Monthly Announcements
Featured Event Barbara Ganley of Middlebury College Deepening Intellectual Communities: Lessons from a Classroom Blog Wednesday, November 1, 2006 12:30 P.M. ~ 1:50 P.M. 126 Library and Information Science Building (LIS) Looking inside one professor’s five-year experience with group and individual blogging offers valuable insights into the effects of the unique combination of the transparency, flexibility, interactivity and connectivity of blogs on intellectual engagement, networking and collaborative work. During this conversation/presentation with Barbara Ganley of Middlebury College’s Writing Program and English Department, we will examine the growth of a dynamic learning community adopting a central blog as ever-evolving virtual commons augmented by individual blogging practices. We will explore the ways in which active online conversation within our intellectual communities can deepen the group’s bonds and creative thinking while developing a culture of networked collective intelligence. Highlights The Economist, one of the oldest (continuously published since 1843) news and affairs publications in the world, recently began offering podcasts, including two outstanding interviews that discuss the ways in which blogs and wikis are changing media and society. "Wide World of Wikis: A Discussion with Jerry Michalski, founder and president of Sociate" discusses how the simpler, cheaper technology of wikis is actually better for employee collaboration than the costly information management systems that companies and institutions have developed over the years to facilitate and improve information sharing and collaboration. "Blogs as Leading Indicators: A Discussion with David Sifry, Founder and CEO, Technrati" explores how blogs are connecting companies with experts, hobbyists, and narrow, but highly enthusiastic, demographic slices of their audience and customers, a result that suggests profound implications for business, media, and education. Upcoming Events Getting Started with Podcasts (MAC Users) Thursday, November 2, 2006 2:00 P.M. ~ 3:30 P.M. 23 Illini Halll Getting Started with Blogs Thursday, November 9, 2006 9:00 A.M. ~ 10:00 A.M. 23 Illini Hall Building a Basic Illinois Compass Course Tuesday, November 14, 2006 1:00 P.M. ~ 3:00 P.M. 23 Illini Hall Getting Started with Podcasts (PC Users) Thursday, November 30, 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/siterequest.html Campus Information Technologies and Educational Services (CITES) http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/ Center for Teaching Excellence http://www.cte.uiuc.edu/ BlackBoard http://www.blackboard.com/ Educause http://www.educause.edu/	Emerging Technology Term Podcasting Podcasting is making audio or video files available online via an RSS feed so that interested users can subscribe to the podcast to receive new files automatically. Although often associated with the use of Apple iPods or other portable MP3 players, podcasts are accessible through any multimedia computer with internet connectivity and appropriate software such as the free cross-platform Apple iTunes. Podcasts was chosen as the 2005 Word of the Year by the New Oxford American Dictionary. The What, Why, and How of Podcasting by Burks Oakley II Spring 2006 Brown Bag Archive Brown Bag Cleora D'Arcy and Darin Eastburn Brown Bag on Educational Podcasting Wednesday, November 15, 2006 12:00 P.M. ~ 1:00P.M. 23 Illini Hall Cleora DArcy and Darin Eastburn of Crop Sciences will present on how they have integrated magazine-style podcasts into their classes to review key concepts, clarify points of confusion, and provide study hints for the students. The presentation will include a discussion of how they developed the podcasts and preliminary student feedback on them. They will even play sample podcasts! Contact Us CITES Educational Technologies 2304 DCL MC-256 1304 W. Springfield Urbana, Illinois 61801 (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

Featured Event

Barbara Ganley of Middlebury College
Deepening Intellectual Communities: Lessons from a Classroom Blog
Wednesday, November 1, 2006
12:30 P.M. ~ 1:50 P.M.
126 Library and Information Science Building (LIS)

Looking inside one professor’s five-year experience with group and individual blogging offers valuable insights into the effects of the unique combination of the transparency, flexibility, interactivity and connectivity of blogs on intellectual engagement, networking and collaborative work. During this conversation/presentation with Barbara Ganley of Middlebury College’s Writing Program and English Department, we will examine the growth of a dynamic learning community adopting a central blog as ever-evolving virtual commons augmented by individual blogging practices. We will explore the ways in which active online conversation within our intellectual communities can deepen the group’s bonds and creative thinking while developing a culture of networked collective intelligence.

Highlights

The Economist, one of the oldest (continuously published since 1843) news and affairs publications in the world, recently began offering podcasts, including two outstanding interviews that discuss the ways in which blogs and wikis are changing media and society. "Wide World of Wikis: A Discussion with Jerry Michalski, founder and president of Sociate" discusses how the simpler, cheaper technology of wikis is actually better for employee collaboration than the costly information management systems that companies and institutions have developed over the years to facilitate and improve information sharing and collaboration. "Blogs as Leading Indicators: A Discussion with David Sifry, Founder and CEO, Technrati" explores how blogs are connecting companies with experts, hobbyists, and narrow, but highly enthusiastic, demographic slices of their audience and customers, a result that suggests profound implications for business, media, and education.

Upcoming Events

Getting Started with Podcasts (MAC Users)
Thursday, November 2, 2006
2:00 P.M. ~ 3:30 P.M.
23 Illini Halll

Getting Started with Blogs
Thursday, November 9, 2006
9:00 A.M. ~ 10:00 A.M.
23 Illini Hall

Building a Basic Illinois Compass Course
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
1:00 P.M. ~ 3:00 P.M.
23 Illini Hall

Getting Started with Podcasts (PC Users)
Thursday, November 30, 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/siterequest.html

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

Center for Teaching Excellence
http://www.cte.uiuc.edu/

BlackBoard
http://www.blackboard.com/

Educause
http://www.educause.edu/

Emerging Technology Term

Podcasting

Podcasting is making audio or video files available online via an RSS feed so that interested users can subscribe to the podcast to receive new files automatically. Although often associated with the use of Apple iPods or other portable MP3 players, podcasts are accessible through any multimedia computer with internet connectivity and appropriate software such as the free cross-platform Apple iTunes. Podcasts was chosen as the 2005 Word of the Year by the New Oxford American Dictionary.

The What, Why, and How of Podcasting by Burks Oakley II
Spring 2006 Brown Bag Archive

Brown Bag

Cleora D'Arcy and Darin Eastburn Brown Bag on Educational Podcasting
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
12:00 P.M. ~ 1:00P.M.
23 Illini Hall

Cleora DArcy and Darin Eastburn of Crop Sciences will present on how they have integrated magazine-style podcasts into their classes to review key concepts, clarify points of confusion, and provide study hints for the students. The presentation will include a discussion of how they developed the podcasts and preliminary student feedback on them. They will even play sample podcasts!

Contact Us

CITES Educational Technologies
2304 DCL
MC-256
1304 W. Springfield
Urbana, Illinois 61801
(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