Saturday, December 27, 2014

Ed-Tech List Information

Sat, 27 Dec 2014 06:00:40

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Bill Vilberg bill.vilberg@miami.edu Home: 305-255-9138 Work: 305-284-3949
Cell: 786-218-3052

Monday, November 03, 2014

[ED-TECH] Grand Opening - Faculty Exploratory November 14th 10am - 12pm

You are cordially invited to the Grand Opening of the Faculty Exploratory next Friday, November 14th from 10am – 12pm. 
Please RSVP by November 7th to academictechnologies@miami.edu 
Come celebrate a space designed to encourage the use of technology in teaching and learning here at the University of Miami. Please see attached flyer for more details.

Monday, July 28, 2014

[ED-TECH] Learning to Learn for first year university students

L. Dee Fink lists Learning to Learn as one of the "Significant Learning" goals that could be part of every course. 

If you teach first year students, you might want to distribute this document early in your class: http://www.smu.edu/Provost/ALEC/NeatStuffforNewStudents/HowIsCollegeDifferentfromHighSchool 

Your students have had 12 years of successful educational experiences. This document can help them understand the difference between high school, where they probably excelled, and University, which requires different skills.

- Bill -
Sent from my iPad

Sunday, June 29, 2014

[ED-TECH] Making passwords useful

Ed-Tech mailing list members,

Here is a nice article on reframing password resets as an opportunity to improve your life, rather than a painful requirement being demanded if you.

https://medium.com/@manicho/7af5d5f28038

- Bill -
Sent from my iPad

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

[ED-TECH] Hands-on GIS Workshop Series at Richter Library

Please join us in the month of July for a series of hands-on GIS workshops, led by GIS Consultant Chance Scott.

 

Session 1 - Wednesday, July 2, 3-4pm, GIS Lab - Register

 

The Basics: Definition, Location, Download and Display

·        What is GIS and what can it be used for?

·        What is a shapefile?

·        Where can shapefiles be found?

·        How to find the RIGHT shapefile

·        Downloading shapefiles

-          What extensions to look for

·        Using ArcMap

·        Connecting to folders

·        Displaying the shapefiles

 

 

Session 2 - Wednesday, July 9, 3-4pm, GIS Lab - Register

 

The Manipulation: Attributes, Fields, Identification, and Normalization

(Review the previous workshop)

·        What is an attribute table?

·        What are fields?

·        Displaying fields

·        Identifying items of interest

·        Displaying MORE fields

·        Normalizing data

-          Why normalize data?

 

Session 3 - Wednesday, July 16, 3-4pm, GIS Lab - Register

 

The Presentation: Maps, Editing, Visual balance, and Exporting

(Review the previous workshop)

·        Making the map

-          Layout mode

-          What all maps need

·        Editing the map

-          Editing the Legend

-          Visual balance

-          Color Scheme

-          Readability

·        Exporting the Map

 

 

 

Lisa Baker

Subject Librarian for

Political Science, International Studies,

and Government Documents

Otto G. Richter Library, Rm. 347E

1300 Memorial Drive

Coral Gables, FL  33124-0320

Email: lbaker@miami.edu

Phone: 305-284-2092

Fax: 305- 284-9848