It has been a while since our last podcast as there has not been a workshop in recent monthes. As I realized there are more folks listening these days I wanted to throw out an idea and see what you the listeners think.
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Learning, Information, and Technology Services (LITS) is please to announce two instructional technology workshops presented in conjunction with the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE) -
The workshops will focus on the impact emerging technology has on liberal arts education and methodologies for taking advantage of those technologies within a liberal arts philosophy. The materials and activities of the workshop are geared to faculty and those who support instruction at liberal arts colleges with limited seats available.
Participation in this workshop is open to members of the Allegheny community and NITLE Network colleges. Similar workshops in years past provided an opportunity to investigate new instructional technology and learn how those tools are being utilized by instructors at peer institutions.
The registration deadline for this workshop is April 4, 2008 if you are interested in attending or learning more please contact James Fadden.
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Faculty are invited to register for this summer's instructional technology workshops.
I want to bring to your attention an opportunity provided by NITLE on Technologies for Teaching Writing. The day long workshop will examine the impact digital tools have on the teaching of writing and provide an overview of tools that facilitate:
This workshop is being host by Southwestern University on May 3, 2008.
Contact James Fadden for more details and registration information.
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Friday, April 4th is the registration deadline for the NITLE workshops on teaching students who grew up in the digital age.
The workshops Teaching Digital Immigrants and Visual Literacy: Tools for Teaching and Learning with Images still have spaces available. Both workshops are full-day sessions that will be offered on May 15 and 16 respectively.
Participation in these workshop is open to members of the Allegheny community and faculty, librarians, and technologists from peer colleges of the NITLE network. Visit the online registration form before Friday April 4 to reserve your place in these workshops.
The registration period for the remaining instructional technology workshop remains open until a week prior to the workshop.
For the fourth year, Allegheny College Computing Services is offers workshop on various aspects of technology available at the College. This year eleven workshops will be offered in June and July thanks to the expertise of many folks around campus that incorporate technology in creative yet practical ways in their daily work.
A complete list of this year's workshops are available on
the workshop registration page.
LITS will offer a two-part workshop on beginning Dreamweaver. The workshop will provide an introduction to Dreamweaver and web basics.
Topics will include setting document properties, adding text content, creating a consistent look across multiple pages, placing images on your pages, and adding and customizing links. The workshop will be held on Wednesday, January 7th and Friday, January 9th from 9:00 to 11:30 AM in Murray 117. This is a beginner's level workshop, no previous Dreamweaver experience required. Please register online at http://www.allegheny.edu/forms/form.php?id=619.
For more information, contact Helen McCullough (hmccull@allegheny.edu or 332-3364).
Registration for the basic Dreamweaver class being offered the first week of January 2009 is closed as there are no spaces left.
To help keep you up to date on the switch from PRS to iClicker, LITS will host a technology lunch on Friday, April 10, in Schultz East Alcove from noon until 1:15. David Statman and Adele Poynor, who have been piloting the use of iClickers this semester, will discuss their experiences--both positive and negative. Lunch will be provided. RSVP online. Contact Helen McCullough (hmccull@allegheny.edu) for additional information.
The dates for this summer's instructional technology workshops are being finalized over the next week. There are two workshops with confirmed dates.
On May 12th, from noon until 2:00(ish) a lunch discussion will focus on the expansion of the wireless network to include several classroom buildings for the fall.
On May 28th, from 9:00am - 4:00pm Martin Ramsey of the ACA LAMP project will be facilitating a workshops focus on impacting student learning through the use of Sakai.
Mark your calendars and keep an eye out for the registration information that will be coming out in the near future.
The instructional technologists are putting the finishing touches on their announcement and registration information for this year's faculty workshops. The announcement will be circulated to all faculty in the coming week but in the mean time mark your calendar for the follow
Computing Services invites members of the campus community to register for this summer's technology workshops.
Registration information and a calendar of the scheduled sessions are available at http://computing.allegheny.edu/training. The bulk of sessions will focus on Microsoft Office 2007 applications and the Google Apps for Education suite. The training sessions will be led by members of the Allegheny Community, LITS Staff and CS Technology Plus.
In our effort to support campus wide efforts in environmental sustainability we will not be sending out a paper invitation this year. Should you have questions please contact Computing Services at extension 2755 or by emailing computing@allegheny.edu.
Sakai contains two tools for reporting grades to students, 'Gradebook' and 'Post 'Em'. They both offer distinct advantages and disadvantages. During this lunchtime discussion Adele Poynor and Tricia Humphreys will discuss why they chose to use these tools, and will provide some tips and tricks for their successful use.
This workshop will be held on Thursday, November 19 from 12:00 to 1:00 in Campus Center room 302, lunch will begin at 12:00 and presentations will begin at 12:20. Because of space limitations attendance will be limited to the first 20 who register.
Please click here to register.
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