Here are some of the workshops I’ve given in the past, with descriptions. I often do workshops on request to address specific needs. For more current workshops, see my business site.
Spring 2008:
Using Blogs in the Classroom
Using Technology to Manage Information
Fall 2007:
Using Multimedia in Teaching and Research
Summer 2007:
Using Blackboard
Integrating Multimedia into Your Teaching
Using Technologies that Facilitate Collaborative Work with Students in Classes
Spring 2005:
January 28: Multimedia presentations, Guild Lounge
Many faculty and students have been using PowerPoint for presentations for years, but only know the basics. Learn how to up the ante a little by including video, photos, charts, and sounds into your presentations. We’ll also show you some alternatives to PowerPoint for different types of presentations and discuss best practices for using multimedia presentations both in class and on the web. (Laura Blankenship and Ben Johnston)
February 11: Portable technology, Guild Lounge
Taking your lessons on the road. Palms, iPods, Cellphones, Laptops, oh my. They’re everywhere, it seems, but are they simply communication or entertainment devices or can they be a useful educational resource? What are the possibilities for using these devices for teaching or research? Come dive into the world of handheld applications, podcasting, moblogging, mobile presentations, and text messaging. (Laura Blankenship, Ben Johnston, and Mike Zarro)
February 18: Putting up a web site @ BMC (supported work time), Guild Lab
Want a web site, personal or professional? Don’t know how to begin? Or did you inherit a web site without any instruction on how to navigate the system? We’ll help you get a site up and running on the Bryn Mawr web server. Bring your files, your questions, your helpless html and we’ll bring it all to life. Note: this is not a web design class, but a class in helping you put a site on the server. However, you may come without anything and just want to set everything up and design later. (Mike Zarro, Laura Blankenship, Ben Johnston, and Janet Scannell)
February 25: MDID Image Viewer Demo, Guild Lounge
MDID (Madison Digital Image Database) is a tool to create image presentations from image collections, both Bryn Mawr’s and your own. The tool is very easy to use and an effective way of collecting and presenting images. (Joan Beaudoin, Visual Resources; Ben Jonston, LLC)
March 18:Employing the Web and You , Guild Lounge
Dolly LeBec from the CDC will join us to help us navigate online resources for job searching. She will show us what resources are provided for the Bi-Co community. Mike Zarro and Laura Blankenship will discuss issues of an online persona. They will talk about using blogs, online communities, and web sites to promote yourself and the pitfalls of being “out there” online. (Mike Zarro, Liza Bernard and Dolly LeBec, Career Development Office)
March 25: Plagiarism, Guild Lounge
In this session, we will attempt to move the conversation of plagiarism away from the “cops and robbers” issues and reframe it as a teaching issue. Faculty need to know that students have been taught things by high school and even college teachers that confuse them about using sources, making it more likely that they’ll fall into plagiarism. We’ll also look at some technological tools like turnitin.com and resources to help students and teachers avoid plagiarism. In addition, Rona Pietrzak will help us sort through policies at Bryn Mawr regarding plagiarism. (Laura Blankenship, Gail Hemmeter, Rona Pietrzak)
April 1:Using blogs to teach writing, Guild Lounge
Blogging has taken the world by storm. ABC News named bloggers as the “People of the Year.” How can we tap this great new development for teaching? We will show you the Bryn Mawr blog software and how to create accounts. We’ll also talk about strategies for using blogs to help students improve their writing. (Laura Blankenship, Ben Johnston, Gail Hemmeter)
April 8: Social software, Guild Lounge
Software that has a social life? Not exactly. The wikipedia defines social software as communication tools that facilitate interaction and collaboration by using social convention rather than software features. Blog software is considered social software. Other types of social software include internet relay chat, discussion boards, instant messaging, and wikis. We’ll discuss the uses of these applications and how they might be used to extend the classroom community virtually. (Laura Blankenship)