The Department of Information Technology would like to invite you to the annual
Faculty Technology Showcase
Wednesday December 14th
9-11:30am
Duffy Academic Building, room 019
Join us for this excellent opportunity to learn what your colleagues are doing with technology!
Attendees will receive a Wireless Presenter with Laser Pointer and participate in a drawing for an HD portable webcam.
Agenda / Featured Speakers
9-9:20 Coffee
Stop by for coffee and a tour of the Instructional Technology Center
9:20-9:30 Introductions
IT Equipment Loaner Program
9:30-10:00 Maura Tyrrell – Cell phones as clickers
FIT pilot 1- Maura spent the semester piloting Turning Point Anywhere with students using their cell phones as clickers; an alternative to purchasing the clicker hardware.
10-10:30 Daria Valentini– Student video project
ITA 331– Italy: Language and Identity- Students in this upper level Italian class improve oral proficiency by creating a video with a Flip Camera and iMovie.
10:30-11 Beth Belanger– Digital Stories
FIT pilot 2- Students were asked to present their research on the theme “American Identities” in digital story form. Beth will present the steps/process involved to produce a quality Digital Story.
11-11:30 Jack Jackson/Jan Harrison– Lecture Capture Evaluation Program
Lecture capture systems provide the ability to capture class lectures and convert them into podcasts, video, rich media and more for playback anytime on multiple platforms.
11:30 Lunch- Open discussions with IT over a light lunch
