Sandbox

The UWT Sandbox (located in the Innovative Lab, WG 208) fashioned metaphorically after the backyard sandbox of our childhood. The environment is relaxed and geared toward faculty and staff that are at the beginning or intermediate level of technical experience. The Sandbox is dedicated to those who wish to explore instructional technology solutions for their courses or professional development. A major goal of the UWT sandbox is to help faculty and staff become more comfortable with the changes in teaching and learning brought about by the computer and other related technologies. Emphasis is placed on helping faculty learn and apply new skills and abilities in their classrooms and offices.

Wikis

A wiki is a type of website that allows the visitors themselves to easily add, remove, and edit content, sometimes without the need for registration. This ease of interaction and operation makes a wiki an effective tool for collaborative writing. The term wiki also can refer to the collaborative software itself (wiki engine) that facilitates the operation of such a Web site, or to certain specific wiki sites, including the computer science site (an original wiki), WikiWikiWeb, and on-line encyclopedias such as Wikipedia.

Blogs

A blog (or weblog) is a website in which messages are posted and displayed with the newest at the top. Like other media, blogs often focus on a particular subject, such as food, politics, or local news. Some blogs function as online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic. Here is an example: UWT Global Honors Blog.

Moodle

Moodle is a course management system (CMS) software package designed using sound pedagogical principles, to help educators create effective online learning communities.

MDID

Developed at James Madison University , the Madison Digital Image Database (MDID) software brings the digital image library into the teaching and learning process. The purpose of this website is to make the MDID software available for download and to share information with the MDID user community. Since the first release in 2001 many institutions have implemented the MDID software with their own digital image collections. MDID2 users can share collections with each other, giving institutions instant access to previously unavailable image collections.

ArtisoClass

The ideal solution for schools, colleges, universities and corporate training centers, AristoClass provides the tools teachers need for maximum classroom interactivity. Teachers can use AristoClass to instruct, control, and monitor individual student activities and progress.

Second Life

Second Life is a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents. Since opening to the public in 2003, it has grown explosively and today is inhabited by a total of 1,814,140 people from around the globe.

Turnitin

Recognized worldwide as the standard in online plagiarism prevention, Turnitin helps educators and students take full advantage of the internet's educational potential.

Clickers (Student Response Systems)

Clickers, also known as "Student Response Systems (SRS)" "Audience Response Systems (ARS)" or "Personal Response Systems (PRS)," are hand-held devices that help teachers interact with students during lectures. Through interactive question-and-answer sessions, instructors can engage students in course material by providing instant visual feedback to the class. This allows the instructor to collect individual responses from hundreds of students at once and gauge student comprehension.