EdTech and IT are opening up the CLC software request process for instructors who need specific software packages installed in computer learning centers across campus. A brand new CLC software request web-based application is available at: https://itweb.mst.edu/auth-cgi-bin/cgiwrap/clcreq/index.pl This link will be available until close of business on Friday, November 5, 2010. Please enter all software […]
Read More »We recently had the opportunity to speak to some faculty about some of their concerns, specifically with respect to Blackboard. They commented that they sometimes had difficulty finding information on our Blackboard 9 Resources pages because there was no search function. Well, I am here to say that we have solved that problem! It […]
Read More »Barb Wilkins, Instructional Technologist for EdTech and a math teacher in her own right, presented on using rubrics for courses. One of the points Barb made was that students are already quite familiar with the use of rubrics for evaluating performance. For the past 10 years or so, teachers in K-12 have been trained to […]
Read More »EdTech and CERTI are co-sponsoring the October Blackboard Seminar Series, which will focus on using rubrics both inside and outside of a Blackboard course. Barb Wilkins, Instructional Technologist for EdTech, will be presenting. This event will take place in Centennial Hall Room 104 at Noon on Friday, October 8, 2010. What are rubrics? Why should […]
Read More »Presenter: Bob Deneau Bob presented on three technologies that he is using in his district: Adobe Connect Pro, Skype, and Microsoft SharePoint. EdTech has some familiarity with all three of these technologies, though I am only personally familiar with Adobe Connect and SharePoint. I’ve never used Skype, though several other members of our group have […]
Read More »Presenter: Mark Pennycuick I already use Fireworks CS4 for a number of projects for EdTech, but I thought I’d stop by this presentation just to see what is possible. I certainly don’t use Fireworks to its maximum potential (few people do as it is a fairly complex piece of software). I prefer Fireworks over Adobe […]
Read More »Presenter: Joe Dimino This is a bit unusual because instead of the usual tablet PC that I normally use for liveblogging, I am using a netbook provided by the presenter. This is really my first experience with a netbook. The keyboard is definitely smaller, but not too bad, though I am tending to hit keys […]
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