2008 Woodie Awards
21st Century Students
By: Melissa Whitson
Issue date: 10/3/08 Section: News
Mastering the "three Rs" of learning - reading, writing and 'rithmetic - is no longer the only requirement for students who want to succeed in today's classroom.
As technology continues to revolutionize the way schools approach education, degree-seekers must incorporate a variety of media into their academic lives.
Students at Clemson University are hardly lagging in the race to digitalize academics. Smart Classrooms, Blackboard Academic Suite, MATLAB, Maple and ePortfolios have been integrated into everyday activity nearly as much as cell phones, mp3 players and laptops.
With access to technology at everyone's fingertips, a digitalized environment is now considered the norm. Professors require papers to be submitted through e-mail; employers prefer to look at resumes online; emergencies are announced via text messages; and classes are conducted entirely with the use of laptops.
While no one can accurately predict the innovations of the future, one can be certain that technology will continue to revolutionize the way students learn.
Tech Savvy
To keep up with the demand for digitalization, Clemson has integrated the ePortfolio Program into general education curricula, requiring all students to create an electronic compilation of their academic work.
The goal of the program, said Dr. Gail Ring, Director of Clemson's ePortfolio Program, is to provide a place where students can "track their academic progress, showcase their [best] work, and make meaning from their academic experiences."
The virtual collection is also ideal for showcasing to potential employees. "Developing an ePortfolio provides students an opportunity to employ critical thinking skills as they draw connections between the work they do in their classes and their future professions," said Ring.
Smart Classrooms are among Clemson's most recent commitment to technological modernization. Located in almost every academic building on campus, each Smart Classroom contains a projector and electric screen, a computer, a VHS videotape player/recorder and a public address system as well as the capability for instructors to connect an external computer, video and audio sources to the classroom's projector.
As technology continues to revolutionize the way schools approach education, degree-seekers must incorporate a variety of media into their academic lives.
Students at Clemson University are hardly lagging in the race to digitalize academics. Smart Classrooms, Blackboard Academic Suite, MATLAB, Maple and ePortfolios have been integrated into everyday activity nearly as much as cell phones, mp3 players and laptops.
With access to technology at everyone's fingertips, a digitalized environment is now considered the norm. Professors require papers to be submitted through e-mail; employers prefer to look at resumes online; emergencies are announced via text messages; and classes are conducted entirely with the use of laptops.
While no one can accurately predict the innovations of the future, one can be certain that technology will continue to revolutionize the way students learn.
Tech Savvy
To keep up with the demand for digitalization, Clemson has integrated the ePortfolio Program into general education curricula, requiring all students to create an electronic compilation of their academic work.
The goal of the program, said Dr. Gail Ring, Director of Clemson's ePortfolio Program, is to provide a place where students can "track their academic progress, showcase their [best] work, and make meaning from their academic experiences."
The virtual collection is also ideal for showcasing to potential employees. "Developing an ePortfolio provides students an opportunity to employ critical thinking skills as they draw connections between the work they do in their classes and their future professions," said Ring.
Smart Classrooms are among Clemson's most recent commitment to technological modernization. Located in almost every academic building on campus, each Smart Classroom contains a projector and electric screen, a computer, a VHS videotape player/recorder and a public address system as well as the capability for instructors to connect an external computer, video and audio sources to the classroom's projector.
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