December 2, 2008
New Media Teaching Project
First of all, I´m not quite sure if I did this correctly since the teaching project I´ve chosen is university-based 
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Title of the project: Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (CCNMTL)
Found in: Online at http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/our_services/
1. In what way is the New Media used in this project?
From general things such as building basic course web sites to developing advanced projects.
CCNMTL projects are defined as more extensive efforts in which we attempt to create flexible tools and engaging study environments that faculty can shape to fit their particular classroom context. CCNMTL projects start with a project proposal from faculty.
2. How does the topic integrate with the curriculum?
It doesn´t because it´s not a German school, but an American university 
. It is not “zwingend notwendig” (see Mrs. Gallus ´ weblog) to integrate it since teachers can decide on their own whether or not to “book” a multimedia session for their class.
3. Which skills do the students need/can they acquire besides the bare content?
Projects emphasize collaboration, interaction and student activity. They promote better communication, personalization and the multiplication of spaces, both real and virtual, in which students are invited to study, research, communicate and learn.
4. What is the role of the teacher in the project?
“Educational Technologists” help teachers to widen their multimedia horizons, so they are well-prepared using them in class with their students:
Our Educational Technologists, who have extensive pedagogical training, are ideally suited to offer advice and direction to faculty who wish to discover and develop best practices in the educational uses of new media. These efforts often lead to the creation of a course Web site that offers students convenient access to online course information, including custom content, selections from Columbia’s Digital Library Collection and communication tools. Additionally, CCNMTL offers a variety of workshops for instructors who wish to explore these topics in greater detail.
5. Does using the New Media have any advantages over traditional teaching in this project?
I don´t think that this project will improve every student´s understanding because everyone is so heterogenous when it comes to how someone learns something. For a certain period of time (i. e. 3 or 4 lectures), I believe that it will be quite effective, but, after a while it could get boring (as everything else to that is repeated) and the teacher should switch to traditional teaching. In fact, creating a web site is motivating, however, quite a lot of work, too.
6. How did the students like the project (or would probably like)? Would they be motivated?
In my opinion, they would be motivated because this method is really up-to-date and a lot of fun to design and get to know more what you can do with new media (there are always new things to discover). I guess, they would like it since it demands student´s creativity and concentration.
7. Would you personally like to try this project with students? Why or why not?
I would definitely like to try this project with students, but would be, at the same time, careful not to over-emphasize it.
Julia said,
December 2, 2008 at 9:52 am
Hey!
I like your blog entry for this week. I think the task was to search for a school project. Nevertheless, the one you present is quite interesting. I also like that you use the questions we had in class as a kind of guideline to present the project. To use photos to illustrate it is great.
Some general remark with respect to your blog: Using tags and categories would be a good idea!
Julia