Archive http://tlt.its.psu.edu Archive of past events. daily 1 2009-05-07T08:12:18Z Workshop on classroom clicker pedagogy http://tlt.its.psu.edu/about/events/2011/roger-freedman-clickers-presentation-11-9 Faculty and staff interested in getting the most out of in-class use of student response systems (clickers) are invited to register for a clicker pedagogy workshop titled “Clickers in the Classroom: Pedagogical Best Practices” to be held November 9 at Foster Auditorium in Paterno Library from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Faculty and staff interested in getting the most out of in-class use of student response systems (clickers) are invited to register for a clicker pedagogy workshop titled “Clickers in the Classroom: Pedagogical Best Practices” to be held November 9 at Foster Auditorium in Paterno Library from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. The main speaker at the workshop will be Dr. Roger Freedman, Ph.D., lecturer in physics at the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB). Several Penn State faculty members who use clickers in their classes will also be on-hand to discuss their use of technology and to answer any clicker implementation questions from the audience.

Among the subjects the workshop will cover are the following:
  • Writing good clicker questions
  • Utilizing "peer instruction" and other types of questions
  • Do's and don'ts when implementing clickers
  • Giving points for answering questions

At UCSB, Dr. Freedman has taught in both the Department of Physics and the College of Creative Studies, a branch of the university intended for highly gifted and motivated undergraduates. He has published research in nuclear physics, elementary particle physics, and laser physics. In recent years, he has helped to develop computer-based tools for learning introductory physics and astronomy and helped pioneer the use of classroom response systems and the "flipped" classroom model at UCSB. He is co-author of three introductory textbooks: “University Physics”, “Universe”, and “Investigating Astronomy”.

To register and for more information, please go to: https://register4its.psu.edu/Public/ShowDetail.asp?scheduleid=109546. Refreshments will be available after the presentation in Mann Assembly Room located next to Foster Auditorium.

For those not able to attend in person, the event will be streamed live by Media Site Live at http://live.libraries.psu.edu/mediasite/Viewer/?peid=caa2d734489a42f5bd4811fea72d60b71d.

The workshop is sponsored by University Libraries and Teaching and Learning with Technology.

 

]]> No publisher djb38 guest speaker 2011-10-24T20:06:10Z Event Media Commons Tailgate 2011 http://tlt.its.psu.edu/about/events/2011/mc-tailgate-2011 Faculty and staff are invited to attend the Media Commons Tailgate on Saturday, November 5 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in Foster Auditorium in Paterno Library, University Park.

Faculty and staff are invited to attend the Media Commons Tailgate on Saturday, November 5 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in Foster Auditorium in Paterno Library, University Park. This free event is a highly interactive conference focused on exploring the possibilities for using digital media in teaching and learning. Lunch and light refreshments will be provided throughout the day.

The theme of this year's Tailgate is "Envisioning Learning Spaces for Tomorrow's Students.' Attendees will have an opportunity to creatively explore the role of new media and gaming for use in future classrooms. The day will include student and faculty panels, group brainstorming, and other sessions designed to engage attendees in conversation on a range of issues from the technical to the pedagogical.

Two optional pre-conference workshops will be offered on Friday, November 4 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., "Scholarly Storytelling" and "Level Up: Gamify Your Class."

 

]]> No publisher djb38 conference 2011-09-14T19:35:25Z Event Educational gaming brown bag on Typo! http://tlt.its.psu.edu/about/events/2011/egc-brownbag-9-21-11 Anyone interested in the use of games in education is invited to attend a free educational gaming brown bag on "Typo! and Other Games of Grammar and Writing" on Wednesday, September 21 from noon to 1:00 p.m.

Anyone interested in the use of games in education is invited to attend a free educational gaming brown bag on "Typo! and Other Games of Grammar and Writing" on Wednesday, September 21 from noon to 1:00 p.m. Participants can attend in person in 202K Rider Building, University Park or via a Meeting@PennState desktop videoconference.

The session will feature a demonstration of Typo!, a game that reinforces writing skills and a discussion of other word games. Instructor Bim Angst from Penn State Schuylkill will discuss her multiple semesters of experience with Typo! as a practice tool for students learning proofreading.

