All Events in the LBC
Tech Day 2009 Schedule
Room 201 - Apple and Education
10-11am
Technology & Mobility in Education - the Future is Here
Barry Adams Ed.D., Apple
Imagine a learning environment where all students and faculty have access to hyper-mobile digital learning devices, complete with lessons, instructional videos, audio programs, pdf files and more, it's happening! The continuum of mobility from portable to mobile learning tools are disrupting classes but innovative educators are successfully navigating the mobile content landscape in meaningful ways, this session will highlight how it's being done with iTunes U and beyond.
11:15-12:30 pm
Generational Learning - Fitting content to match the consumer
Barry Adams Ed.D., Apple
For the first time in history, there are now four generations of adults living, working and learning within the same society. It sets a tone for the explosion of change that society faces in the 21st century. For the first time, there are four generations of adults raising families, going to work, going to school. The day of the multi-age classroom is here. The issues of how to manage diverse generations in the workplace are upon us.
In this fast paced session we will examine the characteristic learning styles of these four generations and then begin to understanding how content can be shaped and channeled to meet their unique needs. Using technology as an instructional ally, we can find new and imaginative ways to meet the needs of the classrooms of tomorrow.
2-3pm
What is Sophielab?
Presented by Crystal Kile.
Room 202 - Digital Trends
10-11am
Panel on Digital Archives
Representatives from the Library, Newcomb College Center for Research on Women and the Center for Public Service
Panelists will discuss the trials and tribulations of managing large digital archives over sustained periods of time. They will discuss the strategies and pratfalls inherent in this process.
11:15-12:15pm
Managing Information Overload
Paul St-Pierre, Reference Librarian (Sciences), Tulane University
Prior to the Internet the library enjoyed a near monopoly in the provision of scholarly information, and it continues to have higher quality electronic resources than the free web. However, with hundreds of vendors using different systems (Tulane subscribes to 500 databases and 30,000 e-journals), comprehensive information gathering has become more challenging. Thus researchers turn to the simplicity of Google, with its easy interface and guaranteed results of unverified quality. Enter MetaLib®, locally called "Article & Database Finder.” Funded by a Technology Services Avenues to Renewal grant, this integrative library technology offers streamlined new ways of finding and managing the best available scholarly sources.
2-3pm
Twixt, rocks, and hard places.
David Myers Ph.D., Loyola University
Myers revisits his study of rules-based game play inside the MMORPG City of Heroes/Villains with his well-known character Twixt to discuss on-going conflicts between the competitive and the cooperative, the individual and the social, and the virtual and the real.
Room 210 - Apple Demo Room
This room will be equipped with at full compliment of 17-inch MacBook Pros and Apple staff for exploration of new techniques in technological pedagogy.
10-11am
Final Cut
Apple
Your first edit with Final Cut - a basic overview of how to use Final Cut for editing video
11-12pm
iLife and Digital Media
Apple
Creating Digital Media with iLife - a basic overview of editing video with iMovie; also utilizes iPhoto
1-2pm
Final Cut Studio Suite
Apple
Final Cut Studio Suite - a survey of the features of the Final Cut Studio 2009 Suite: Great for instructors
2-3pm
Open Lab
Apple
Open Lab for Final Cut, iLife, or iWork Q&A and How-to
Room 213 - Kram Lecture Hall
12:30-1:30pm
Keynote: Being There in the Real Time Web
Alan Levine, VP of the New Media Consortium
Riddle me this. In the time span of half a generation since the consumerization of the web, this supernova expansion of information technology across a global network has seismically shifted the foundation of traditional industries such as publishing, commerce, television, music, telephony... yet how much has changed in education? For many people who have lived through this time, we carry frameworks of information organized into files, folders, static documents mostly in isolation from other information. Another wave is upon us via what may be called the "real time web", where we tap into a rich flow of data propagating via social networks that challenges our instincts of organization, management, and retrieval. We cannot grasp the significance looking in from the outside; to understand we ought to "be there." In this presentation, we'll jump right into the real time flow for a taste of what may be possible for educators like you to harness.
All Day Events
Tech Day - All Day Events
Room 204
Get to know ShareStream
Representatives from our new campus streaming software, ShareStream, will be on hand to demonstrate the benefits of this new system for your classroom experience. Learn how to stream movies through BlackBoard and more.
Room 205
TAMS Oracle / TAMS DataStore /Purchasing Card System
One-on-One Session
A representative will be available to answer your questions regarding navigation through the TAMS and DataStore systems, as well as any specific inquiries you may have about requisitioning or your account balances/ details . There will also be a representative to answer questions regarding P-Cards.
Room 206
myTulane
Visit with representatives from BlackBoard and learn about strategies for using myTulane effectively in your classroom. Get the most out of this valuable tool with new strategies and tips.
Room 209
Turning Technologies
Bill Joyce from Turning Technologies will be on hand to demo the Turning Point classroom response system. Come experience a hands on demonstration of an interactive class environment.
Room 203
Second Life, Digital Communication and Workstation Demo
This space will highlight two of Technology Services’ ongoing projects. Come visit Tulane Island in Second Life. See how to get acclimated in this new world. Also in this space we will be highlighting the Digital Communication project, which aims to bring visual storytelling into the classroom. Learn how to help your students engage with video as part of their argumentative process. In addition an HP Workstation Specialist will be on hand to demonstrate the real power of the workstations powering this room (Demonstrations at 11am and 2pm).
Ballroom
Vendor Floor
Come meet the vendors that provide our campus with the technology that keeps it running