OIT Announcements (present - 1 year ago)
WIT Public Presentations (08/07/2008)
When: August 14th, 2008
Where: Wege Auditorium
Final presentation is on Thursday, August 14th, the Wege Auditorium. We
split our presentations into two sessions. Below is the tentative
schedule. Please feel free to let us know if you have any preference for
either morning or afternoon session or the order of the presentations.
Refreshments will be served for both the morning and afternoon session.
Please attend and bring your colleagues, your students, friends and
neighbors are also welcome. It has been a wonderful summer and we are
very proud of what students have accomplished.
Morning Session, 10:00 a.m.
- Cathy Johnson and Nicole Mellow, "American Politics" (Itty Bitty Mind)
- Katie Kent, "Women and Gender Studies" (Cyanide Delirium)
- Williams Admissions Office, "Virtual Tour" (Elite Panda Crew)
- Safa Zaki, "Cognitive Science" (Chameleon Element)
- Jo Procter, "Williams Summer Science Program" (Cyanide Delirium)
- Bob Scherr, "Jewish Society" (Elite Panda Crew)
- Tracy Finnegan, "Teach in NY" (Itty Bitty Mind)
- Hank Art, "Historical Aerial Photo" (Chameleon Element)
- Paula Consolini and Sara LaLumia, "Experiential Learning" (Itty Bitty Mind)
- Jay Pasachoff and Steven Souza, "Hopkins Observatory" (Chameleon Element)
- Rosemary Moore, "New Employee Orientation" (Elite Panda Crew)
- Amy Johns, "Green Energy" (Cyanide Delirium)
- Lori DuBois and Joyce Foster, "Online Tutorial" (Elite Panda Crew)
- Jennifer Bloxam, "Obrecht" (Cyanide Delirium)
- Scott Lewis, "WOOLF" (Itty Bitty Mind)
- Satyan Devadoss and Frank Morgan, "Math/Stat Dept. Blog" (Chameleon Element)
Summer Workshops (06/18/2008)
OIT Computer Green Up (04/22/2008)
Information Technology will recycle your old computer equipment! Items include: desktops, laptops, monitors & printers - NO TV's or household appliances.
Where? Williams Agway Barn (Facilities' Recycling area) -- located at the end of Spring Street, just beyond Dennison Gatehouse
When? Noon - 3:00 pm week days, starting May 14th thru May 30th
Williams I.D. required to drop off equipment.
Equipment must be received and signed in by the recycling attendant.
Questions? Call Cheryl Brewer in OIT at x3198 or email Cheryl.L.Brewer@Williams.edu
Details...Techfest '08 (04/09/2008)
Thank you to everyone who came! Follow the 'Details' link to see who the raffle winners are, download any handouts you missed, and see photos from the event. Details...
4/22 Faculty Technology Lunch on Lecture Video Recording (04/09/2008)
Come to the faculty club at noon on Tuesday 4/22 to talk about the technology and pedagogy of lecture video recording and distribution, whether you're curious, enthusiastic, or against it. We'll demonstrate the system we have, talk a bit about what some other colleges are doing, and then open the floor to general discussion about how it can best be used at Williams.
Summer Jobs (03/03/2008)
OIT is looking for student workers for the summer! The application deadline has been extended to March 17th. Details...
Digital Storytelling (03/03/2008)
OIT offers the ever popular 3-day digital storytelling workshop as taught by the Center for Digital Storytelling on March 18th, 19th, and 20th. Participants are guided through the process of creating a 3 to 5 minute original video. The workshop ends in a private film fest. RSVP to ITech@williams.edu. to reserve a seat. Details...
Spring Workshops Are Here! (02/29/2008)
Faculty Technology Lunch - WIT (02/14/2008)
The summer of 2008 will mark the eighth year of Williams Instructional Technology Summer Intern Program (WIT). For the last seven years WIT has produced over 100 technology projects ranging from data-driven web sites, virtual reality movies, multimedia courseware, streaming audio/video to image digitization. Many of the projects have been used extensively in teaching. To get ready for a great start for WIT 2008, OIT will host a Faculty Technology lunch on THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST in the Faculty House. At the lunch we will share our experience of working with WIT interns, how projects are being used and what we can help you in using technology in your teaching. We will also demonstrate some of the projects completed in the summer of 2007.
If you have an idea for a project and/or you are not familiar with the WIT but would like to find out more about it, you are welcome to join us.
Noon, Thursday, Feb. 21, Faculty House. Lunch through the line on OIT. RSVP itech@williams.edu appreciated but not required.
The Animated Log: Teaching with Video and Audio (02/04/2008)
Join us to discuss using audio and video in and out of the classroom. International television, video clips, music and movies: Why would you want them in your class, and how do you get them there? Bring your questions! Share your experience! THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, at NOON in the Faculty House Lounge. Lunch through the line, on OIT. RSVP appreciated but not required. Questions or RSVP: itech@williams.edu
Find Open Seats in Public Computer Labs (01/20/2008)
Need a place to write or study? Use our new tool to see which computers are free in labs across campus! Details...
(01/02/2008)
Reception for Gayle Barton - Thurs Dec. 13 (12/07/2007)
Say farewell to Gayle Barton, Director of Instructional Technology, and wish her well in her future endeavors. Stetson
faculty lounge from 3:00 - 5:00pm.
Faculty Lunch 11/14 - Second Life: Teaching the Impossible (11/08/2007)
Over the summer Christopher Bolton, assistant professor of Japanese and Comparative Literature, worked with the students and staff of the Williams Instructional Technology program to build a virtual 3D museum that highlights core principles of manga and animae discussed in the classroom. Please join us in the Faculty House Lounge on Wednesday, noon, for a presentation of the museum, and a discussion of the potential uses for online virtual worlds in education and the rewards of presenting manga and animae in Second Life. Lunch through the line on OIT. RSVP appreciated but not required: itech@williams.edu.
Faculty Lunch 11/2: Classroom Polling (10/29/2007)
Professor Steve Swoap used a classroom polling system that integrates with PowerPoint in his Physiology class in the spring. Data collection and graphing happens live during class. Come see a demo and hear about how Steve uses polling in his teaching. Faculty House Lounge, Friday, noon, lunch through the line on OIT. RSVP appreciated but not required:itech@williams.edu
Faculty Lunch: Media Mayhem: Are Your Slides/Images Out of Control? (09/28/2007)
Join us for a discussion of ways to manage media such as slides, digital stills, audio, and video. Bring your questions! Share your experience! THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, at NOON in the Faculty House Lounge. Lunch through the line, on OIT. RSVP appreciated but not required. Questions or RSVP: itech@williams.edu
New Digital Media Lab- Spencer 216 (09/27/2007)
OIT is happy to announce that the Spencer Studio Art building now houses a digital media studio in room 216. The studio is functionally equivalent to the media studios in Jesup 101 and Jesup 316.
The studio contains an extra-large bed scanner (upper left), 8 fully equipped audio/video editing workstations (upper right) which all can display their desktop on a large central screen (lower left), and a reconfigurable workspace in the middle of the room for project planning.
