Archive http://tlt.its.psu.edu Archive of past events. daily 1 2009-05-07T08:12:18Z Teaching with Technology Certificate Program Overview Session 2 http://tlt.its.psu.edu/about/events/2009/twt-overview-session-2 A free overview workshop on the Teaching with Technology Certificate program is being offered to Graduate Students on November 24. Graduate students are invited to attend a free overview workshop on the Teaching with Technology Certificate program on either November 23 from 1:00-2:00 p.m. or November 24 from 9:00-10:00 a.m. in 169 Willard Building, University Park.
 
The Teaching with Technology Certificate program enables graduate students to strengthen their educational technology capabilities. Through the free certificate program, participants apply existing technology skills, acquire new skills, and develop a philosophy about teaching with technology. They then assemble an online portfolio highlighting their knowledge and skills, under the guidance of departmental representatives. Upon approval of this portfolio, students receive a certificate from The Graduate School. The workshop will discuss the flexible structure of this portfolio program and highlight the benefits to students wishing to showcase both their teaching and their technology skills in a competitive job market. The Teaching with Technology Certificate program is sponsored by The Graduate School and Information Technology Services.
 
To register for the workshop, visit the ITS Training Services Web site at http://its.psu.edu/training/ and select the “Register for training” link.

]]> No publisher djb38 workshop 2009-10-29T19:07:17Z Event Teaching with Technology Certificate Program Overview Session 1 http://tlt.its.psu.edu/about/events/2009/twt-overview-session-1 A free overview workshop on the Teaching with Technology Certificate program is being offered to Graduate Students on November 23. Graduate students are invited to attend a free overview workshop on the Teaching with Technology Certificate program on either November 23 from 1:00-2:00 p.m. or November 24 from 9:00-10:00 a.m. in 169 Willard Building, University Park.
 
The Teaching with Technology Certificate program enables graduate students to strengthen their educational technology capabilities. Through the free certificate program, participants apply existing technology skills, acquire new skills, and develop a philosophy about teaching with technology. They then assemble an online portfolio highlighting their knowledge and skills, under the guidance of departmental representatives. Upon approval of this portfolio, students receive a certificate from The Graduate School. The workshop will discuss the flexible structure of this portfolio program and highlight the benefits to students wishing to showcase both their teaching and their technology skills in a competitive job market. The Teaching with Technology Certificate program is sponsored by The Graduate School and Information Technology Services.
 
To register for the workshop, visit the ITS Training Services Web site at http://its.psu.edu/training/ and select the “Register for training” link.

]]> No publisher djb38 workshop 2009-10-29T19:01:37Z Event Educational Gaming Commons Second Life Workshop http://tlt.its.psu.edu/about/events/egc-second-life-workshop Faculty are invited to attend a workshop on the educational benefits of the online virtual world Second Life on November 12 from 1:30-4:30 p.m. Faculty are invited to attend a workshop on the educational benefits of the online virtual world Second Life on November 12 from 1:30-4:30 p.m. The workshop will take place in the Educational Gaming Commons Lab in 6A Findlay Commons at the East Halls, University Park, and will be facilitated by the Educational Gaming Commons staff and Shannon Ritter of Penn State Outreach.

Virtual worlds are 3-D, online, persistent spaces created and evolved by their users. The virtual world Second Life (http://www.secondlife.com/) offers tremendous potential for research and teaching. Within this vast and rapidly expanding place, you can do, create, or become just about anything you can imagine.

Virtual worlds provide many educational benefits. The two strongest benefits may be an immersive problem-solving environment coupled with social interactions. For example, at Penn State, Second Life is used for teaching Spanish, as a meeting spot for World Campus online and distance education students, and more. The Penn State Educational Gaming Commons hosts space in Second Life for educators.

This workshop will first introduce you to the basics of Second Life, including how to acquire a free account and to navigate within the world. The second part of the workshop will demonstrate discipline-specific uses of Second Life to spark your imagination on potential uses of this environment.

