The Office of Information Resources and Technology (IRT) will host the next
Faculty Showcase on Tuesday, November 7, 2006, from 10:30am to 2:30pm in the
Living Arts Lounge of the Creese Student Center.
This is an opportunity for faculty members to exchange ideas and demonstrate some of the
unique applications of technology and online learning at Drexel.
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Technology / Faculty Showcase – November 7th, 2006
Living Arts Lounge – Creese Center
Agenda
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10:30am |
Intro and Welcome |
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10:40am |
First Presentation
(Communities in Vista and Discussions in Vista) |
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"English Alive: Centralized Content and Individualized Communications in the First-Year Writing Curriculum."
Valarie Arms and Scott Warnock |
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11:05am |
Second Presentation
(Digital voice recorders and annotated PPT) |
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"New Technologies in Language Teaching and Learning."
Barbara Hoekje and Mara Blake-Ward |
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11:30am |
Third Presentation
(Camtasia Studio, RMCP, and Vista) |
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"Setting the Stage: Leveraging Technology to Inform and Administer Placement Tests for Incoming Drexel Freshmen."
Toni Torres and Andrew Warden |
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Noon - 1:00pm Lunch
"Higher Education Trends and Other Emerging Topics"
Jan Biros and Andrew Warden
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1:00pm |
Fourth Presentation
(Clicker technology – Two Varieties) |
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"The Use of Technology to Enhance Classroom Feedback and Participation: Clickers and Live Classroom."
Merrill Liechty and David Tristano |
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1:25pm |
Fifth Presentation
(Impatica and Rich Media) |
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"Enriching Your Instruction: Using Impatica for Online Library Instruction and Incorporating Rich Media Resources."
Kathleen Turner and Tim Siftar |
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1:50pm |
Sixth Presentation
(Camtasia – in training environments) |
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"Enhancing Welcome Aboard, Drexel’s New Employee
Orientation Program, through Better Use of Technology."
Tom Sontag and Kathleen Jones |
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2:15pm |
Wrap-Up, Handouts, Final Questions for the Presenters |
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2:30pm |
Thank-You and Adjourn |
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