Follow-up Session June 12, 2015 Spring 2015 “Book” Discussion Series - An Unnecessary Women June 19, 2015 A Conversation with Art Chickering and More  https://tackk.com/tltgbook-discussion2015 Spring Book Discussion SeriesJune 12, 2015FICTIONAlameddine, Rabih (2014) An Unnecessary Woman Nov 11, 2014,  Grove PressRegister HereNEXT BOOK DISCUSSION: We are beginning to design the next book discussion, please give us your feedback. @TLTGroup Encourage. Enable. Engage.