Engaging Students with Tablets and Active Learning

John PollitzJill Markgraf

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

Library Instruction as Participatory Art

Mobile computing Campus initiative Library checkout

Campus ClimateTechnology in the Classroom

Librarians willing to: Use active

learning in pedagogy

Subtly evangelize Use technology in

a comfortable place

Administration needs Library needs

We needed instruction space They needed role models

Low risk gamble Under $25,000 vs.

$125,000 Low pressure on

classroom faculty

(Our handout lists equipment)

Concerns Would technology work? (Apple TV) Too much for 50 minute session? Student engagement or distraction

Challenge:Transporting the

iPads

Time for the participatory

pART!

What themes emerge?What does your creation reveal about your group?Is your creation in the style of a well-known artist?Could you say that your creation is representative of an artistic style?

Email your artwork to

pollitjh@uwec.edu

Or use the usual sites, Wikipedia, Google, Google Scholar….

Research your work of artGoogle art projecthttps://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/project/art-project

Art Cyclopediahttp://www.artcyclopedia.com/

ArtSpan Contemporary Arthttps://www.artspan.com/

Smithsonian Collectionshttp://collections.si.edu/search/

Thank you for

being good

sports!

Questions?

John Pollitz pollitjh@uwec.edu

Jill Markgraf markgrjs@uwec.edu