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TechFest programming is rich with opportunities to take on new challenges and learn more about the implications for teaching and learning or research. As always, educational technology programming is presented with a pedagogically purposeful perspective.
Participation in any workshop or demostration throughout TechFest generates a ticket for the tech prize drawing on Tuesday, January 17th. Don't miss your chance to win an eTrex Legend, an iPOD, a Cingular GoPhone, iTunes gift cards, USB flash storage or other useful technology! Tech prizes are provided courtesy of the Center for Teaching and Learning or SLU vendors (please see TechFair and Digital Sandbox program (PDF) for complete details).
Meals are provided throughout the event for registered participants; seating is limited and registration is required.
View TechFest event brochure (PDF) or Digital Sandbox and TechFair (Jan. 17) program (PDF)
Learn more about faculty technology development at St. Lawrence University. This event is held in collaboration with and support from the Center for Teaching and Learning.
SCHEDULE of EVENTS Jan 12-17, 2006 |
Thursday, Jan. 12: Emergent tech in EDU; Google Tools; ANGEL Assessment; SMARTBoard 101
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Thursday morning events
9:00 a.m.
Emergent/mobile technologies in EDU
1.5 hours
Location: CTL
Presenters: Ryanne Araujo, Bill Olsen, Sondra Smith, Rhett Thatcher, Chris Watts
A series of vignettes on the latest EDU technology -- sure to inform and inspire your thinking for the next year: podcasting, Pachyderm, Global Positioning Systems, social software and other wireless technologies. We're so enthused about the potential for these and other emergent technologies that we're creating a web page specific to this topic -- check it out! |
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Thursday afternoon events
1:30 p.m.
ANGEL Assessment
3.0 hours
Location: CTL
Presenter: Jim Forney
Assessment in ANGEL is a multifaceted endeavor! Attend this workshop to learn how to use all of the ANGEL assessment tools: establish milestones, grade book, WhoDunIT agent, organize drop boxes, and more. Pre-requisite: ANGEL course(s) in progress or substantive experience with another online course management system. |
11:00 a.m.
Google tools
1.5 hours
Location: CTL
Presenter: Ryanne Araujo
With the recent rollout of Google Print, Google may seem poised to take over the world... but don't despair! Attend this workshop to learn to use a range of Google tools (e.g. Scholar, Desktop, Earth, Translate) with greater efficiency and effectiveness.
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1:30 p.m.
SMARTBoard 101
1.5 hours
Location: CTL
Presenter: Sondra Smith
SMARTBoards are interactive whiteboards found in many of our eclassrooms. Attend this hands-on workshop to learn how to use this tool effectively, including enhancements, such as the image gallery, found in version 9 of the SMART software.
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Friday morning event
9:00 a.m.
GPS and geocache workshop
3.0 hours
Location: CTL
Presenter: Bill Olsen
Global Positioning Systems have found their place throughout higher ed, and here's your chance to discover why. Attend this workshop to learn more about the technology itself from our own GIS specialists, and to try your hand at it. Participants will be divided into teams for the first TechFest geocache challenge -- winners take all!
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Friday afternoon event
1:30 p.m.
ANGEL intro & communication tools
3.0 hours
Location: Carnegie 212 or 214
Presenter: Sondra Smith
Attend this workshop to get started with ANGEL learning management system. Participants will practice on a demo course first, but then begin to develop an online course component for the spring semester. ANGEL communication tools (course email, discussion forums, journals, whiteboard, chat) will also be covered within the workshop.
Newcomers should note that BlackBoard or WebCT courses are easily imported!
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Monday morning event
9:00 a.m.
Adobe Presentation & Design
Acrobat Pro Intro
3.0 hours
Location: ODY 125
Presenter: Bret Olsen
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Monday afternoon event
1:30 p.m.
Adobe Presentation & Design
InDesign Intro
3.0 hours
Location: ODY 125
Presenter: Bret Olsen |
These workshops will introduce you to Adobe Acrobat Pro and/or Adobe InDesign. If you've not used Acrobat Pro beyond saving a file as a PDF, or if you've never used InDesign to create a publication, this is your opportunity to expand those skills!
Sign up for one or both workshops, but please note that Acrobat Pro is more widely available at this time. Acrobat Pro is available to faculty and staff upon request for office installations; contact the HelpDesk; InDesign is available for teaching and learning in Madill 222, Carnegie 209, Piskor 12 computer labs and in Piskor 214.
Adobe Presentation & Design workshop series courtesy of NITLE . |
Tuesday, January 17th |
The Digital Sandbox (9:00 a.m. -12:00 noon)
and the Faculty TechFair (1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.)
Location: Eben Holden
View Jan 17th program (PDF)
TechFair (1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.) on Tuesday afternoon features faculty presentations for integration of technology into teaching, learning or research. Eben Holden: Main
Join us to hear more from:
- Patti Frazer Lock, regarding her pilot project with calculus students and the GTCO InterWrite personal response system this fall. Learn about the pedagogical implications for "clickers" in the liberal arts setting.
- Laura Rediehs, who established an ANGEL group for forty advisees (first year, second year or majors), providing resources online, as well as a place for students to interact with each other about advising issues. Learn more about the results of this successful and innovative use of ANGEL.
We conclude TechFest 2006 with tech prize drawings at 3:00 p.m.
The Digital Sandbox (9:00 a.m. -12:00 noon) on Tuesday morning provides a wide variety of hands-on opportunities for faculty and staff to explore emergent technology. Participate in the Digital Sandbox so that you are better equipped to play a role in planning the future of ed tech implementations at SLU! Eben Holden: North, South or Conference Room
SLU Faculty and Staff Demonstrations:
- Jim Forney, Information Technology, will demonstrate the personal response system setup and tech requirements. Preview the technology as a "student" first, here. Find also more info about "clickers" in EDU ...
- Rhett Thatcher, Information Technology will demonstrate a variety of wireless gizmos of interest to faculty, staff and students.
- Chris Watts, Center for Arts Technology, will demonstrate technologies used in teaching and learning in the arts, and reveal the grand plan for the new Center for Arts Technology, part of Phase II renovations scheduled to begin in the spring of 2006.
Vendor Demonstration Schedule:
9:30 a.m.
Sympodium interactive pen display from SMART Technologies by Presentation Concepts Corporation
10:00 a.m.
Isys/iO touchpanel media control center from Crestron (Audio-Video Corporation)
10:30 a.m.
Mediasite from SonicFoundry by Audio-Video Corporation
StarBoard interactive white boards and presentation software and the T15 interactive panel from Hitachi by Visual Technologies
11:00 a.m.
DyKnow Vision interactive classroom software and DyKnow Monitor desktop control software by DyKnow
11:30 a.m.
SchoolBoard interactive white boards and iPanel interactive pen display from GTCO CalComp by Visual Technologies
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