Instructional Technology Services & SAS Grant Opportunity
SAS Computing and other groups at Penn offer a variety of services to help faculty use technology in their teaching. These services can help instructors to more actively engage their students in their learning, to bring their research interests into the undergraduate classroom, or even just handle routine activities more efficiently.
We encourage you to visit http://www.sas.upenn.edu/computing/instructional for more information about technology support services. SAS Instructional Technology grants are available to SAS faculty to facilitate activities which require special support. Grants can be used for a variety of purposes, such as
• getting help developing new activities for your students
• using videoconferencing to bring guest experts into the classroom
• digitizing teaching materials
• acquiring special hardware or software for your students to use
Examples of past grants are available at http://www.sas.upenn.edu/computing/instructional/grants/examples
If you’re not sure if you should apply for a grant, please just contact instructional_grants@sas and tell us what’s on your mind. We will be happy to discuss any problems or opportunities you would like to address in your teaching.
If you’re a faculty member in SAS and are ready to apply for a grant, it’s easy to do so. Small grants are available at any time; we’re accepting proposals for medium and large grants through March 27, 2009. For details and application forms, please visit http://www.sas.upenn.edu/computing/teaching_resources/grants
Hi Elizabeth, I wonder – could we ask the winners from previous years if they would send in an email post to this blog about their experiences? best, Anu