FTTC 2024: Focus on Teaching and Technology Conference

Enjoy lunch as you listen to lightning round introductions (~5 minutes each) presented by faculty and instructional designers sharing their favorite tools for their teaching. Learn about new tools or new ways to use some favorites.

From 12:30- 1:00 participants in this session will hear from the following speakers:

Jana Gerard: Chrome Extensions that Save Time: Learn what a Chrome extension is, how to install extensions, how to be safe when selecting extensions, and be introduced to some extensions that help faculty and save time. These extensions include LastPass, TabCloud, Google Scholar, Google Translate, Ad Blocker, Equatio, and more.


Elizabeth Dorrsom: Encouraging Undergraduate Course Engagement Through Anonymous Programs: Participants will learn how to use Padlet, Quizizz, and Mentimeter to encourage undergraduate course participation.

Amanda Joyce: Using Google Alerts to Enhance Your Teaching: This session will focus on how instructors can use this tool to combat indecision and encourage discussion in the classroom with cat memes!

Jerol Enoch: Lucid and Figjam: What can you do with an infinite whiteboard? Well, the possibilities are in…credible. Come and see what Lucid and Figjam can do for you