As end of semester deadlines approach, we want to get as much as we can out of our study time. How can technology help us "work smarter?" Tune in to hear an excerpt from a conversation we had with students on the CU Boulder campus on this very topic. Sign up for an email reminder for our next conversation, or add to the conversation about "Connection" or "Productivity" technologies. Transcript link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11IPqKd7PcanW1NZ23zt8H8-YV9uY2D_7PMeBPzpCl7M/edit?usp=sharing [Re]defining Success (Four Tendencies): https://www.colorado.edu/assett/redefining-success Hacking t ..read more

Discord…Hinge…Omegle? In a time when we’re forced to isolate, technology can provide us with opportunities to connect and form relationships. What makes apps are worth the download? Tune in to hear an excerpt from a conversation we had with students on the CU Boulder campus on this very topic. Sign up for an email reminder for our next conversation (March 29th!), or add to the conversation about "Connection" or "Productivity" technologies. Transcript link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aGd4WKpJCli97KKWlQeVHDPJUNZDXDco0QAk_DI9fmM/edit?usp=sharing Sign up: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e ..read more

In this podcast, members of the ASSETT Innovation Incubator discuss how metacognitive practices or “thinking about thinking” can increase student success. They share tested practices that are easy to implement in the classroom or for students to adopt independently or with a study partner. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stcs/message ..read more

No one could have predicted that the world would face what it has faced this past year, and no one could begin to understand how this would affect our lives. Speaking with students, all with different majors, grades, and experiences, I sought to look at how they all adapted and adjusted their expectations with regard to school and technology. Everyone faced increased technology use, and though some of us tried to limit this, it wasn’t easy. As the semester wraps up, and we all prepare to return to a semi-normal life as a student, it seems that everyone will be ready to set aside the challenges ..read more

In the final edition of this podcast, I spoke with one more student about how their educational experience has been impacted this past year. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stcs/message ..read more

I spoke with a freshman student about how their habits changed when the pandemic began. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stcs/message ..read more

In this edition of the podcast, I spoke with a second year student about comparing their experience this year to their experience last year. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stcs/message ..read more

In this episode I spoke with two students, a freshman and a sophomore, about how their college experience is living up to their expectations.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stcs/message ..read more

This episode includes my conversation with a freshman majoring in international affairs.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stcs/message ..read more

I never suspected over half my time at college in Boulder would be spent at a computer screen, and I am confident I was not alone in this supposition. Nevertheless, college students all around the world were snatched from classrooms and isolated from ‘normal’ thanks to the pandemic sweeping the globe. In this podcast, I’ll share conversations I’ve had with other college students. In these discussions it was my goal to learn not only about the effects of increased screen time, but also how student’s have managed them. Online schooling forces me to be on my laptop approximately ten hours a day ..read more