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“My teaching has benefited from the PITF program. The program was crucially important in allowing me to make the transition from a slide-based mode of teaching to one based on digital images. Several summers ago, I was assigned two PITF fellows who...

“I teach the required undergraduate research methods class to sophomores. It is the gateway course into the major. I have taught it for 20 years, but a year and a half ago I had a PITF work with me for the summer to totally update the website and to...

“Having the assistance of a PITF allowed me to organize my slides and other visual data into a uniform format, greatly improving the amount and kinds of material I could cover in a lecture. ”

“The program has certainly improved my courses; this is notably the case with a software tool developed through the PITF program for a course I taught two years ago that completely transformed the way I taught the course. ”

“We have been able to design our course more effectively, both for classroom activities and for organization of information for students and teachers. ”

“I believe the PITF program is a wonderful initiative. It has helped me become more comfortable with technology, and use technology to improve my teaching. ”

“The PITF program was essential for helping me create important teaching tools like pronunciation podcasts and discussion forums. ”

“By building a website or primary sources for my core course, PITF expanded the potential for my course immensely. Students are able to consult these sources, which give a vivid sense of the history they are studying. ”

“PITFs anticipate the needs of students who have a better knowledge of instructional technology than we faculty do. In addition, the program has helped to expand the resources that we can make available to HDS students for study and review to meet their...

“The PITFs have assisted instructors in developing web resources that greatly improve the quality of the courses we offer. ”