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Quinoa

Elena Stern

Dr. Lisa Mitchell, Associate Professor of South Asia Studies, has guided her students to create voiceover videos as class assignments for a large undergraduate class (ANTH 063 / SAST 063 / HIST 087) in South Asia Studies. Her class focuses on how the desire to possess and consume commodities has shaped cultures. In addition to the commodities studied by the full class, each student researches a commodity for an individual presentation. Projects from the 2012 spring semester include some integration of video content in addition to stills. Students in all six sections of the course viewed the videos, and chose winners at the section and course levels. This video won 1st place in section. Elena uncovers the transition between quinoa as local food staple to global dietary phenomenon, positing that the shift in meaning and status has only hurt the consumers of quinoa's native South America. Elena uses the Ken Burns effect - panning over an image still - to give her video the feel of a documentary exposé. The video explores: Reasons behind the explosion in global popularity An exploration into the roots of quinoa production Health implications for those who can no longer afford quinoa View curriculum and materials for this course
Engaging Students Through Technology Symposium 2012: Classics Online by Peter Struck

Peter Struck

Peter Struck, Associate Professor of Classical Studies, shared ideas on using video modules and web-based learning and assessment technologies to free up class time for better lectures and in-person interactions. He described his experiences in this Chronicle of Higher Education article from June 2012 The 2012 symposium explored ways to engage with your students at a deeper level: How can social media enhance your face-to-face interactions with students? How can video and collaboration tools help your students demonstrate their mastery of concepts? How can tech tools free up valuable class time for you and your students, and what can be done with this time?
Last February 2nd in Marienbad

Anthony Xie

This is the third prize winner for the 2012 Mashup contest celebrating student creativity in video and multimedia. Both films [Marienbad and Groundhog Day] take on the resemblance of a puzzle or game but in extremely different ways. Marienbad is a highly dramatic piece that manipulates space, time, and memory in order to subvert as well as emphasize its cinematic form. On the other hand, Groundhog's Day takes the comedic route in a man who has to lives the same day over and over again. [This video] makes a new game out of the juxtaposition of the films by recreating Groundhog's Day in a intense, dramatic fashion.
WTF, Penn? the compass teach-in

Justin Broglie

This is the second prize winner for the 2011 Mashup contest celebrating student creativity with video and multimedia. The purpose of this video was to rouse excitement for the "The Compass Teach-in, a public demonstration of student activists on several morally-ambiguous activities of Penn. The main issues focused on were our expansion into West Philadelphia, the treatment of Penn workers, and our defense research."
Engaging Students Through Technology Symposium 2011: Photo Documentaries as Student Projects by Carolyn Cannuscio

Carolyn Cannuscio

Carolyn Cannuscio, Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health, discusses student projects, including the Health of Philadelphia Photo Documentary Project. The 2011 symposium tackled two broad questions: How should I use technology, in my classroom and outside my classroom, to engage my students? How should I manage the technology (laptops, smart phones, tablets, etc.) that my students bring to my classroom?
Chocolate

Christien Chan

Dr. Lisa Mitchell, Associate Professor of South Asia Studies, has guided her students to create voiceover videos as class assignments for her large undergraduate class "East and West: A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Cultural History of the Modern World" (ANTH 063 / SAST 063 / HIST 087) in South Asia Studies. In her 2011 class, students focus on how the desire to possess and consume commodities has shaped cultures. In addition to the commodities studied by the full class, each student researches a commodity for an individual presentation. In earlier years, this assignment required an in-class presentation with PowerPoint slides. For the past three semesters, Lisa has encouraged students to use Jing, PowerPoint's internal voice recording feature or video- editing software such as iMovie to make five-minute video presentations of their research. View curriculum and materials for this course
Engaging Students Through Technology Symposium 2011: Clickers in the Classroom by Paul Heiney

Paul Heiney

Paul Heiney, Professor of Physics, discusses his use of personal response devices (clickers) in introductory and intermediate science classes. His teaching was featured in a recent NBC video. The 2011 symposium tackled two broad questions: How should I use technology, in my classroom and outside my classroom, to engage my students? How should I manage the technology (laptops, smart phones, tablets, etc.) that my students bring to my classroom?
Engaging Students Through Technology Symposium 2011: Screen Videos as Student Projects by Lisa Mitchell

