September 10: Open House in ETC (ETC Office, Guild basement)
Join us to celebrate the Grand Opening of the Educational Technology Center, a place where faculty, staff and students can come to discuss, try out, and learn about technology for their classes and work life. The office is the home of Laura Blankenship, Sr. Instructional Technologist, Mike Zarro, College Web Developer, and part-time, of Ben Johnston, Language Learning Center Director. Refreshments will be served.
No Signup Required. Everyone is welcome!
September 17: Computer Protection (Guild Lounge)
Come learn how to protect yourself from spam, spyware, adware and viruses. We’ll cover some best practices to prevent being inundated by these insidious
programs and we’ll also cover some ways to rid yourself of them if you’ve already been a victim. (Mike Zarro, Dave Consiglio)
September 24: Alternatives to Dreamweaver for Web Design (Guild Lounge and Lab for supported work time)
Dreamweaver has increasingly become a tool for web develoment experts, leaving the average user floundering for a tool to create simple pages. Not to worry, there are several other options without having to learn html. Ben Johnston and Mike Zarro will show you some possibilities with time at the end of the demonstration for hands-on assistance. (Mike Zarro, Ben Johnston)
October 1: Communicating in the 21st Century (Guild Lounge; Lab for supported work time)
RSS, IM, Wiki, Blog—sound like you’re in a sci-fi movie or have fallen into an acronym soup? Not at all. These are all ways to commicate via the internet. Want to get in touch with your students? Try IM-ing them. Want to get the latest news from multiple sources? Learn how to gather RSS feeds. Want to creat your own news? You might use a Wiki or a Blog. Find out how to use all of these things and more. (Ben Johnston, Mike Zarro, Dave Consiglio)
October 22: Video Editing (New Media Lab, Guild)
Learn what video editing tools are available in the New Media Lab and the basics of how to record, edit and produce a digital video. We’ll go from raw footage to finished product, usually a DVD. Class is limited to 10 people. (Laura Blankenship)
October 29: From Waves to Digits (New Media Lab, Guild)
Have some old albums sitting around? Cassettes of mix tapes from high school or college? We’ll show you how to get those into digital format and cover some other aspects of the digital music world. Class is limited to 10 people (Dave Consiglio, Laura Blankenship)
Class is open. Sign up
November 5: InDesign (Canaday Training Classroom)
InDesign is a powerful page layout program that allows to create brochures, posters, and other print-related products. Learn how to use this program and much more about the print world from Tracy Youells, from Public Affairs. She’ll show you some best practices for taking digital product and going to print using InDesign.
November 12: Blackboard as a Pedagogical Tool (Guild Lounge)
Blackboard has been the campus course management system for three years. With use of the system increasing, we’d like to open up a discussion about how it might be better utilized as a pedagogical tool rather than just an administrative tool. What features really help reinforce the learning experience? (Laura Blankenship)
November 19: Make your own Holiday Cards (Guild Lounge and Lab)
Want to make your own Holiday cards this year? Learn how to prepare photos, create simple graphics, and some online tools to make it all easy. We’ll also cover how to choose the right paper and what kind of printers to use if you choose to print your own. (Janet Scannell, Laura Blankenship)
December 3: Faculty Showcase (Guild Lounge)
Come see what your colleagues are doing with technology in their teaching and research.