Monthly Announcements
Highlights Spring 2006 Teaching with Technology Brown Bag Series Save these date for the CITES Educational Technologies Spring 2006 Brown Bag Series. This semester's offerings include five engaging presentations that highlight and explain emerging technologies. All presentations are held from 12:00 P.M. ~ 1:00 P.M. in 23 Illini Hall, are free and open to the public. Upcoming presentations include: On February 22, Assistant CIO for Educational Technologies and Associate Professor of Economics Lanny Arvan will be discussing how he has used Illinois Compass and smart classrooms in an honors Economics course, and how his experience is relevant to the broader issues of effectively using educational technologies in higher education. On March 8, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs Burks Oakley will be joining us to discuss how podcasts and RSS are impacting university teaching. On March 29, Joe Grohens of the English department who will discuss how wikis and blogs are helping improve student writing. On April 12, Associate Professor and Digital learning Librarian Lori Mestre will provide an overview of the Learning Commons--a joint Library and CITES initiative to increase student access to technology and facilitate cooperative research. On April 26, Professor of Educational Psychology & English as an International Language Gary Cziko will discuss working with podcasts and a "Wikibook." Visit our Brown Bag Series for more information. Lunchtime Learning Featured Events Creating and Using Question Test Banks for Exams, Quizzes, and Other Activities February 2, 2006 12:00 P.M. ~ 1:00 P.M. Do you use Microsoft Word or any other software to create and print your exams? Do you save these exams to disk? Do you eventually type exams over and over again as textbooks change? We have the answer for you. Respondus and StudyMate software can make your jobs much easier. More... Getting Started with Blogs February 14, 2006 12:00 P.M. ~ 1:00 P.M. Join us as we review popular and influential blogs, explore various types of blogs, and provide hands-on blogging practice with Blogger's free service. In the hands-on portion of the workshop we will build a new blog, apply a style template, create our first blog post with hyperlinks, images, and more. Quick Uses of Media Resources to Enhance Course Sites February 16, 2006 12:00 P.M. ~ 1:00 P.M. We will demonstrate some of the straight forward ways course designers may enhance their Illinois Compass course site through the use of various forms of multimedia. More... Space is limited for these sessions. Please visit the EdTech calendar to register. Upcoming Events Respondus February 8, 2006 9:00 A.M. ~ 10:30 A.M. 23 Illini Hall StudyMate February 8, 2006 10:30 A.M. ~ 12:00 P.M. 23 Illini Hall Preparing Documents for Illinois Compass to Improve Student Access and Use February 9 , 2006 10:00 A.M. ~ 12:00 P.M. 172 Armory Building a Basic Illinois Compass Course February 10, 2006 10:00 A.M. ~ 12:00 P.M. 23 Illini Hall Building a Basic Illinois Compass Course February 13, 2006 2:00 P.M. ~ 4:00 P.M. 23 Illini Hall Illinois Compass Grade Book February 21 , 2006 10:00 A.M. ~ 11:30 A.M. 23 Illini Hall Visit our Workshop Offerings for more information about other workshops offered by EdTech. Resources Educational Technologies http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/edtech/ Illinois Compass Login http://compass.uiuc.edu Course Site Requests http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/edtech/teaching_software/compass/siterequest.html Campus Information Technologies and Educational Services (CITES) http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/ WebCT http://www.webct.com/ Educause http://www.educause.edu/	Emerging Technology Term BLOGS The term blog is a shortened form of weblog or web log. A blog uses a conversational style of documentation in which journal entries are posted on a regular basis and displayed in reverse chronological order. Using Multimedia Blogs to Encourage Writing and Revision by Christian Sandvig Fall 2005 Brownbag Showcase Getting Started with Blogs February 14, 2006 12:00 P.M. ~ 1:00 P.M. 23 Illini Hall Contact Us CITES Educational Technologies 505 East Armory 182 Armory Building MC-531 Champaign, Illinois 61820 (217) 333-1078 Email: edtech@uiuc.edu This list is used by CITES Educational Technologies for the sole purpose of updating Teaching with Technology users about upcoming events.
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Monthly Announcements

Highlights

Spring 2006 Teaching with Technology Brown Bag Series

Save these date for the CITES Educational Technologies Spring 2006 Brown Bag Series. This semester's offerings include five engaging presentations that highlight and explain emerging technologies. All presentations are held from 12:00 P.M. ~ 1:00 P.M. in 23 Illini Hall, are free and open to the public.

