Author: MK

Mobile Devices, Social Media, Students

Student use of Mobile Devices, Social Networking, and More

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Tomorrow’s Professor recently posted Timeslicing in the Classroom, an excerpt from The New Digital Shoreline: How Web 2.0 and Millennials Are Revolutionizing Higher Education, by Roger McHaney, that explores how students are bringing technology to the classroom. The excerpt addresses the following topics: Video Recording Audio Recording Wikis Blogs Twitter Social Networking Cell & Smart Phones Instant Messaging & Texting Live Streaming Tablets Additional Resources: Timeslicing in the Classroom Tomorrow’s Professer Listen to Dr. Roger McHaney discuss the The New Digital Shoreline Continue reading Student use of Mobile Devices, Social Networking, and More

Network, Students, Telephones

Shifting Funds from Student Voice Mail Services to Internet Bandwidth for Students

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PLEASE NOTE:  STUDENT RESIDENCE HALL PHONES ARE NOT AFFECTED BY THIS CHANGE After studying the voice mail usage logs and consulting with available students, we have decided to redirect the funds previously spent on student voice mail services and purchase additional Internet bandwidth instead. Eliminating student voice mail will save $9,000 per year in maintenance fees, and this will fund a 50% increase in bandwidth available to students.  This fall, we will move from 200MB to 300MB in Internet bandwidth for students. Student use of the voice mail service connected to the residence hall phones has declined to very near … Continue reading Shifting Funds from Student Voice Mail Services to Internet Bandwidth for Students

Tips

Learn “Things Everyone Should Know” by David Pogue at The New York Times

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If you’ve ever been working with your smartphone or computer and thought, “there has to be an easier way to do this”, it turns out you’re most likely right. David Pogue’s recent articles at The New York Times, “Ins and Outs of Gadgetry” and “25 More Things Everyone Should Know” offer tips and tricks to make the technology-related aspects of your life easier. In these articles Pogue covers a wide range of topics from filling out online forms, to spotting “phishing” attemps in your inbox. Below Pogue addresses the practice of capturing screenshots on both Windows and Mac OSX platforms: … Continue reading Learn “Things Everyone Should Know” by David Pogue at The New York Times

Academic Technology, News

ITS and Academic Technology Highlighted in the Current Swarthmore College’ Bulletin

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Several academic technology projects were highlighted in this month’s Swarthmore College’ Bulletin article on the evolution of Swarthmore’s curriculum Gayle Barton, the College’s chief information technology officer was quoted on the issue of “Educating the “Net” Generation”: “The pace of change will continue to increase—as will the volume of information and number of options—so we’ll need to have technologists who can help people choose solutions that fit their needs,” she says. “New tools for communication and self-publishing are becoming increasingly important in the academic arena. Scientists have had literature and data available online for years, but scholars in the humanities … Continue reading ITS and Academic Technology Highlighted in the Current Swarthmore College’ Bulletin

Mobile Devices

Recommended iPad Apps from The New York Times

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Whether you’re new to using an iPad or an early adopter of the technology,  we suggest you take a look at The New York Times top 10 favorite apps. The list includes everything from productivity apps that will change the way you work, to games that will change the way you look at the device itself. For more recommended apps check out our previous entry on the subject: 5 ITS Recommendations for the iPad Swarthmore College community members wishing to take an iPad for a test drive can stop by Media Services in Beardsley 115. Continue reading Recommended iPad Apps from The New York Times

Academic Technology, Mobile Devices, Software, Web Projects

Academic Tech Fair 2010 Re-Cap

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Thanks to everyone who participated in the 2010 Academic Technology Fair.  For those of you who are looking for more information on some of the great topics presented this year, or for those who were unable to attend, all of our materials are now available for download: DimDim is a web-based, real-time, collaboration solution that allows for easy, cross-platform (Windows, Mac and Linux, equally) conferencing.  Only presenters who want to share their screens—not attendees—need to install anything.  If you need to present somewhere when it would be inconvenient to go in person, DimDim can help you get there “virtually.” DimDim … Continue reading Academic Tech Fair 2010 Re-Cap