WorkshopsFall
Hello,
We would like to invite all faculty and staff for workshops focusing on uses of technologies for teaching and research. These workshops are for all employees and will cover a wide range of topics from the basics of log ins and file transfers to the use of cutting edge technologies involving virtual environments and simulations. The workshops will be offered in ? at the same times on ???. Feel free to stop into any of the sessions during each of the three days. Lunch will be provided.
Workshop Schedule -- In Bosler 209 and Mac Microroom
==ICON== Image and Multimedia repository
Free ImagesANCIENT, MEDIEVAL ERA, RENAISSANCE & BAROQUE, 18th - 20th CENTURY, NON-WESTERN
Archaeo Art galleryNot the easiest to navigate but possibly useful Archaeology images
Free images Over 250,000 fine arts, cartography, photography, architechture and other images
MAC OSX
- F9 tiles all open windows;
- F10 tiles all open windows for the current application;
- F11 hides all open windows so you can see the contents of your desktop.
Using Gestures
moving the mouse over one of the display corners — to activate any of the three Exposé actions. Again, simply use System Preference to assign each Exposé action to a different corner
Podcasting
Audacity
Dickinson Podcasts
Latin Poetry Podcast Christopher Francese
Short poetry readings in Latin
The Bill Durden Show airs on WDCV-FM throughout the semester covering predefined topics and discussed by President Bill Durden and guests.
Chemistry Podcast Mike Holden
Enhanced podcasts that pair up images to illustrate the audio as the podcast progresses. (similar to a powerpoint podcast)
==Google Calendar== embedding a google calendar in a webpage
==Word for Scholarsh== How to use Styles, Headers, Master docs, etc. to manager largish academic documents. Could we nudge Writely into this one as well?
==RefWorks== WE SHOULD FIND A LIBRARIAN FOR THIS
Refworks is already being offered October 4th and 5th by the librarians
==Digital Resources== (e.g. JSTOR) DITTO
Macromedia Dreamweaver Tips & Tricks
==Dickinson's Network== Passwords, Folders, Quotas, Webmail & Outlook basics
Wikis
Dickinson Wiki Examples
Digital Photography Caroline Savage
Intermediate Macro Ed McPhail
Dismodern Body Josh Kupetz
Race, Class and Gender Susan Rose and Chuck Barone
Blogs
Dickinson Blogs
Class Use
The Beat Generation Josh Kupetz
Student reflections on Beat Generation readings
The History of Church and State Neil Miller
Opinions and discussions on current events related to the separation of church and state
What is Religion? Dan Cozort
Student journal entries chronicling their experiences visiting various churches, temples and synagogues.
Italian 116 Tullio Pagano
Student responses to questions and audio recordings of language exchanges using skype.
Abroad/Travel
Students log their experience during a three-week trip. The Luce semester is an innovative, field-based curriculum in environmental science that took the students to Louisiana.
Allison spent a semester in China and blogged her experience for Dickinson to follow.
Professor Ball Jeremy Ball
Professor Ball's experiences during his semester in Angola.
John Miyahara John Miyahara
John Miyahara's experiences during his service in the Navy in the Gulf region following hurricane Katrina.
Web2.0 and Google
Shorter version of Web 2.0 and Google combined or sections broken out into other part s of workshop (show bloglines when discussing blogs)
Projects using Skype
- Although i realize this isn't an academic use, I think we should discuss how useful skype can be to communicate with colleagues on campus instead of pushing countless emails back and forth.
