[ED-TECH] Announcement of Information, Communication, and Technology Literacy faculty development activity

Ed-Tech list members,

The new Faculty Learning Community in Information, Communication, and Technology (ICT) Literacy was announced in today's e-Veritas. Participants will meet once every other week for a year, thinking and learning about the use of ICT in instruction, and improving one of their courses based. This is a great opportunity to work with other faculty on an important topic. In addition, participants will receive a one-course release in Fall 2009, and a $1,500 research and educational fund to support their FLC work and become an FLC Fellow.

Complete details can be found by going to http://www.miami.edu/sacs and clicking on the "Faculty Learning Community" menu item. Applications are due Friday, November 21. This is a new process at UM. Take a look and see if you are interested. If so, get started now on your application.

Bill Vilberg

[ED-TECH] Research Assignments

Ed-Tech list members,

Do you have your students do a research paper or assignment? Bill Jacobs, in Richter Library, has some ideas that may be of help to you and your students. Come to the Lunch and Learn session "Research Assignments" on Thursday, November 6th, 12:30 pm, in Memorial Classroom Building, Room 205, to hear and discuss these ideas. Please go to http://www.miami.edu/iac and click on the "Events" item for a more complete description and to register.

Lunch will be served, so this is a great chance to eat and relax for a bit while thinking about this important topic. I know it is a busy time, but I hope to see you there.

Bill Vilberg

[ED-TECH] Fun Friday / Recording system in new classrooms

Fun Friday will start at 2:30 pm TODAY, in Memorial Classroom Building, Room 313. Sign up by going to http://www.miami.edu/iac and clicking on the "Events" link. Among other topics, more iTunes U information will be presented.

At 3:30 pm, in the same room, the system that is used to record lectures/presentations to DVDs will be demonstrated. Sign up at the same location.

Bill Vilberg

[ED-TECH] Lunch & Learn - Thursday

How do you monitor new publications in your field? How do you see the list of articles in your major journals?

It is now possible to set up electronic assistants that provide you with quick access to material like this. In some cases the list of articles includes links to the actual material.

If this would make your life easier, please come to the Lunch and Learn this Thursday at 12:30 pm in Memorial Classroom 200 and learn of some electronic systems that you might want to try using.

To register, go to http://www.miami.edu/iac and click on the "Events" link. Registration is required, since lunch will be served.

I hope you will take advantage of this opportunity to learn about a way to save time and stay current.

Bill Vilberg

[ED-TECH] Upcoming Beginner GIS Workshops in Florida

New Urban Research, a national professional research organization and ESRI
Business Partner, announces its fall workshop schedule in Florida.

Follow the links below to learn more and register today.

Mapping Florida Communities: An Introduction to GIS & Community Analysis -
One Day Workshops
http://www.urban-research.info/workshops/florida-gis.htm

Miami: October 17th
Tallahassee: October 23rd
Orlando: November 5th
Jacksonville: November 7th

Audience: Beginners, anyone interested in mapping their community

Focus: This workshop is customized for each location.

This hands-on workshop focuses on teaching the fundamentals of using a
Geographic Information System (GIS) for community analysis. Participants
will learn to create thematic maps with Census data, Geocoding (Address
mapping) and Spatial Queries. Other features of the workshop are learning to
extract Census data and good map layout and design.

For a detailed description of the Florida workshops, please visit
http://www.urban-research.info/workshops/florida-gis.htm

Gina Clemmer
New Urban Research, Inc.
877.241.6576 | www.urban-research.info

[ED-TECH] IAC upcoming events

There are a number of upcoming events that might interest you. Go to http://www.miami.edu/iac and click on the "Events" link to register for any of these events. All sessions require registration.

Go to http://tinyurl.com/iactrainingcalendar to see a calendar of training events. The current events for October are shown below.

* RSS Feeds: Keeping up with and browsing electronic journals - Thursday, 10/23/08, 12:30 pm - 1:45 pm (Lunch provided) - How to set up your browser or other service so that you can automatically see the latest articles in your research area.
* Fun Friday - Friday, 10/24/08, 2:30 pm - 3:20 pm (snacks) - A mixture of software, hardware, and/or web sites for your enjoyment.
* Classroom Recording Demo - Friday, 10/24/08, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm (snacks) - Demonstration of how to make a DVD recording of your presentation in one of the general purpose classrooms.

Bill Vilberg

[ED-TECH] Government Document presentation - Friday at 12:20 PM - Lunch provided

LATE NOTICE OF IMPORTANT EVENT TOMORROW. PLEASE REGISTER NOW.

There will be an interesting and valuable presentation on the excellent collection of government documents available at and through the Richter Library. Do your classes or research deal with topics such as the following?

* international affairs
* epidemics
* declassified information
* environmental issues
* poverty
* bioethics
* regulations
* nuclear issues
* drug trafficking
* national and international trade
* public policy

If so, please attend this important session Friday (TOMORROW), 12:20 PM - 1:10 PM, in Memorial Classroom Building, Room 200.

Lunch will be provided, so please register by going to http://www.miami.edu/iac and clicking on the "Events" menu item.

Bill Vilberg

[ED-TECH] New position in Instructional Advancement: Supervisor, Help Desk

If you know of anyone able to manage Instructional Advancement's Help Desk, primarily for Blackboard at this point, please tell them to go to http://www.miami.edu/jobs and search for keyword 037983. They will go straight to this job listing. We are looking for someone to manage the help desk and provide and improve on the high quality support we provide to faculty and students.

We need a service oriented person with excellent communication and organization skills who is excited about the ways that technology can be used to enhance the already high-quality education being provided at UM. This is a new full-time A01 (exempt) position with a starting salary of at least $37,000.

Act quickly. With all the new things that continuously are being added to the Blackboard system, most recently the Grade Center and Respondus Lockdown Browser, we are anxious to fill this position as quickly as possible with a great candidate.

Bill