Lisa Mitchell

Dr. Lisa Mitchell, Associate Professor of South Asia Studies, has guided her students to create voiceover videos as class assignments for her large undergraduate class "East and West: A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Cultural History of the Modern World" (ANTH 063 / SAST 063 / HIST 087) in South Asia Studies. Her class focuses on how the desire to possess and consume commodities has shaped cultures. In addition to the commodities studied by the full class, each student researches a commodity for an individual presentation. In earlier years, this assignment required an in-class presentation with PowerPoint slides. For the past three semesters, Lisa has encouraged students to use Jing, PowerPoint's internal voice recording feature or video- editing software such as iMovie to make five-minute video presentations of their research. Lisa shared her work at the 2011 Engaging Students Through Technology symposium on the morning faculty panel. Watch videos created by Lisa Mitchell's students in 2011 and 2012.
Dreamworld

Crystal Rivera

This is the third prize winner for the 2011 Mashup contest celebrating student creativity with video and multimedia. The goal of this Mash Up is to reveal the hopes for a dream world where there would be no fear of the impacts of climate change and end of the world prophesies, a world where people would live in the moment, peacefully as citizens of the world.
Minnie's Big Break

Julia Silva

This is the first prize winner for the 2011 Mashup contest celebrating student creativity with video and multimedia.
It's an Animation Book

Jayson Weingarten and Leigh Silver

This was the People's Choice Award winner (determined by online voting) for the 2011 Mashup contest celebrating student creativity with video and multimedia. This video shows what might happen if books came alive in the library.
Diamonds

Connie Wu and Ryan Dew

Dr. Lisa Mitchell, Associate Professor of South Asia Studies, has guided her students to create voiceover videos as class assignments for her large undergraduate class "East and West: A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Cultural History of the Modern World" (ANTH 063 / SAST 063 / HIST 087) in South Asia Studies. In her 2011 class, her students focus on how the desire to possess and consume commodities has shaped cultures. In addition to the commodities studied by the full class, each student researches a commodity for an individual presentation. In earlier years, this assignment required an in-class presentation with PowerPoint slides. For the past three semesters, Lisa has encouraged students to use Jing, PowerPoint's internal voice recording feature or video- editing software such as iMovie to make five-minute video presentations of their research. View curriculum and materials for this course
Engaging Students Through Technology Symposium 2010 Presentation by Regina Austin

Regina Austin

Event: Engaging Students Through Technology Symposium Year: 2010 Summary: We live today in a state of 'continuous partial attention'. Instant access to people and information can both engage and distract us. New tools break down classroom boundaries and change the nature of college education. The 2010 Engaging Students Through Technology Symposium explores the creative ways faculty are integrating technologies into teaching, the challenges they face, and the disruptive nature of mobile technologies in lecture contexts. In this video Regina Austin discusses student-created video projects. Her students create documentary, appeal and clemency videos as part of their legal studies. Regina Austin L'73, William A. Schnader Professor of Law, Penn Law School, directs the Documentaries and the Law project and is one of five Penn faculty profiled in the Nurturing Student Creativity with Video Projects ELIXR MERLOT module for faculty development.
Engaging Students Through Technology Symposium 2010 Student Panel: Learning With New Technologies

Peter Decherney, Rivka Fogel, Thomas Jansen, Pranav Merchant, and Tatiana Peisach

Peter Decherney, Associate Professor of Cinema Studies and English, facilitated a panel discussion with Penn undergraduates about the ways in which new technologies enhance and reduce learning both in and out of class. We live today in a state of 'continuous partial attention'. Instant access to people and information can both engage and distract us. New tools break down classroom boundaries and change the nature of college education. This year's symposium explores the creative ways faculty are integrating technologies into teaching, the challenges they face, and the disruptive nature of mobile technologies in lecture contexts.
Engaging Students Through Technology Symposium 2010 Student Panel: Note-taking and Technology

