Issue date: 11/6/07 Section: News

Linda Ghent, assistant profesor of economics, talks to faculty about using various types of media in the classroom. Ghent gave examples of what media she uses in the classroom, including "Big Yellow Taxi" by the Counting Crows as well as a movie clip from "House". Karolina Strack/The Daily Eastern News

Multimedia in the classroom was the theme of the concluding presentations of the "Wholesome Professor" series Monday morning.

Linda Ghent, assistant professor of economics, presented "Using Popular Culture in the Classroom," which discussed how teachers could use video clips from various popular culture resources to better connect with their students.

Kiranmayi Padmaraju, assistant professor of education technology, featured a presentation called "Using Video Clips to Increase Student Engagement," which followed Ghent's discussion.

The presentations drew some of the largest numbers of audience members the series has seen this semester.

More than 25 faculty members and graduate students packed into the Effingham Room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union to hear the professors speak.

Mildred Pearson, director of faculty development, said she was pleasantly surprised to see the good attendance.

Pearson said setting up presentations for professors has been difficult because of scheduling conflicts for many faculty members.

"It's always difficult to gauge a time when most faculty members can attend," she said.

Pearson said she was pleased with the presentation not only because of the attendance, but also because of the interest audience members showed in the subject matter.

"As I looked around, I could see the sparks of interest among the faculty members," she said.

One such faculty member was Richard Wandling, professor of political science, who came to learn how to expand his use of technology while teaching.

"I would like to take that next step in using multimedia in my classes," he said.

Wandling said he uses Internet links in classes already but said he could see the need for more multimedia.

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