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Presidential Instructional Technology Fellows

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About the PITF Program The Presidential Instructional Technology Fellows (PITF) program was established in 2004 and ran through 2011 and benefited students across Harvard and helped faculty incorporate technology into their teaching. The program created...

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The Presidential Instructional Technology Fellows (PITF) program was established in 2004 and ran through 2011 and benefited students across Harvard and helped faculty incorporate technology into their teaching. The program created opportunities for...

Value and Impact

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The program value and impact may best be heard in the words of faculty and fellows speaking about their experiences. Here are some interesting program facts: Program inception: 2004 Number of PITF projects completed: Over 500 Number of faculty university...

3D Data Format Converter

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This extensible application used mappings and plug-ins to convert any 3D format to any other. It was developed using Fortran and XML. Teaching Challenge: The goal of this project was to create an application to easily convert 3D data files from one format...

3D Geology Viewer

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This 3D, interactive Java Applet displayed a variety of overlying faults data sets which could be toggled on and off, along with a feature allowing the creation of a plane from three points. The viewer was built from Javaview — a Java-based interactive 3D...

3D Historical Models

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Google SketchUp was used to create a richly interactive and historically authentic 19th-century psychiatric asylum on Harvard's island in Second Life. 3D historical models of Colney Hatch and Bedlam hospitals were created. A Google Earth KMZ file was used...

Ryan Overby, GSAS

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“We work together with faculty as colleagues rather than mere technological servants—and this is really the special point of the PITF program. ”

Tom Tomberlin, GSE PITF

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“ Participating in the PITF program led to an opportunity to coauthor a book with a Harvard faculty member, cemented a relationship with my faculty advisor, and helped me compete and land my first academic job. ”

Vincent Leung, GSAS PITF

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"In my capacity as a PITF, I have been able to work with many faculty who I would not have had the opportunity to work with otherwise. They often came to me (and my colleagues) with their pedagogical design and goals, and in turn, we consult with them on...

George Gonzalez, HDS

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“With the faculty I have worked with, the level of engagement has been excellent, both because we have been able to perform tasks that they find useful in their teaching and because we have been able to think through, together, how to enhance the core...

Professor Judy Singer, GSE

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“Students have come to expect a high level of technological sophistication in my classes and the PITF program makes it all possible. ”

Professor Katharine Park, FAS

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“This is a crucial program. Many faculty in FAS are eager to update their teaching using the most recent instructional technologies, but we tend to be far too busy to do this on our own. The PITF program allows us to do this. A major side-benefit is...