Thomas Jansen

Student panelist Thomas Jansen, former photo editor for 34th Street Magazine, web development editor for The Daily Pennsylvanian, and lab consultant at the Vitale Digital Media Lab, highlights the inefficiencies of note-taking with technology. We live today in a state of 'continuous partial attention'. Instant access to people and information can both engage and distract us. New tools break down classroom boundaries and change the nature of college education. This year's symposium explores the creative ways faculty are integrating technologies into teaching, the challenges they face, and the disruptive nature of mobile technologies in lecture contexts.
Interactive Musical Histories-Engaging Students Through Technology Symposium 2010 Presentation by Carol Muller

Carol Muller

Event: Engaging Students Through Technology Symposium Year: 2010 Summary: Carol Muller, Professor of Music, School of Arts and Sciences, discusses student use of Google products (Maps, YouTube, Docs) and online networking tools to create interactive musical histories. Her West Philly Music website showcases student projects over several years. We live today in a state of 'continuous partial attention'. Instant access to people and information can both engage and distract us. New tools break down classroom boundaries and change the nature of college education. The 2010 symposium explores the creative ways faculty are integrating technologies into teaching, the challenges they face, and the disruptive nature of mobile technologies in lecture contexts.
Facebook and Communication-Engaging Students Through Technology 2010 Presentation by Ralph Rosen

Ralph Rosen

Ralph Rosen, Professor of Classical Studies, School of Arts and Sciences shares reflections about Facebook and its potential for communication with students. We live today in a state of 'continuous partial attention'. Instant access to people and information can both engage and distract us. New tools break down classroom boundaries and change the nature of college education. This year's symposium explores the creative ways faculty are integrating technologies into teaching, the challenges they face, and the disruptive nature of mobile technologies in lecture contexts.
Slumdog Millionaire 2

Akash Barot, Adam El Sehamy, and Zhibo Wang

This video won the People's Choice Award (determined by online voting) in the 2009 Mashup contest celebrating student creativity with video and multimedia.
How Information Sharing Saved the World

Jacob Finkel

This was an entry for the 2009 Sparky Awards at Penn, a contest celebrating information sharing. The Daily Pennsylvanian article on 2009 Sparky Awards Sparky Awards 2009 at Weigle Information Commons
A Wider Audience

David Lei

This was an entry for the 2009 Sparky Awards at Penn, celebrating information sharing. The Daily Pennsylvanian article on 2009 Sparky Awards Sparky Awards 2009 at Weigle Information Commons
Call for Immunizations

Ryan Leonard

Ryan Leonard, winner of the 2007 Mashup Contest and 2009 Sparky Awards, created this public health video calling for immunizations. It was showcased in a February 6, 2009 article in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Heroes Wash Up

Ryan Leonard

This is the first place winner for the 2009 Sparky Awards celebrating information sharing. The video features doctors, nurses, and staff from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) and provides a light-hearted, musical look at the important public health issue of hand-washing to prevent the spread of illness.
Video + Poem + Painting

William Strasser

This is the first prize winner for the 2009 Mashup contest celebrating student creativity with video and multimedia. In this video, Whether in Classical mythology, Renaissance painting, 20th century poetry or modern music videos, depictions of suffering have never ceased to captivate audiences. [Strassler] aims to juxtapose these depictions in order to highlight ways they have changed and ways that they remain the same, identifying something inherent to the human condition.
The Muppets Take "Manhattan"

Aaron Walker

This is the second prize winner for the 2009 Mashup contest celebrating student creativity with video and multimedia. This video splices the audio from Woody Allen's "Manhattan" over video from "The Muppets take Manhattan".
The "Ultimate" "Sports" "Film" A Documentary

Benjamin Bell, Evan Dvorak, Pedro Her, Iryney Makarukha, Zachary Roseman, and Brian Welch

The course, a seminar in critical writing, surveyed a number of pivotal sports films such as Leni Riefenstahl's controversial Olympia and Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull. Students composed critical essays exploring the questions raised by these films and their relevance to contemporary culture. At the end of the semester, students were placed into random groups, asked to reflect on the course, and create "the ultimate sports film." While it is no surprise that the group could not agree on "the ultimate sport," what is surprising is their creative and clever use of that disagreement. The film ultimately reveals as much about "composition" (cinematic and writerly) as about sports.