2010 Archive
An archive of all News items from 2010.
- Students report better concentration, less stress
- Gamification of America, posting photos on Facebook, saving your neck, Yahoo killing Delicious, the need to read more books, and Winter-Fest....all in this week's BuzzLion.
- On Wednesday nights at 8:00 p.m., three Penn State employees put on quite a live online video show via UStream. What’s it about? Well, it features technology, Penn State, amazing baked goods, fine spirits, and just about anything else that pops up.
- Princeton class studies the sociology inherent in modern technology
- Is technology part of the reason.....or part the solution?
- This week: A new ANGELshorts, programming sprints, New Media Seminar, Winter-Fest, inserting spreadsheets into Word, and the difference between iOS and Android.
- Top 15 Misconceptions About Turnitin
- Turnitin.com's staff has written a good piece reminding instructors of the limitations of Turnitin and information about copyright.
- Educational Gaming Commons staff discuss how they help faculty create games that teach.
- Turning to a technology training blog reaps benefits via instant learning.
- Attempting to prevent illegal downloading and sharing of films and TV shows, the MPAA does something they have never done before.
- Laura Guertin describes uses of Google Earth as an educational platform
- In late November, Laura Guertin, associate professor of earth sciences at Penn State Brandywine, spoke on "Google Earth as an Education Platform," outlining how she is redesigning her assignments and courses to be delivered via the online geography/mapping application Google Earth.
- Upcoming ITS Forums focus on networking and workflow
- Those who want to know more about the work Information Technology Services (ITS) does to improve technology culture and infrastructure at Penn State are welcome to attend an upcoming ITS Forum. These sessions are presented live in face-to-face format and online via Adobe Connect.
- Better Blogs at Penn State, video and self-image, Windows 7 tip, an awesome post about comics that is actually a comic, Google Wave rises from grave, and Google Sites....you're killing us here. All in this week's BuzzLion.
- VoiceThread communication tool available University-wide
- Penn State faculty, students, and staff can now use an online communication and presentation tool called VoiceThread free of charge, thanks to a University-wide license.
- Research firm issues a report on what they see as things to watch in an unpredictable 2011 in educational technology
- Four Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) staff members talk about conference takeaways from their attendance at EDUCAUSE and Higher Ed Web, including a glimpse at the future of higher education.
- ITS outlines plan for ANGEL during finals week December 13-17
- The ANGEL Import Console and Export Console tools will be available during finals week December 13-17. However, in the event of performance issues, Information Technology Services (ITS) may restrict or reduce their availability.
- Students can return fall 2010 course clickers and be refunded Dec. 13-17
- Students who were enrolled in a fall 2010 course using Interwrite PRS clickers can return the clickers for a refund.
- Study skills, job skills modules available for use in ANGEL
- Students who wish to reinforce study skills near the end of the semester or brush up on job skills for the future can take advantage of the iStudy for Success! learning modules
- Higher ed, tech, art, and privacy issues all collide in one professor's art project
