Campus Technology 2009:
Pre-Conference Workshops
Monday July 27, 2009
Morning Workshops: 8:30 am - 12:00 pm
M01: Maps on a Spreadsheet and Other Google Collaboration Tools
M02: Step-by-Step Audio Podcasting
M03: By the Numbers: Scorecards, Dashboards and Metrics for Classrooms
M04: Getting Up to Speed with the Sakai CLE
M05: Using Wikis in Courses
Afternoon Workshops: 1:30 - 5:00 pm
M06: Web 2.0-enabled Interdisciplinary Collaborations: New Opportunities
M07: Web 2.0 in the Classroom
M08: Strategic Application of AV Assessment and Standards in Learning Spaces
M09: SHUmobile and the Evolution of Digital Storytelling
M10: Breaking New Ground with Apple Technology You Already Have
Welcome to the 2009 CT Conference Online Community!
New this year, the Campus Technology conference offers a Wiki where you can view or share relevant materials with conference attendees or post or read blogs on topics of interest to the conference community.
To access the Wiki, log in via the community page at:
http://2009ctconferencecommunity.campuspack.net/Groups/2009_CT_Conference_Community
Conference Attendees: Your username will be in the format of <email address> Remember to use the same email address you used when registering for the conference.
Conference Presenters: Your username will be in the format of <first initial of first name><last name> -- for example, Susan E. Jones would be: sjones
Your password will be set initially to <changeme> so you can log in easily with the option of changing your own password for the most security (you can use the “Change Password” link on your personal space any time after you log in).
The Wiki is available immediately to the entire conference community, including all presenters, workshop leaders, and attendees, with more limited access for the general public. Content will be added, both by session presenters and attendees, up to, during, and after the event so be sure to visit the Wiki often to take advantage of this dynamic resource.
M01: Maps on a Spreadsheet and Other Google Collaboration Tools
Mark Frydenberg, Senior Lecturer, Bentley University
Google's web-based applications are becoming popular on college campuses for group editing of presentations, documents, spreadsheets and websites. With the applications and the data “live” on the web, exchanging data between them becomes a powerful and simple task. This workshop offers participants hands-on experience in using these tools, and also shares ways to incorporate them in an educational setting. Web-based collaboration tools are for everyone, and the emphasis in this session is “Yes, you can!”
Participants should bring a laptop with wireless capability and signup for a Gmail address before they arrive.
M02: Step-by-Step Audio Podcasting
Jeffrey Frey, Manager, Web Services, Rice University
Podcasting is a powerful tool that allows instructors to take their message further than ever thought possible. In this workshop, Jeff Frey will lead participants step-by-step through the seven stages of podcasting: preparing, recording, producing, encoding, uploading, configuring RSS and subscribing. Along the way, he will impart best practices from research and demo hardware/software for all budget levels. If you’ve ever wanted to truly know how to podcast, don’t miss this workshop. You’ll be podcasting the minute you get back to campus!
Participants should bring a laptop with wireless capability with them to this workshop.
M03: By the Numbers: Scorecards, Dashboards and Metrics for Classrooms
Jeremy Todd, Interim Director Office of Classroom Management, Nathan Meath, Associate Analyst, and Anya Norton, External Reports Analyst, University of Minnesota
Looking for methods and metrics to quantify classroom performance and needs? This “how to” workshop looks inside the University of Minnesota model for managing classroom technology, facilities, scheduling/utilization, support and planning. It examines the metrics-based approach that includes a comprehensive Balanced Scorecard, a” Classroom Performance Index” decision aid for resource allocation and interactive dashboards. This workshop includes a unique “How to Develop Dashboards in Four Steps” segment. IT managers and administrators charged with the oversight of learning spaces should not miss this workshop.
M04: Getting Up to Speed with the Sakai CLE
Kara Stiles, Senior Education Consultant, rSmart
As an IT professional, faculty member, or instructional designer you have heard about the open source collaboration and learning environments. Now is your chance to get hands-on training with implementing Sakai. During this workshop, attendees will use their own laptops to create a pilot course in a live, hosted instance of Sakai. Taking the mystery out of implementation issues, the presenter will show you how to build content, assessments, and encourage collaboration with Sakai tools. Learn how to configure Sakai tools and course permissions and add students into the course. Following this workshop, you’ll be able to run the pilot course for an entire semester.
