Innovative Technology for Teaching

Welina Mai (Welcome) 

Leeward Community College strives to provide our instructors with classroom technology that invites engaging and effective teaching practices that support our diverse learners. This resource aims to spotlight technologies and provide deep dives into how they can be integrated into teaching to support learning.  Each featured technology profile will provide you with detailed information intended to bring you on a learning journey from introductory basics to video examples of best practices and ideas for integration into your teaching.  

This asynchronous web resource is provided as a learning guide, with a standard set of subheadings for each tool profile. Leeward Community College faculty and staff may review this reference material stand-alone and/or further enhance their learning by attending/scheduling an in-person hands-on orientation at our Educational Media Center or reserved classroom via this Technology Consultation Form.

 Special note about Technology Enhanced Classrooms

Technology Enhanced Classrooms (pronounced as letters, T-E-Cs). TECs are specific classrooms that have been renovated with future-proof modular infrastructure and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance in mind.  A technology profile that begins with the letters "TEC"  indicates that a particular item can be found in a standard TEC room without any additional reservation or coordination necessary. 

Technical Support Contacts

AV Services (EMC): Primary contact for equipment loaned from the AV Services equipment loan pool.   

TEC Room Support (ITG): Leeward's technology helpdesk. Primary contact for intake and routing your technology support needs.

Instructional Design (EMC): Primary contact for course design and technology integration questions, support, and collaboration.

Ways to Use This Resource

A: You may use this resource as a stand-alone website. Save (for yourself) and Share (for colleagues) the URL for the  Technology Tool Profiles site. Come back to it when you need a refresher.

B: As a pre-reading prior to attending an in-person appointment or TEC room Orientation (request to be contacted). 

C: Print out Quick Sheet Reference Cards (in support of A and B). These cards serve as an area for your personal insights (note to self) on these featured technologies.  They also include QR codes to device specific web pages with more details, which you can scan with your phone "on-site" should you quickly need to look up the comprehensive, in-depth multimedia and ideas for application to teaching.

D: Directly access and share short instructional videos  from the EMC Video Production Units YouTube Technology Profiles Playlist.

E: Challenge yourself to complete the (online) TEC Escape Room.  (If you explore the escape room we would really appreciate your escape room feedback here.)

Questions, Comments, and Feedback on this resource? 

This resource is a collaborative pilot by the Educational Media Center to iterate how we support the integration of instructional technology based on our Fall 2023 needs assessment.  Contact us at edtech@hawaii.edu.