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Highlights Spring 2007 Teaching with Technology Brown Bag Series Save these dates for the CITES Educational Technologies Spring 2007 Brown Bag Series. All presentations are held from 12:00 P.M. ~ 1:00 P.M. in 23 Illini Hall and are free and open to the public. Upcoming presentations include: On February 14, David McDonald will discuss the Ethnography of the University Initiative. On February 28, Sharon Tettegah of Curriculum and Instruction will be joining us to discuss the 3D Web and virtual learning environment technologies. On March 7, Lori Mestre and Melody Allison from the Library will discuss how faculty and librarians collaborate on student research projects using Illinois Compass. On March 28, a select panel of campus faculty and EdTech staff will discuss the Illinois Compass Upgrade project. On April 11, a select panel of campus faculty and EdTech staff will discuss how Web 2.0 services offer an expanded set of possibilities for education. (Please email Doug Mills if you have any experiences using Web 2.0 technologies with your classes that you'd like to share!) Visit our Brown Bag Series for more information. Preparing for the New Illinois Compass For the months of March and April, our Illinois Compass support will consist of personalized one-on-one consulting, in-office visits, and custom training while we implement the next version of the software. We are excited about the upgrade to the Illinois Compass system and will be preparing a brand new training program for the new version while we keep our training calendar open. We will continue to offer our other faculty development seminars and workshops, so look for those opportunities on our training calendar. When we resume our full training program in May, Illinois Compass training will be on the upgraded system. You can contact us any time for assistance on your projects by emailing or calling our offices at 333-1078. For those who can't wait until May to see the latest version of Illinois Compass, we will have several demonstration sessions in March and April where we will preview some of the interface changes and new features in the upgrade. Featured Events Web Development for Faculty Designing and building your own web sites allows you to control how students access your course material and makes it easy to share material with instructors (while also saving valuable time and making new assignments possible). This workshop covers everything faculty need to know to get started building their own web sites. Topics to be covered include: an introduction to how web servers and HTML work, the basics of web design and development, usability and accessibility, creating and editing pages in Dreamweaver, and publishing web sites in NetFiles or Illinois Compass. Please visit the EdTech calendar to register. Partner Events Upcoming Events Building a Basic Illinois Compass Course February 6, 2007 10:00 A.M. ~ 12:00 P.M. 23 Illini Hall Web Development for Faculty February 8, 2007 9:00 A.M. ~ 12:00 P.M. 23 Illini Hall Illinois Compass Grade Book February 20, 2007 1:30 P.M. ~ 3:00 P.M. 23 Illini Hall Web Development for Faculty February 21, 2007 1:30 P.M. ~ 4:30 P.M. 23 Illini Hall Building a Basic Illinois Compass Course February 22, 2007 10:00 A.M. ~ 12:00 P.M. 23 Illini Hall Visit our Workshop Offerings for more information about other workshops offered by EdTech. Resources CITES 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 CITES Classroom Technologies http://classtech.cites.uiuc.edu/ CITES Help Desk http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/help/ Center for Teaching Excellence http://www.cte.uiuc.edu/ Blackboard http://www.blackboard.com Educause Learning Initiative http://www.educause.edu/eli	Emerging Technology Term WEB 2.0 The second-generation of Internet-based technologies that are commonly referred to as Web 2.0 can help educators enhance the learning experience for students. This wave of technologies include podcasting, blogging, social networking, wikis, and powerful new file management and communication tools. These technologies make it easier than ever before for world wide web users to produce information, to collaborate, and share information online. CITES EdTech consultants can help instructors understand how these technologies work and show them how to integrate them into their instruction. Contact Us CITES Educational Technologies 2304 Digital Computing Lab (DCL) 1304 W. Springfield MC-256 Urbana, Illinois 61801 (217) 333-1078 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 2007 Teaching with Technology Brown Bag Series

Save these dates for the CITES Educational Technologies Spring 2007 Brown Bag Series. All presentations are held from 12:00 P.M. ~ 1:00 P.M. in 23 Illini Hall and are free and open to the public.

Upcoming presentations include:

On February 14, David McDonald will discuss the Ethnography of the University Initiative.
On February 28, Sharon Tettegah of Curriculum and Instruction will be joining us to discuss the 3D Web and virtual learning environment technologies.
On March 7, Lori Mestre and Melody Allison from the Library will discuss how faculty and librarians collaborate on student research projects using Illinois Compass.
On March 28, a select panel of campus faculty and EdTech staff will discuss the Illinois Compass Upgrade project.
On April 11, a select panel of campus faculty and EdTech staff will discuss how Web 2.0 services offer an expanded set of possibilities for education. (Please email Doug Mills if you have any experiences using Web 2.0 technologies with your classes that you'd like to share!)

Visit our Brown Bag Series for more information.

Preparing for the New Illinois Compass

For the months of March and April, our Illinois Compass support will consist of personalized one-on-one consulting, in-office visits, and custom training while we implement the next version of the software. We are excited about the upgrade to the Illinois Compass system and will be preparing a brand new training program for the new version while we keep our training calendar open. We will continue to offer our other faculty development seminars and workshops, so look for those opportunities on our training calendar. When we resume our full training program in May, Illinois Compass training will be on the upgraded system. You can contact us any time for assistance on your projects by emailing or calling our offices at 333-1078.

For those who can't wait until May to see the latest version of Illinois Compass, we will have several demonstration sessions in March and April where we will preview some of the interface changes and new features in the upgrade.

Featured Events

Web Development for Faculty

Designing and building your own web sites allows you to control how students access your course material and makes it easy to share material with instructors (while also saving valuable time and making new assignments possible). This workshop covers everything faculty need to know to get started building their own web sites. Topics to be covered include: an introduction to how web servers and HTML work, the basics of web design and development, usability and accessibility, creating and editing pages in Dreamweaver, and publishing web sites in NetFiles or Illinois Compass.

Please visit the EdTech calendar to register.

Partner Events

Upcoming Events

Building a Basic Illinois Compass Course
February 6, 2007
10:00 A.M. ~ 12:00 P.M.
23 Illini Hall

Web Development for Faculty
February 8, 2007
9:00 A.M. ~ 12:00 P.M.
23 Illini Hall

Illinois Compass Grade Book
February 20, 2007
1:30 P.M. ~ 3:00 P.M.
23 Illini Hall

Web Development for Faculty
February 21, 2007
1:30 P.M. ~ 4:30 P.M.
23 Illini Hall

Building a Basic Illinois Compass Course
February 22, 2007
10:00 A.M. ~ 12:00 P.M.
23 Illini Hall

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

Resources

CITES 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

CITES Classroom Technologies
http://classtech.cites.uiuc.edu/

CITES Help Desk
http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/help/

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

Blackboard
http://www.blackboard.com

Educause Learning Initiative
http://www.educause.edu/eli

Emerging Technology Term

WEB 2.0

The second-generation of Internet-based technologies that are commonly referred to as Web 2.0 can help educators enhance the learning experience for students. This wave of technologies include podcasting, blogging, social networking, wikis, and powerful new file management and communication tools. These technologies make it easier than ever before for world wide web users to produce information, to collaborate, and share information online. CITES EdTech consultants can help instructors understand how these technologies work and show them how to integrate them into their instruction.

Contact Us

CITES Educational Technologies
2304 Digital Computing Lab (DCL) 1304 W. Springfield MC-256
Urbana, Illinois 61801
(217) 333-1078
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