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March 2009 Newsletter

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Podcast: Symposium to encourage attendees to "Reimagine"

Interview with Shannon Ritter, Robin Smail, and Derick Burns, members of the Penn State Symposium for Teaching and Learning with Technology's program committee. Interview takes a look at the "Reimagine" education campaign and how the Symposium is building a community of very smart people here at Penn State.

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Mar 24, 2009

TLT CoffeeRead for 3/18: Nescot invites you to the classroom of the future

TLT CoffeeReads take a look at educational technology in the media, from Penn State to around the world. Innovations at other schools, education and technology issues, new products and services, and other news are among subjects covered. These are designed to get people thinking and talking about how the articles relate to what we are doing here at Penn State in teaching and learning with technology.

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Mar 18, 2009

TLT CoffeeRead for 3/16: Michigan student looks at "rewriting the textbooks"

TLT CoffeeReads take a look at educational technology in the media, from Penn State to around the world. Innovations at other schools, education and technology issues, new products and services, and other news are among subjects covered. These are designed to get people thinking and talking about how the articles relate to what we are doing here at Penn State in teaching and learning with technology.

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Mar 16, 2009
Penn State Twitter users offer ideas for micro-blogging in education

Penn State Twitter users offer ideas for micro-blogging in education

The Penn State community provides some examples of how Twitter can be used for teaching and learning.

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Mar 17, 2009
2009 Plone Symposium East to offer training, networking, programming sprints, and more

2009 Plone Symposium East to offer training, networking, programming sprints, and more

Building on a successful debut last year, Penn State's WebLion group is planning an even bigger Plone Symposium East for 2009. The event features training, networking, formal presentations, programming sprints, and more, and is a must-attend for anyone involved in Web content management.

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Mar 03, 2009

Game takes players on quests to learn more about educational gaming at Penn State

Educational Gaming Commons is looking for interested faculty to sign up for a pre-conference game associated with the 2009 TLT Symposium.

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Mar 02, 2009

TLT Symposium registration closing on March 6

The registration period for the 2009 TLT Symposium will close on Friday, March 6, 2009.

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Mar 04, 2009

TLT CoffeeRead for 3/4: Study says class podcasts lead to better grades

TLT CoffeeReads take a look at educational technology in the media, from Penn State to around the world. Innovations at other schools, education and technology issues, new products and services, and other news are among subjects covered. These are designed to get people thinking and talking about how the articles relate to what we are doing here at Penn State in teaching and learning with technology.

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Mar 04, 2009
TLT releases first in a series of Symposium-themed videos

TLT releases first in a series of Symposium-themed videos

First video in series features Schreyer Honors College Dean and students "reimagining" scholarship.

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Mar 20, 2009
TLT releases first in a series of Symposium-themed videos

TLT releases first in a series of Symposium-themed videos

The first video takes a look at how the Schreyer Honors College "reimagines" scholarship.

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Mar 19, 2009

BuzzLion for Week of March 16

A weekly look at some of what Teaching and Learning with Technology at Penn State staffers are doing and thinking.

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Mar 20, 2009

TLT CoffeeRead for 3/25: Andy Ihnatko comes to Penn State for guest lecture

TLT CoffeeReads take a look at educational technology in the media, from Penn State to around the world. Innovations at other schools, education and technology issues, new products and services, and other news are among subjects covered. These are designed to get people thinking and talking about how the articles relate to what we are doing here at Penn State in teaching and learning with technology.

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Mar 25, 2009

Podcast: Development of online Assessment Management System to make program evaluation/accreditation more efficient

A partnership between the College of Education and TLT's WebLion group is creating a better method of program evaluation and accreditation that replaces the inefficient paper-based system.

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Mar 26, 2009

BuzzLion for Week of March 22

A weekly look at what TLT staff are thinking, doing, and writing.

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Mar 27, 2009

TLT CoffeeRead for 3/30: Georgia leads the U.S. in education technology

TLT CoffeeReads take a look at educational technology in the media, from Penn State to around the world. Innovations at other schools, education and technology issues, new products and services, and other news are among subjects covered. These are designed to get people thinking and talking about how the articles relate to what we are doing here at Penn State in teaching and learning with technology.

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Mar 30, 2009

TLT CoffeeRead for 3/23: Standards to take e-portfolios outside the institution and into the future

TLT CoffeeReads take a look at educational technology in the media, from Penn State to around the world. Innovations at other schools, education and technology issues, new products and services, and other news are among subjects covered. These are designed to get people thinking and talking about how the articles relate to what we are doing here at Penn State in teaching and learning with technology.

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Mar 23, 2009

TLT CoffeeRead for 3/11: Going beyond classroom clickers

TLT CoffeeReads take a look at educational technology in the media, from Penn State to around the world. Innovations at other schools, education and technology issues, new products and services, and other news are among subjects covered. These are designed to get people thinking and talking about how the articles relate to what we are doing here at Penn State in teaching and learning with technology.

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Mar 11, 2009

eLearning Initiative uses blogs, video projects to prepare engineering students for a new workplace

The College of Engineering's eLearning Initiative helps students learn more about globalization, ethics, and social issues in engineering, along with helping them learn how to work better in teams.

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Mar 12, 2009

TLT CoffeeRead for 3/2: A change in cognition - How TV, games affect learning

TLT CoffeeReads take a look at educational technology in the media, from Penn State to around the world. Innovations at other schools, education and technology issues, new products and services, and other news are among subjects covered. These are designed to get people thinking and talking about how the articles relate to what we are doing here at Penn State in teaching and learning with technology.

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Mar 02, 2009

BuzzLion for Week of March 2

A weekly look at some of what Teaching and Learning with Technology at Penn State staffers are doing and thinking.

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Mar 06, 2009

TLT CoffeeRead for 3/9: Duke Introduces New Applications for Mobile Devices

TLT CoffeeReads take a look at educational technology in the media, from Penn State to around the world. Innovations at other schools, education and technology issues, new products and services, and other news are among subjects covered. These are designed to get people thinking and talking about how the articles relate to what we are doing here at Penn State in teaching and learning with technology.

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Mar 09, 2009

BuzzLion for Week of March 9

A weekly look at some of what Teaching and Learning with Technology at Penn State staffers are doing and thinking.

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Mar 13, 2009

ITS work to be presented in public forum

The next ITS Forum on March 10 will feature Shelley Butler addressing the benefits of the Document Imaging Service.

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Mar 02, 2009
TLT Symposium Interview #1: Jeff Swain, Symposium cooridinator

TLT Symposium Interview #1: Jeff Swain, Symposium cooridinator

On April 18, the Penn State Symposium for Teaching and Learning with Technology will be held at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center. Leading up that time, TLT Newsletter editor Jamie Oberdick will conduct a series of interviews with different people associated with the Symposium.

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Mar 05, 2009

ANGEL users reminded they will be logged off after 90 minutes of inactivity

Users of ANGEL should be aware that if they have been inactive for 90 minutes, their session will time out.

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Mar 09, 2009
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