Upcoming presentations include:

On February 22, Assistant CIO for Educational Technologies and Associate Professor of Economics Lanny Arvan will be discussing how he has used Illinois Compass and smart classrooms in an honors Economics course, and how his experience is relevant to the broader issues of effectively using educational technologies in higher education.
On March 8, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs Burks Oakley will be joining us to discuss how podcasts and RSS are impacting university teaching.
On March 29, Joe Grohens of the English department who will discuss how wikis and blogs are helping improve student writing.
On April 12, Associate Professor and Digital learning Librarian Lori Mestre will provide an overview of the Learning Commons--a joint Library and CITES initiative to increase student access to technology and facilitate cooperative research.
On April 26, Professor of Educational Psychology & English as an International Language Gary Cziko will discuss working with podcasts and a "Wikibook."

Visit our Brown Bag Series for more information.

Lunchtime Learning Featured Events

Creating and Using Question Test Banks for Exams, Quizzes, and Other Activities

February 2, 2006
12:00 P.M. ~ 1:00 P.M.

Do you use Microsoft Word or any other software to create and print your exams? Do you save these exams to disk? Do you eventually type exams over and over again as textbooks change? We have the answer for you. Respondus and StudyMate software can make your jobs much easier. More...

Getting Started with Blogs

February 14, 2006
12:00 P.M. ~ 1:00 P.M.

Join us as we review popular and influential blogs, explore various types of blogs, and provide hands-on blogging practice with Blogger's free service. In the hands-on portion of the workshop we will build a new blog, apply a style template, create our first blog post with hyperlinks, images, and more.

Quick Uses of Media Resources to Enhance Course Sites

February 16, 2006
12:00 P.M. ~ 1:00 P.M.
We will demonstrate some of the straight forward ways course designers may enhance their Illinois Compass course site through the use of various forms of multimedia. More...

Space is limited for these sessions. Please visit the EdTech calendar to register.

Upcoming Events

Respondus
February 8, 2006
9:00 A.M. ~ 10:30 A.M.
23 Illini Hall

StudyMate
February 8, 2006
10:30 A.M. ~ 12:00 P.M.
23 Illini Hall

Preparing Documents for Illinois Compass to Improve Student Access and Use
February 9 , 2006
10:00 A.M. ~ 12:00 P.M.
172 Armory

Building a Basic Illinois Compass Course
February 10, 2006
10:00 A.M. ~ 12:00 P.M.
23 Illini Hall

Building a Basic Illinois Compass Course
February 13, 2006
2:00 P.M. ~ 4:00 P.M.
23 Illini Hall

Illinois Compass Grade Book
February 21 , 2006
10:00 A.M. ~ 11:30 A.M.
23 Illini Hall

Visit our Workshop Offerings for more information about other workshops offered by EdTech.

Resources

Educational Technologies
http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/edtech/

Illinois Compass Login
http://compass.uiuc.edu

Course Site Requests
http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/edtech/teaching_software/compass/siterequest.html

Campus Information Technologies and Educational Services (CITES)
http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/

WebCT
http://www.webct.com/

Educause
http://www.educause.edu/

Emerging Technology Term

BLOGS

The term blog is a shortened form of weblog or web log. A blog uses a conversational style of documentation in which journal entries are posted on a regular basis and displayed in reverse chronological order.

Using Multimedia Blogs to Encourage Writing and Revision by Christian Sandvig
Fall 2005 Brownbag Showcase

Getting Started with Blogs
February 14, 2006
12:00 P.M. ~ 1:00 P.M.
23 Illini Hall

Contact Us

CITES Educational Technologies
505 East Armory
182 Armory Building MC-531
Champaign, Illinois 61820
(217) 333-1078
Email: edtech@uiuc.edu

This list is used by CITES Educational Technologies for the sole purpose of updating Teaching with Technology users about upcoming events.

Subscribing

This e-newsletter is sent to Teaching and Learning with Technology users who have received consulting or training from CITES Educational Technologies.

Please forward this message to anyone interested in Teaching and Learning with Technology.

To subscribe or unsubscribe from the list, please email us at training@edtech.cites.uiuc.edu