Technology Improvement Grants (TIG) at Work
Doc Cam to Facilitate Landscape Design — Dr. Laura Deeter
The document camera can be used to show lettering, illustrate good and bad examples of landscape design drafting symbols and to critique student designs.
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Enhance Student Learning in Math Classes — Mr. Emil Miller
The combination of the TI calculator software and the SmartBoard has made presenting examples and answering questions much more organized. This, hopefully, presents an easier to follow and understand presentation to the students.
Speaking of clearer, it is so nice to not have chalk dust flying all over the room, as the whiteboards present a crisper, cleaner image for the students. They also allow for easy use of color to emphasize the steps to a solution.
Instruction will be exponentially enhanced once I become more familiar with the SmartBoard software!
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SolidWorks-STEM® Software — Mr. Steve Hebrock
Developing a 3D solid CAD model of the hoof has been of considerable benefit in teaching the Farriering class, since it's forced me to have a firm grasp of the structure of the hoof from an engineering perspective. This has enabled me to better explain how nature shapes the equine hoof according to the demands of its functions of support, efficient movement and protection.
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Biotechnology: Investigating DNA — Dr. Carri Gerber
The purpose of this project is to equip ATI’s Laboratory and Environmental Science graduates with “cutting edge” biotechnology theory and techniques, which will increase their marketability and success when choosing a career.
Students utilized the equipment and kits purchased with this minigrant to perform polymerase chain reactions, restriction enzyme digestions and gel electrophoresis. These activities were previously not available for the students at ATI.
The students are very receptive to learning new technology and excited by biotechnology. When noting the potential for more career opportunities, the students requested more molecular aspects to be infused to the courses at ATI.
This project has served as a successful seed for the proposed Biotechnology program at ATI.
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Podcasting — Dr. Nels Hansen
Podcasting has wide range of implications on campus. Faculty members can develop course materials as either a primary source of information or a secondary, supplemental source, to enhance student learning.
Video Imaging and Editing in Equine Courses — Dr. Debra Powell
Capturing real time images of horses in motion allows me to focus students' attention on a horse's gait or other characteristics. With the software that allows for slow-motion playback, we can view a horse's movement very slowly or even frame by frame. It really helps students visualize and understand the way a horse moves.
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