Awarded Grant: $9,979 Principal Investigator: Keith Landa, Purchase The goal of our project is to develop software tools that would allow melody writing students to break out of the constraints imposed by traditional notation form, in order to more easily sketch out ideas for the melodies that they wish to create and be able to play them out in a variety of formats. The main software would combine touch-based drawing tools implemented for tablet computers with music output and instrument control functionality available through Pure Data, along with a suite of tools for editing, commenting, transforming and exporting the melody projects. Co-PI’s and Key Partners: Peer Bode, Professor of Video Arts, Alfred University Dr. Jim McElwaine, Professor of Music, Purchase College Paul Thayer, Instructional Support Associate, Purchase College Reports and Resources: CIT 2013 Poster: Gestural-Melody-CITposterMay2013.pdf A full download of the source code is available on Github: https://github.com/pallthayer/gesturalmusic/archive/master.zip Project outcomes report Creative Commons License:

Awarded Grant: $10,000 Principal Investigator: Martha Growdon, Oneonta This project will determine the most student-accessible, cost-effective yet reliable digital field mapping system by conducting the first digital field-mapping evaluation, comparing available tablet computers and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in side-by-side field tests, with the broad goal of training students to produce new 1:24000-scale geologic maps of New York State (NYS). This is particularly relevant due to potential horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing (“hydrofracking”) for natural gas in the Marcellus and Utica Shales. We will recommend the best system to other SUNY colleges, so they may undertake regional mapping with students, and will offer training in the use of digital mapping tools. Co-PI’s and Key Partners: Dr. Leslie Hasbargen, SUNY Oneonta Reports and Resources: Slide show presentation of our project at SUNY CIT Conference in May, 2013. It contains student reviews of the tablets, a comparison of the data quality derived from tablets for geologic mapping purposes, and summary of costs for tablets and apps: Powerpoint presentation Smartphones: Powerful Tools for Geoscience Education by Zachary Johnson and David Johnston: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2013EO470001/abstract Project outcomes report Creative Commons License:

Awarded Grant: $4,706 Principal Investigator: Amy Dohm, Clinton CC Students in two English Composition, ENG 101, courses will create a community partnership with local non-profit organizations and design a Prezi presentation and promotional brochure for the organization. Students will develop the documents using a professional subscription to Prezi and Microsoft Word. Prezi is a cloud-based, non-linear program accessible beyond the classroom. The submission of comments on the process and rough drafts of the projects will begin on a Web site. Throughout the semester the student groups will be communicating with the partners and sharing drafts of the brochure. Students will also send their community partners a student-designed rubric asking them to evaluate the working relationship and final products. Effectively doing/demonstrating all stages of the process means that course materials, technologies, concepts, activities are utilized in effective ways, improving student engagement and learning across the disciplines. Co-PI’s and Key Partners: Nathan Franklin, English Dept., Clinton Community College Reports and Resources: Service Learning Class Project Timeline Grant Overview Project outcomes report Note: Students thought the project was useful and enjoyed the experience. For the second semester, student used clubs on campus to help and provide promotional materials. This was very successful as well because students had an interest in the organization. Creative Commons License:  

Awarded Grant: $10,000 Principal Investigator: Katharina Dittmar, University at Buffalo This proposal builds on an ongoing NSF Cyber-Infrastructure project, which seeks to develop a cloud-deployed, scalable, virtual tool for the instruction of theory and practice of population genetics in K-21 settings. We pursue two aims by expanding this tool to mobile devices: Aim 1) Technology Development, and Aim 2) Strategic Assessment. One outcome from this project will be a stand-alone app (Google Android and Apple IOS platforms) that will further expand flexibility of course completion for undergraduate students at UB, SUNY, and other institutions across the country. The other outcome will be the systematic assessment of the pedagogic/educational effectiveness of mobile device instruction in STEM education through controlled qualitative and quantitative research on a large scale. Co-PI’s and Key Partners: Bina Ramamurthy, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo Jessica Poulin, Biological Sciences, University at Buffalo Reports and Resources: Final Grant Report, reports on mobile apps that were developed, their distribution, as well as assessment outcomes: IITG_Grant_Final_Report.pdf Installation Guide for apps: Popword-Installation-Guide.docx Project Website: http://popworld.buffalo.edu/ Pop!World app for iPad: https://itunes.apple.com/app/id649670263 Project outcomes report Creative Commons License: