CESW Faculty Resources
Padlet is a collaboration tool that is useful for collecting, organizing, and presenting information. It can be used in a live lesson or asynchronously. The CESW Tech Center is able to provide a license for Padlet to CESW faculty on a first come, first served basis.
Please email Kristen Crans if interested in learning more about Padlet. We are happy to provide training on how to incorporate Padlet into your instruction.
Nearpod is a platform that makes teaching and learning more interactive. It includes real-time student responses, valuable reporting tools for the instructor, and increases student engagement. Nearpod works synchronously through the live participation mode, or asynchronously via the student-paced mode.
Faculty in CESW are able to request a license for Nearpod through the CESW Tech Center. Licenses are distributed on a first come, first served basis. Please email Kristen Crans if interested in learning more about Nearpod. We are happy to provide training on how to incorporate Nearpod into your instruction.
Teaching Channel is a comprehensive video library providing video resources to assist in preparing future generations of teachers. With over 1,600 videos to choose from, there are examples to support most instructional topics and methodologies taught in the higher ed classroom.
Access to Teaching Channel is through the WCU library. Visit the library homepage. Once there, under the Resources tab at the top left, choose Databases. From there, navigate to the letter T and Teaching Channel is the second option in the results list. Clicking on it will enable you to login to OpenAthens, which will then open up the Teaching Channel Resource. For assistance or questions, please email Kristen Crans.