Participants should bring a laptop with wireless capability with them to this workshop.
M05: Using Wikis in Courses
Siobhán Ross-Humphries, Coordinator, Instructional Technology Development Program Providence College and Robert Hackey, Professor, Health Policy and Management, Providence College
The Wiki as a tool is appealing because it helps make student thinking visible and places importance on the process of learning as well as the outcome. Join this workshop to learn how you can use wikis in your courses for group projects, field notes, co-creating reference materials and collaborative class note-taking, among other uses. Examples will be drawn from the Providence College.
Participants should bring a laptop with wireless capability with them to this workshop.
M06: Web 2.0-enabled Interdisciplinary Collaborations: New Opportunities
Jim Wolfgang, Director, Digital Innovation Group, Georgia College & State University, and Keith Politte, Manager, Technology Testing Center, Reynolds Journalism Institute, Missouri School of Journalism
Students today are savvy customers of higher education. They seek and expect educational engagement, service, and social networking as key components of their educational experience. And they know how to identify the institutions that offer them. At the same time, constricted budgets require creative and innovative approaches to accomplish more with less. Those of us charged with technology programs at our higher education institutions can leverage a range of tools and techniques, including Web 2.0-enabled interdisciplinary collaborations for instruction and beyond. IT leaders, administrators, faculty, and instructional designers will all benefit from the exposition of an unconventional approach which draws together a campus's unique strengths, accelerated through application of appropriate Web 2.0 technologies. This workshop will engage participants through a series of case studies, participatory exercises, and interactive dialogues.
Participants should bring a laptop with wireless capability with them to this workshop.
M07: Web 2.0 in the Classroom
Alexandra M. Pickett, Associate Director, State University of New York System Administration
If you are ready to take a fast-paced tour of Web 2.0 applications and their potential in the classroom, put on your seatbelt! It’s an amazing ride as the presenter details “How, why and what happened when I stitched together Web 2.0 technologies into one online course.” Applications include Twitter, voicethread, diigo, edublogs, jing, meebome, Audacity, YouTube, polldaddy, Breeze and more. This workshop will demonstrate ways in which these tools were used in the presenter's online course and how they can be used to enhance instruction. During this workshop attendees will be invited to join and explore selected tools.
Participants should bring a laptop with wireless capability with them to this workshop.
M08: Strategic Application of AV Assessment and Standards in Learning Spaces
Joseph Bocchiaro, Director, InfoComm Performance Standards Program InfoComm International
AV systems have become more central to today's educational facilities, while the current fiscal conditions require the highest efficiency and effectiveness of all institutional resources. Great for IT managers and higher level administrators, this workshop will provide insight to mapping subjective assessment criteria against objective technical standards for educational learning spaces to enhance the ability to manage resources while influencing new standards used by the design-build community.
M09: SHUmobile and the Evolution of Digital Storytelling
David Middleton, AVP Finance and Technology, Mary Zedeck, Instructional Designer, Seton Hall University
To shed light on mobile computing in higher education, this workshop explores the mobile technologies initiative at Seton Hall University, SHUmobile. To allow time to examine the potential of mobile technology for education in depth, just one aspect of SHUmobile will be highlighted during this workshop digital storytelling with mobile technologies. In this hands-on experience, participants will use storyboard to create a digital story on a mobile device. Participants will discuss ideas and strategies for engaging college and university communities in mobile initiatives. Faculty and administrators alike will benefit from these discussions.
Participants should bring a laptop with wireless capability with them to this workshop.
M10: Breaking New Ground with Apple Technology You Already Have
Jonathan Huer, Director of Emerging Technology and Media Development, Ball State University
This workshop will focus on the advanced techniques of Final Cut Studio and the media-related developer tools that are fundamental to the Mac OS and podcasting. Assuming attendees’ experience in podcasting, the main focus will be on increasing efficiency and reducing cost. Learn a master trainer’s tips on how to produce good audio and video for podcasts using Final Cut Studio and take away some simple techniques that focus on automation. Also learn how to use Quartz Composer to bring a new dimension of polish to media projects and Podcasts. Basic experience in podcasting and Apple/Macintosh technology required.
Participants should bring a laptop with wireless capability with them to this workshop. Participants who bring a Mac laptop loaded with Final Cut Pro will gain the most out of this workshop.