Information Technology

May 14 - 18

 Join us for a week dedicated to the effective use of technology in your teaching and research! 

 

We offer over fifty sessions in a conference format organized in four tracks. Sessions are a mix of everyday topics, emerging trends and discussions on successful application. Our tracks for 2018 are GIS & StoryMaps, Core Strengths, Taming the Tech, and What’s Next - we encourage you to mix and match to create a schedule suited to your specific needs and interests! We expect to have the daily schedule finalized by April 20th. Here are the specific topics we’ll offer in each track.

GIS & Story Maps 

• Introduction to GIS & StoryMaps
• ArcGIS Online Basics
• Using QGIS to Create Maps with Data Sets
• Google Earth & Historical Maps
• Collecting & Mapping Data - Collection
• Collecting & Mapping Data - Importing
• GIS & Story Maps “Tapas” (Quick 15 minute sessions that give a quick introduction or demo to a topic.)
  Geocaching, Presenting & Sharing GIS, Managing Media, MapWarper, Mapping Real-Time Data, OpenRefine

Now Accepting Proposals for GIS Deep Dive

We encourage those who are interested in GIS or GIS-related topics to apply for our GIS Deep Dive which provides a stipend and extra support for those who have a specific project in mind.

Core Strengths

• R and RStudio 
• Google Classroom
• G-Suite Updates
• Hands-on Course Design in Moodle
• Teaching with Images
• Moodle Gradebook
• Adobe Spark
•  “Tapas” (Quick 15 minute sessions that give a quick introduction or demo to a topic.)
  Zoom, Zotero, Moodle Advanced Forums, Google Drive File Stream, Google Keep, Pear Deck

Tech Tamer

• Universal Design: Technology Accessible to All
• Assessing Media Projects
• Tools for Remote Teaching
• Hands-on Flipped Classroom
• Wrangling Google Drive or Where Should I Store My Stuff? 
• Tools, Tips, and Techniques for Managing Group Work
• Data Visualization
• “Tapas” (Quick 15 minute sessions that give a quick introduction or demo to a topic.)
  Copyright Law &  Fair Use, Timeline JS, Moodle User Guides, Two Factor Authentication, Google Security Update, Facebook Security Update

What’s Next?

• Hands-on 360 Video - Record & Stitch
• Is Personalized Learning on the Horizon at L&C?
• Hands-on 360 Video - View & Basic Editing
• Why Digital Literacy Matters
• Tech in Tomorrow’s Classroom
• AR Poster Creation Workshop
• Open Educational Resources
• “Tapas” (Quick 15 minute sessions that give a quick introduction or demo to a topic.)
  
• Digital Assistants in Education, Robot Writers, Affective Computing, Lightboard, Flipgrid, Photogrammetry

If you have questions, contact Miranda Carney-Morris or another member of the Educational Technology Team. We hope you can join us!