Event Details

A conversation with Haruko Wakabayashi, Associate Teaching Professor, Asian Languages and Cultures, about how she uses Google Sites to increase student engagement with both course content and their peers. Haruko will share with us examples of student work from her “Rutgers meets Japan: Revisiting Early U.S.-Japan Encounters” and her 400-level course “Advanced Readings in Japanese” most specifically, a student-designed virtual exhibition and a collaborative student-generated website put together by students studying both here and in Japan. Together, we will explore the pedagogical possibilities of using Google Sites across disciplines and in language teaching. We will consider how digital tools can help bring students together across the globe, and brainstorm ways to leverage this tool to give students practical digital skills that support their mastery of course content.