Month: December 2008
USB Flash Drives can transmit viruses
Here is a cheerful thought for the new year. According to this article from Campus Technology, USB flash drives can transmit computer viruses simply by inserting them into an available USB port on a machine and letting the system access the “autorun” feature of the USB flash drive. At one conference, around 50% of the […]
Read More »Happy Holidays from Educational Technology
We here at EdTech would like to wish the students, faculty, and staff at Missouri S&T a safe and joyous holiday season. With that in mind, check out the image below. One of our IT staff members put it together a few years ago. Since he now works for EdTech, we have hung it up […]
Read More »Smart phone clickers in the classroom
Jennifer Shaner, our campus CERTI Coordinator recently brought to my attention an article she found in the Chronicle of Higher Education about how students at Abilene Christian University (ACU) use iPhones for their clicker-enabled classes. Apparently, the iPhone application for supporting clickers was developed in-house by ACU programmers. The iPhones (and iPod Touch units) were […]
Read More »Math Software Updates to Computer Labs & Classrooms over Winter Break
Over the Winter Break, IT will be upgrading computer labs and classrooms on campus with Mathcad 14, MATLAB 2008b (classroom), and Maple 12, which are newer versions of mathematical simulation software than is currently installed. This change is being made based on faculty requests to upgrade the outdated versions. The software updates will take place […]
Read More »More Thoughts on ITCC Retreat
Along with Angie Hammons, I, too, had the opportunity to attend the Information Technology & Computing Committee (ITCC) Retreat, held in the Southwestern Bell Cultural Center on Wednesday, December 10, 2008. In case you were unaware, the ITCC is composed of faculty members and students who are actively engaged with Information Technology (IT) to provide […]
Read More »Thoughts on ITCC Retreat
Angie Hammons shares some thoughts on the Information Technology & Computing Committee Retreat, held at the Southwestern Bell Cultural Center on Wednesday, December 10, 2008: [ANGIE] I had the opportunity to be part of the ITCC Retreat today. This retreat is an opportunity for IT staff and faculty to come together and begin a dialogue […]
Read More »Blog Engine Issues This Morning
Due to circumstances beyond EdTech’s control, it looks like the Movable Type engine that powers the EdTech blog (and other Missouri S&T blogs) experienced some technical difficulties this morning that prevented visitors to our blog from posting comments. It appears as though the issues have been resolved for the time being. For the ITCC folks […]
Read More »ITCC RETREAT: Case Scenario – Group A
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Read More »ITCC RETREAT: Case Scenario – Group C
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