TSC Laptop Recommendation 2012

The Technology Support Committee has concluded discussions on the laptop recommendation for the 2012-2013 school year. Through much deliberation, we have suggested that students be issued 11" MacBook Air laptops, with faculty having the option to choose between 11" or 13" MacBook Air laptops, or a Fujitsu T-731 tablet. This recommendation has been passed along to the Academic Instructional Technology Department, where it will be combined with the BCT's recommendation. The entire recommendation can be viewed at the end of the blog post.

So what happens next? Now we turn our attention and energies towards validation - making certain that the configuration suggested in the recommendation can be supported on campus. If a portion of the recommendation cannot be supported, then changes will have to be made. This will certainly make for an exciting (and busy!) November and December! TSC Recommendation 2012

Laptop Rollout 2012

In case you missed the faculty/staff meeting this afternoon, here are the slides illustrating the decision making structure and timeline in regards to the upcoming laptop rollout.

Laptop Recommendation 2012

NOTE: AITD = The Academic Instructional Technology Department co-led by Larry Emmons, Susan Freymiller and Phil Cook

Techie Teacher Talk - The End of AUP!? RSVP

Techie Teacher Talk
Wednesday, August 31st
11:20 – 12:20
The End of AUP!? Discussion

What! No more AUP! What are you thinking? How will we know what’s acceptable? If you would like answers to these questions or want to know more about Responsible Use, come to the second Techie Teacher Talk on Wednesday, August 31st from 11:20 – 12:20 in the Roberts Auditorium. Lunch will be served and one Techie Teacher Toy will be raffled off at the presentation for attendees who submit their RSVP before the session.

Techie Teacher Talk - Moodle/Schoology RSVP

Techie Teacher Talk
Wednesday, August 24th
11:20 – 12:20
Moodle & Schoology Open Workshop

The Technology Support Committee will kick off this year's Techie Teacher Talk series on Wednesday, August 24th from 11:20 – 12:20 in the Roberts Auditorium. We will start off with an open door workshop to help anyone set up their course management system - Moodle or Schoology. There will be no formal presentation but instead the members of the technology support committee and other power users will be on hand, ready to help you get a course management system working well for you and your students. Lunch will be served and one Techie Teacher Toy will be raffled off at the presentation for attendees who submit their RSVP before the session.

Techie Teacher Talk - Social Media

The Technology Support Committee will sponsor a Techie Teacher Talk (T3) on Wednesday, April 27th from 11:15 - 12:15 in the Roberts Auditorium.  Phil Cook, Chris Carrillo, and Mary Weirich will take you on a tour of social media, specifically Facebook and Twitter.  They'll share what it is, why it is so popular, how our students use it, and how they have found it both personally and professionally beneficial.  Lunch will be served and one Techie Teacher Toy will be raffled off at the presentation for attendees who submit their RSVP by Tuesday, April 26th.

Techie Teach Talk Links

Nick Counts
Qwiki: This site creates a video on any topic pulling information and photos from various trusted sources on the Internet.
www.qwiki.com

WolframAlpha: "A knowledge engine," WolframAlpha allows you to type in just about any topic to get factual information and statistics.
http://www.wolframalpha.com/ 
Tour of Wolfram Alpha


Tom Haynes
Password Safe:This is a secure method for storing and using passwords.
http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/ 

Webmail Notifier: This allows you to bring a number of email addresses together without having to use multiple browsers.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/webmail-notifier/ 

Lauren Coil-Sherck

Schoology: This is an alternative to Moodle to use as a classroom management tool.  It is geared to a generation of social networkers and allows for collaboration outside the classroom.
www.schoology.com


Mary Weirich

Mary shared a host of tools that she uses in her music classes, including audacity - an audio capture program that can be used for a whole host of things outside music.  Audacity (on all computers under start menu) Mary can show you where located and demonstrate how to record and export and send as an mp3.

http://www.musictheory.net/

http://www.emusictheory.com/practice/speedNoteNames.html

http://www.smartmusic.com/

Larry Emmons

Symbaloo: This is a free, fun bookmark tool that allows someone to store, visually organize and share bookmarks.  It'd be great for a class set of links, as you could visually organize by unit or topic.

http://www.symbaloo.com/

Techie Teacher Talk - Wednesday, March 23th 11:20 – 12:20

Technology Smörgåsbord Part Två (2)

The Technology Support Committee will sponsor the 6^th Techie Teacher Talk (T³) on Wednesday, March 23^th from 11:20 – 12:20 in the Roberts Auditorium.  This session will be a continuation of our last and present quick, simple bites of technolgy that our TSC members are excited about using in their classrooms or their own learning.  Tom Haynes, Nick Counts, Matt White, Mary Weirich, Larry Emmons, and Josh Pretzer will each present a five-minute taste.  Lunch will be served and one Techie Teacher Toy will be raffled off at the presentation for attendees who submit their RSVP by Tuesday, March 22^nd.

Greplin: A Social Indexing Database

Greplin is a web-based search tool designed to let you quickly access posts, documents, and other information available on a variety of "Web 2.0" sites. The search engine takes an aggregate approach in that you are able to search multiple social media sites through a single filter. It's very helpful for finding files/emails/posts that may have only been submitted on the web.

If you'd like a quick intro to what Greplin is and what it does, make sure that you check out the video below.

Greplin Introduction

Techie Teacher Talk - 2/18/11 (11:20 - 12:20)

Technology Smörgåsbord 

The Technology Support Committee will sponsor the 5^th Techie Teacher Talk (T³) on Wednesday, February 23^th from 11:20 – 12:20 in the Roberts Auditorium.  This session will be like our very first and present quick, simple bites of technolgy that our TSC members are excited about using in their classrooms or their own learning.  Sue Freymiller, Matt Gerber, Cindy Seley, Jim Brugh, Chris Carrillo, and Phil Cook will each present a five-minute taste.  Lunch will be served and one Techie Teacher Toy will be raffled off at the presentation for attendees who submit their RSVP by Tuesday, February 22^nd via below.

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Members of the Technology Support Committee are here to help you use technology to better both student and your own learning.  The thirteen members of the committee are: Jim Brugh, Chris Carrillo, Phil Cook, Nick Counts, Larry Emmons, Sue Freymiller, Matt Gerber, Tom Haynes, Josh Pretzer, Mark Sayer, JJ Schmiedlin, Cindy Seley, and Mary Weirich.  Please feel free to contact any of these individual for support, direction, guidance or even a class visit!

Techie Teacher Talk - 10/27/10 Prezi Workshop

Information on Prezi has been posted earlier in the blog.  Please feel free to contact Phil Cook if you have additional questions on this piece of presentation software.