The event is the first in a series of fall brown bags to take place the third Wednesday of each month, hosted by the Educational Gaming Commons, a service of Information Technology Services.

 

]]> No publisher djb38 brown bag 2011-09-14T19:29:22Z Event Jim Groom Comes to Penn State http://tlt.its.psu.edu/about/events/2011/jim-groom-presentation Educational technology innovator Jim Groom to speak at Paterno Library Sept. 20 Faculty, staff, and students interested in the innovative and cutting edge use of educational technology are invited to attend a talk by Jim Groom, instructional technology specialist and adjunct professor at the University of Mary Washington, Sept. 20 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Foster Auditorium in 102 Paterno Library.

Groom is known as an innovator in educational technology and a dynamic speaker. He developed the internationally recognized academic blogging platform at University of Mary Washington. This platform has been used to create class sites, e-portfolios and other web-based resources ranging from English, linguistics and speech blogs to online literary journals. He made news in the higher education world after he coined the term “edupunk” in 2008 and has more recently been exploring radically open course design in DS106, a free, open, online digital storytelling course.

Among the events Groom has presented at include EDUCAUSE’s national conference, South by Southwest (SXSW) and the Instructional Technology Council’s annual conference. During his talk at Foster Auditorium, he will discuss the blogging platform he developed, the DS106 course, and various other ideas regarding open education and technology.

]]> No publisher djb38 guest speaker 2011-09-14T19:09:21Z Event Penn State Network of Trainers Summer Event 2011 http://tlt.its.psu.edu/about/events/2011/network-of-trainers-summer-2011 This free event will take place on August 4, 2011 in 209 IST Building, University Park. This free event is an opportunity for training providers and learning professionals at Penn State to network with peers, learn about their projects, share ideas and knowledge of training/learning-related topics, and brainstorm ideas for enhancing training across the University.

To register, please click here.

]]> No publisher djb38 information session 2011-04-05T19:54:10Z Event Learning Design Summer Camp 2011 http://tlt.its.psu.edu/about/events/2011/ldsc-2011 The goal of the LDSC is to bring together learning designers to keep abreast of current trends in higher education teaching and learning. Learning Design Summer Camp is an informal, community-designed gathering of people who are interested in big issues related to the learning design process such as intellectual property, open educational resources, educational uses of social media, and the impact of disruptive technologies on the learning process.

]]> No publisher djb38 unconference 2011-04-05T19:56:56Z Event Systems Management Bootcamp http://tlt.its.psu.edu/about/events/2011/sysman-boot-camp-6-2011 Training on implementing BigFix to decrease Penn State computer power consumption. The Systems Management at Penn State team is offering training on how to implement BigFix, which provides a consistent and reliable way to configure power management without sacrificing usability and management of a client computer. The BigFix platform can empower IT staff at Penn State to remotely configure power settings for the computers they manage so the computers enter a power-saving state when idle. It can also control how and when machines wake from a power-saving state, including Wake-on-LAN and scheduled wakeups.

Please click here to register.

]]> No publisher djb38 training 2011-01-26T15:31:41Z Event Summer-Fest 2011 http://tlt.its.psu.edu/about/events/2011/summer-fest During breaks in the academic schedule, ITS Training Services offers technology workshops on topics for teaching that are designed to meet the needs of faculty, teaching assistants, and other instructors at Penn State. During breaks in the academic schedule, ITS Training Services offers technology workshops on topics for teaching that are designed to meet the needs of faculty, teaching assistants, and other instructors at Penn State.

These courses are in the process of being scheduled and are not yet viewable.

Registration opens Monday, April 11, 2011.

]]> No publisher djb38 training 2010-12-06T21:40:48Z Event MacAdmins Conference 2011 http://tlt.its.psu.edu/about/events/2011/macadmins-conference-2011 The 2011 Penn State MacAdmins Conference will take place on May 10-12, 2011 at University Park, PA. The 2011 Penn State MacAdmins Conference will take place on May 10-12, 2011 at University Park, PA. The MacAdmins Conference consists of three days of informative Mac system admin sessions. The registration fee will be less than or equal to $100 to cover food and other required resources. With registration, attendees will get access to three days of top-notch technical content, catered breakfast and lunch, and free wireless access.

