[ED-TECH] iPad Exploratin session, Friday, 2:30 pm

I am excited about the first iPad Exploration session this Friday. I know a large number of you have iPads and might like to learn more about how to use them and what others are doing with them. Here is the plan for the session, to give you an idea of what to expect. Everyone from a complete novice to an experienced user should find something of value.

1. We will explore some of the BASIC USAGE of the iPad. For example, we will cover how to capture a picture of what is on the screen and how to force the iPad to shut down and restart.

2. We will cover one BUILT-IN APP, the Safari web browser, and explore both it's standard operation and some clever things like how to save web sites to the iPad's home screen.

3. Finally, we will explore one OTHER APP, that is not part of the default set, iBooks, and show how to read books, change fonts, and load PDF documents, such as the UM Academic Calendars, so that they are always available to you.

The session is scheduled for this Friday, March 2, 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm, in the University Center, Flamingo Ballroom. It is open to everyone, students, faculty, and staff, since we can all learn from each other. To register, please go to iacevents.org and click on the title of the session, "iPad Exploration," to access to registration form. That will give us an idea of how many people to expect.

If you don't have an iPad (yet) you are certainly welcome to attend and see what the fuss is already about. In a QuickPoll last fall, 20% of the respondents said they already had one, and that was before the holiday gift-giving season.

Bill Vilberg - bill.vilberg@miami.edu, 786-250-2255

http://vilberg.com - Spreading seeds of education, technology, and more

[ED-TECH] FridayLive! March 2 What's Still Good About Lectures?

UM belongs to the TLT Group. The FridayLive events are free to everyone, and they have lots of other events that are free to members only. This Friday's FridayLive is on "What's Still Good About Lectures." Looks like an interesting webinar. Use the link, below, to register. 

Bill Vilberg - bill.vilberg@miami.edu, 786-250-2255

http://vilberg.com - Spreading seeds of education, technology, and more

Begin forwarded message:

From: "The TLT Group, A Non-Profit Organization" <TLTGroup@roundtablelive.org>
Date: February 25, 2012 2:01:28 PM EST
To: William Vilberg <bill.vilberg@miami.edu>
Subject: TLT Group Event Announcement: FridayLive! March 2 What's Still Good About Lectures?, 02 Mar 2012
Reply-To: "The TLT Group, A Non-Profit Organization" <sallygilbert@tltgroup.org>

William Vilberg,

We think you might be interested in this!

FridayLive! March 2 What's Still Good About Lectures?
02 Mar 2012 2:00 PM EST

 

FridayLive!  

What's Still Good about Lectures?

March 2, 2011 at 2:00 pm ET - free to all.  

In this open discussion FridayLive!, we'll be discussing the lecture: What can you do to use lecture really well?  What are variations that are worthwhile and possible?  What gets in the way of changing what doesn't work about lectures?

Bring your headsets with microphones so you can participate fully!

NOTE:  Login instructions for the session will be sent in the Registration Confirmation Email. Please check your Junk folder as sometimes these emails get trapped there. We will also send an additional login reminder 24 hours prior to the start of the event.

More information and online registration: FridayLive! March 2 What's Still Good About Lectures?

Hope you can join us!

Sally

The TLT Group, A Non-Profit Organization    301-270-8312
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[ED-TECH] Workshop Friday, Feb 24: Focus on the Goal

Ed-Tech people,

I am doing a workshop Friday, Feb. 24, to be repeated Friday, March 9,
2:30-4:00 pm, on ways to enhance learning by focussing on the goal. The
session will deal with Blackboard course sites, specifically. It will be
quite informal, with lots of time to talk and interact. There will be time
for a hands-on activity creating a rubric, one of the examples of
focussing on the goal.

If you are interested, please sign up at http://iacevents.org/ by clicking
on the event title "Bad Practices in Technology Enhanced Learning: Don't
Focus on the Goal" and filling in the form that comes up. This is a small
group activity, so sign up for one of the sessions quickly if you want to
be included.

Bad Practices in Technology Enhanced Learning: Don't Focus on the Goal

Friday, March 9, 2:30-4:00 pm
Richter Library, Faculty Exploratory, Room 305

Reservations (required): http://iacevents.org/

Bill Vilberg
Instructional Advancement Center
Information Technology
Richter Library, Room 325
bill.vilberg@miami.edu
305-284-3944

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Cell: 786-218-3052

[ED-TECH] Spring Research Series

University of Miami Libraries is pleased to present its Spring Research Series. This eight-topic series was designed to highlight instructional and research tools that you may not know are available to you from on campus libraries. To find out what UM Libraries has to offer you in your studies, visit http://libguides.miami.edu/srs.

To register for an event, simply select a tab on the http://libguides.miami.edu/srs page and select 'register'.

Topics for this spring include:

• EndNote
• RefWorks
• SimplyMap
• Movie Making Basics
• Getting Your Research Recognized
• ETDs: From Beginning to End
• Images for Academia
• Copyright

 

Regards,

Anna

 

 

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University of Miami Libraries

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