Thinking like an innovator can require courage.

Rather than everyone re-inventing the wheel, share the hundreds of years of teaching experience in this room with one another.

What are the BEST WAYS to help students LEARN AND RETAIN more about textiles, using online resources?

Develop teaching strategies that work across ALL teaching platforms and learning environments:

--distance learning

--traditional face-to-face classroom

--blended/hybrid learning

--fibers, yarns, narrows, and fabric samples

--most current and comprehensive kit available!

--by people who love textiles for people who love textiles


Sustainability captures student interest!


Increased online information:

--visual
--audio format
--text


helps students "connect the dots"

Organic cotton vs. CERTIFIED organic cotton vs. GOTS certified cotton

Closed-loop recycling, and examples of polyester recycled by melting vs. CHEMICALLY recycled

Non-GMO seed cotton, vegan silk

Waterless polyester dyeing

SAFE denim, hemp, “bamboo” (rayon)

Recycled cotton/poly blend, recycled hemp/poly blend, recycled poly/poly blend
(Are THESE now recyclable? What is resulting quality?)

Fair trade cotton—what does that imply?

SeaCell® from seawood,
SOYSILK® from soybeans,
PLA from corn,
PTT from corn,
Tencel® from eucalyptus

Color grown cotton, botanical dyeing, and more…

More FIBERS: poly resin pellets, cotton, flax, silk, wool, lyocell, polyester

More YARNS: Pima cotton, Egyptian cotton, alpaca, camel, angora, mohair, cashmere, yak, and many more + 3 care labels

More COMPARISONS: pinwale vs. widewale corduroy, wool vs. acrylic felt, Modal® vs. MicroModal®, hex mesh vs. fishnet mesh vs. piqué mesh vs. athletic mesh, woven moleskin vs. suede knit vs. fiberweb suede, true vs. flocked dotted swiss, true plissé vs. heat embossed, tricot vs. sheer tricot vs. satin tricot vs. brushed tricot, flat lace vs. raised lace vs. stretch lace, plain net vs. point d’esprit

More DEPTH: cavalry twill, ITY knit, travel knit, minky dot, tufted chenille, weed control fabric, Venice lace, silver finish, laser etched, etc.

YES, you can add your own quiz and test questions.*
YES, you can add your own assignments as PDFs.*
YES, you can customize lectures by subtracting slides or adding your own slides.*
YES, you can manage multiple courses easily.
YES, you can seamlessly transfer course set-up to the next semester.
YES, there is now a “project-based learning” module.
YES, you can extend time to take quizzes and tests for students with learning disabilities.
YES, video clips are closed-captioned and pictures are labeled/annotated.
YES, static printed pages are available upon special request at our cost (about $20). We do NOT recommend because you lose all the interactivity, color, and multi-media aspects. Allow extra time—this is a special order (not returnable).
YES, students can add 6 months of full iTextiles access for $12 (does not have to be consecutive 6 months).
YES, students can add 4 years of “e-Textbook only” access for $12.
YES, you can purchase iTextiles separately, or The Textile Kit separately.
YES, iTextiles is always changing and TSC does respond to your suggestions.
* Please allow extra time for approval.

BRAND SPANKING NEW!

DROP BOX FOR ASSIGNMENTS within iTextiles

GENERATE CONSOLIDATED GRADE BOOK FOR EVERYTHING

OPEN WINDOWS (start and end dates) FOR ASSIGNMENTS as well as quizzes/tests

INDIVIDUALIZED OPEN WINDOWS FOR ONE STUDENT



Details:

For Students

1. A consolidated grade book - allowing students to view all their grades on a single screen
2. A drop box to upload answer sheets for experiments directly into iTextiles

For Instructors

1. Ability to extend open windows for individual students for quizzes, tests, assignments, and the course
project
2. Ability to setup open windows (start/end dates) for assignments similar to quizzes/tests
3. Capability to request students to upload their answer sheets for experiments into a drop box and grade
them online
4. Capability to assign points to the course project and grade them online
5. Generate consolidated grade book for all assignments (experiments & exercises) similar to
quizzes/test

I have heard it said that wise people always leave room in their heads for more knowledge.

So all of us can surely learn from one another's experiences or even from one another's QUESTIONS.

See list of discussion starters on handout.