]]> No publisher djb38 conference 2010-12-07T18:19:47Z Event Systems Management Bootcamp http://tlt.its.psu.edu/about/events/2011/sysman-boot-camp-4-2011 Training on implementing BigFix to decrease Penn State computer power consumption. The Systems Management at Penn State team is offering training on how to implement BigFix, which provides a consistent and reliable way to configure power management without sacrificing usability and management of a client computer. The BigFix platform can empower IT staff at Penn State to remotely configure power settings for the computers they manage so the computers enter a power-saving state when idle. It can also control how and when machines wake from a power-saving state, including Wake-on-LAN and scheduled wakeups.

Please click here to register.

]]> No publisher djb38 training 2011-01-26T15:22:16Z Event Educational Gaming brownbag session on social trading game http://tlt.its.psu.edu/about/events/2011/egc-brownbag-4-11 Erick Rochette, from the Department of Anthropology, will be demoing an online version of the game, Bucket of Beans, codeveloped by the Educational Gaming Commons for a hybrid cultural anthropology course.

On Thursday, April 14 from noon to 1:00 p.m., a free brownbag session entitled "Using a Social Trading Game to Explore Non-Western Cultures for an Anthropology Course" will take place. Anyone interested in the use of games in education can attend in person in room 202K Rider Building, University Park or via an Adobe Connect videoconference.

Erick Rochette from the Department of Anthropology will describe the concept of reciprocity and how a social game helps students understand how that concept contrasts with traditional Western economic practices. He will demo an online version of the game, Bucket of Beans, codeveloped by the Educational Gaming Commons for a hybrid cultural anthropology course. Rochette will discuss how games can challenge students to think from perspectives different from their own.

 

]]> No publisher djb38 brown bag 2011-04-04T20:45:49Z Event 2011 Symposium for Teaching and Learning with Technology http://tlt.its.psu.edu/about/events/2011/2011-symposium-for-teaching-and-learning-with-technology An annual faculty showcase and discussion of ways that technology can be used to enhance teaching, learning, and research. The intention is give faculty the opportunity to share how they are using technology in unique ways, network with other colleagues, and generate new project ideas. No publisher djb38 conference 2010-06-16T20:11:30Z Event Zynga Presentation to Students http://tlt.its.psu.edu/about/events/2011/zynga-event-3-22-11 Zynga, developer of social games such as FarmVille and Mafia Wars, will hold a presentation on March 22nd at 6pm in 113 IST Building.

Zynga, developer of social games such as FarmVille and Mafia Wars, is coming to Penn State! On March 22nd at 6pm in 113 IST Building (Cybertorium) Matt Kraft, University Relations Specialist, will be discussing current Zynga projects, their evolution as a company, and the technical challenges they face with designing and scaling games for millions of concurrent players. Matt will also talk about the full-time and internship opportunities that Zynga is looking to fill.

To register to attend, please visit http://gaming.psu.edu/zynga and fill out the online form. Free food will be provided.

 

]]> No publisher djb38 information session 2011-03-15T20:19:07Z Event Systems Management Bootcamp http://tlt.its.psu.edu/about/events/2011/sysman-boot-camp-2-2011 Training on implementing BigFix to decrease Penn State computer power consumption. The Systems Management at Penn State team is offering training on how to  implement BigFix, which provides a consistent and reliable way to configure power management without sacrificing usability and management of a client computer. The BigFix platform can empower IT staff at Penn State to remotely configure power settings for the computers they manage so the computers enter a power-saving state when idle. It can also control how and when machines wake from a power-saving state, including Wake-on-LAN and scheduled wakeups.

Please click here to register.

]]> No publisher djb38 training 2011-01-25T19:19:44Z Event Spring Break Training 2011 http://tlt.its.psu.edu/about/events/2011/spring-break-fest During breaks in the academic semester, ITS Training Services offers technology workshops that are designed to meet the needs of graduate students at Penn State. During breaks in the academic semester, ITS Training Services offers technology workshops that are designed to meet the needs of graduate students at Penn State.

Registration is now open for the workshops to be held March 7-11.

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