Space is limited to a maximum of 12 people. To register, complete the online form at http://tinyurl.com/EGCSLWorkshop. The form will ask you to indicate your academic discipline as well as which aspects of Second Life you would be most interested in seeing during the workshop. If you have any questions, e-mail gaming@psu.edu. The workshop is sponsored by the Educational Gaming Commons, a service of Information Technology Services.

]]> No publisher djb38 workshop 2009-10-29T18:49:45Z Event Educating for Sustainability: Schreyer National Conference http://tlt.its.psu.edu/about/events/2009/educating-for-sustainability-schreyer-national-conference-1 Educating for Sustainability will focus on infusing environmental sustainability into the curriculum. Educating for Sustainability will energize faculty, staff, students and administrators to infuse environmental sustainability into the curriculum, and thereby broaden Penn State's capacity to address significant challenges related to energy and the environment. Because these challenges will require assessing ethical consequences and communicating effectively with the public and policy makers, as well as competencies for conducting scientific research and creating successful design solutions, this conference will be relevant to a broad audience.

Educating for Sustainability is open to Penn State faculty, staff, students and administrators at no charge; however, space is limited and advanced registration is required.

Travel support is available for those attending from commonwealth campuses. For more information, contact Deidre Yingling at deidre@psu.edu.

This 4th Schreyer National Conference is being convened by the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence, the Schreyer Honors College, the Center for Sustainability at Penn State, and the Rock Ethics Institute.

Co-sponsors are the College of Agricultural Sciences, the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, the College of Engineering, the College of Health and Human Development, Dickinson School of Law, the Office of the Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses, Penn State’s Campus Sustainability Office, Penn State Outreach, School of International Affairs, and the Smeal College of Business.

Corporate support has been provided by Shell and Matson Biofuels, Inc.

For more conference information, contact Deidre Yingling at deidre@psu.edu.

]]> No publisher djb38 conference 2009-09-21T18:47:41Z Event Educating for Sustainability: Schreyer National Conference http://tlt.its.psu.edu/about/events/2009/educating-for-sustainability-schreyer-national-conference Educating for Sustainability will focus on infusing environmental sustainability into the curriculum. Educating for Sustainability will energize faculty, staff, students and administrators to infuse environmental sustainability into the curriculum, and thereby broaden Penn State's capacity to address significant challenges related to energy and the environment. Because these challenges will require assessing ethical consequences and communicating effectively with the public and policy makers, as well as competencies for conducting scientific research and creating successful design solutions, this conference will be relevant to a broad audience.

Educating for Sustainability is open to Penn State faculty, staff, students and administrators at no charge; however, space is limited and advanced registration is required.

Travel support is available for those attending from commonwealth campuses. For more information, contact Deidre Yingling at deidre@psu.edu.

This 4th Schreyer National Conference is being convened by the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence, the Schreyer Honors College, the Center for Sustainability at Penn State, and the Rock Ethics Institute.

Co-sponsors are the College of Agricultural Sciences, the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, the College of Engineering, the College of Health and Human Development, Dickinson School of Law, the Office of the Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses, Penn State’s Campus Sustainability Office, Penn State Outreach, School of International Affairs, and the Smeal College of Business.

Corporate support has been provided by Shell and Matson Biofuels, Inc.

For more conference information, contact Deidre Yingling at deidre@psu.edu.

]]> No publisher djb38 conference 2009-09-21T18:47:59Z Event Educational Gaming Commons Lab open house http://tlt.its.psu.edu/about/events/2009/educational-gaming-commons-lab-open-house The Penn State community is invited to attend an open house of the new Educational Gaming Commons Lab. No publisher mja11 open house 2009-08-18T20:33:56Z Event Network of Trainers Summer Social 2009 http://tlt.its.psu.edu/about/events/2009/network-of-trainers-summer-social-2009 A great networking opportunity for training designers, providers, and learning professionals at Penn State. The Network of Trainers Summer Social will be a great opportunity to network with your peers, learn about the projects they are working on, share ideas and knowledge of training/learning-related topics, and brainstorm new ideas related to collaborating and sharing resources.

