Academic Technology Innovation Fund Recipients
Fall 2012
The following projects were awarded funds for projects starting after July 1, 2012:
- Tom Armstrong:
We propose an expanded pilot project to support student-driven experiential learning of foundational, extracurricular computing skills to engage a wider swath of the Wheaton College community: students, staff, and faculty. The main acquisition will be a 3D printer capable of fabricating objects in two colors -- a piece of equipment selected for its wide appeal and with possibilities for use across campus. - Tim Barker
All astronomy students will use a Canon digital single reflex camera to image astronomical objects. - Matt Evans and Geoff Collins
A compass, a GPS, a field notebook, a digital camera, a sketch pad, a map, a video camera, an audio recorder; all in one. The ability to synthesize geolocated multimedia field observations, manipulate and correlate them, and share and archive them electronically can all be accomplished using built in and app-based features of iPads. We seek to supplement and change the way we make, record, and present field observations using one hand-held device. - Leah Niederstadt
The proposed faculty-staff-student collaboration focuses on the creation of professional quality digital images of objects from the College Archives and the Permanent Collection for the exhibition 100 Years, 100 Objects, which will be curated by students enrolled in ARTH 335: Exhibition Design during the Fall 2012 semester. The exhibition celebrates the centenary of Wheaton Female Seminary becoming Wheaton College through an exploration of 100 objects that were created, used or donated in, or associated with a particular year from 1912-2012. The images will be used to aid students in selecting objects and designing layouts for the exhibition. They will also be published in an exhibition catalogue, to be created by students in the course, and in an online version of 100 Years, 100 Objects, to be developed by a work-study student(s) hired as part of the proposed project.
Spring of 2012:
The following projects were awarded funds for projects starting after July 1, 2012:
- Donna Kerner and a group of faculty for “Heart of the Matter,” an initiative aimed at exploring curricular uses of digital storytelling.
- Tom Armstrong for a pilot project to support student-driven experiential learning of foundational, extracurricular computing skills.
- Lisa Lebduska for the equipment necessary to shoot and edit educational videos for the writing program website and her writing classes.
- Tommy Ratliff for WebWork, an online homework system used for calculus classes.
- Delvyn Case for music composition software to use with his students.
- Paula Krebs for e-readers used in ENG 290, Approaches to Literature and Culture.
- Vicki Bartolini for using the qualitative analysis software NVIVO with students in the Education Department.
- Tim Barker for observatory control software.