For more information, visit the "Penn State Network of Trainers - Summer Social Event 2009" wiki page at https://wikispaces.psu.edu/display/PSTF/Home. Please feel free to contribute your ideas to the agenda before Friday, June 19.

Register for the Network of Trainers Summer Social at https://register4its.psu.edu/Public/ShowDetail.asp?scheduleid=106736.

If you have any problems or questions, call 814-863-9522 or e-mail itstraining@psu.edu.

]]> No publisher djb38 training 2009-06-04T14:09:40Z Event Learning Design Summer Camp Day 2 http://tlt.its.psu.edu/about/events/learning-design-summer-camp-day-2 Join us for day two of the 2009 Learning Design Summer Camp. No publisher cwc5 unconference 2009-04-02T16:50:18Z Event Learning Design Summer Camp Day 1 http://tlt.its.psu.edu/about/events/learning-design-summer-camp-day-1 Join us for the second annual Learning Design Summer Camp. No publisher cwc5 unconference 2009-04-02T16:48:46Z Event Plone Symposium East 2009 http://tlt.its.psu.edu/about/events/plone-symposium-east-2009 WebLion is hosting a regional Plone symposium in May, including two days of talks (parallel tracks), two days of training beforehand, and a weekend of sprints afterwards. One of the themes will be Plone in education.
  • The symposium is scheduled for Thursday May 28 and Friday May 29.
  • Training will take place before the symposium, on Tuesday May 26 and Wednesday May 27.
  • Sprints will happen after the symposium, over the weekend of May 30-31.

]]> No publisher acr117 conference 2009-03-04T16:10:45Z Event Summerfest Technology Training http://tlt.its.psu.edu/about/events/2009/summerfest-technology-training Summer-Fest 2009 is a weeklong training event developed to target technology as it relates to pedagogy. Scheduled topics include ANGEL, Blogs at Penn State, Adobe Connect, Penn State Wikispaces, Podcasting, and more. Faculty and graduate students are invited to sign up for free technology training offered during the break in the academic schedule, May 11-15. Summer-Fest 2009 is a weeklong training event developed to target technology as it relates to pedagogy. Scheduled topics include ANGEL, Blogs at Penn State, Adobe Connect, Penn State Wikispaces, Podcasting, and more. Some sessions will be offered live through Adobe Connect meeting and training software in order to give those who are unable to travel to the University Park session the opportunity to attend via the Web. Visit the ITS Training Services online catalog at http://its.psu.edu/training/catalog/ and click on "Summer-Fest" in the black bar at the top of the page to view all available sessions.

]]> No publisher cwc5 training 2009-04-26T12:58:48Z Event What's on Your Mind speaker series featuring Erica Walsh, Head Coach of Women's Soccer http://tlt.its.psu.edu/about/events/2009/whats-on-your-mind-speaker-series-featuring-erica-walsh-head-coach-of-womens-soccer An ITS open forum series featuring guest speakers. No publisher djb38 open forum 2008-11-12T16:32:39Z Event Alan Levine Visit http://tlt.its.psu.edu/about/events/alan-levine-visit Alan Levine, Vice President of the New Media Consortium, will visit University Park to give a lecture and participate in a half day of professional development. No publisher cwc5 2009-04-02T16:42:49Z Event TLT Symposium 2009 - Day 2 http://tlt.its.psu.edu/about/events/2009/tltsymposium2009-day2 An annual event and a year-round online 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. Invitation to Join Us in Shaping the 2009 Symposium]]> No publisher admin conference 2009-04-26T13:08:37Z Event TLT Symposium 2009 - Day 1 http://tlt.its.psu.edu/about/events/2009/tltsymposium2009-day1 An annual event and a year-round online 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. Invitation to Join Us in Shaping the 2009 Symposium]]> No publisher admin conference 2009-04-26T13:10:09Z Event