Author: MK

Workshops and Events

October 26, 2010 – Academic Technology Fair

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10am-2pm Tuesday, October 26, 2010 Scheuer Room Information Technology Services, in partnership with the Language Resource Center and the Library, proudly presents the 2010 Academic Technology Fair: Collaboration and Creativity. This event is open to ALL Swarthmore College community members. We’ve worked hard to put together our most interesting program to date, featuring: DimDim 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 … Continue reading October 26, 2010 – Academic Technology Fair

Social Media

How Social Networking Gave Classical Music a Kickstart

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Here’s an interesting story from the intersection of social networking, a non-profit cultural heritage project, and fundraising. The project originated with a non-profit charitable organization called Musopen! It’s founder, Aaron Dunn, had a crazy notion: to raise enough money to commission a professional symphony orchestra to record performances of major works of classical music. And then give them away to the world, for free, forever. Dunn requested bids from a number of orchestras, and compiled the costs of hiring studio engineers and venues. And then he asked for money. He posted a proposal on a social networking site called Kickstarter, … Continue reading How Social Networking Gave Classical Music a Kickstart

Classroom and Conferencing Technologies

New Equipment in Media Services Lets You Bring the Studio Anywhere

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Easily transportable audio recording devices have been a staple of Media Services equipment rentals for years. Now , with the addition of some new accessories, Swarthmore College community members can take the studio environment on location as well. Our new modular sound booth from Auralex is lightweight, and can be easily constructed in almost any space. This sound booth is ideal for recording voice-overs, but could easily be used for recording instrumentation as well. Meanwhile, our new industry-standard microphone from Electro Voice will capture the now isolated track with clarity and precision. If you have questions or would like to … Continue reading New Equipment in Media Services Lets You Bring the Studio Anywhere

Google Apps

WRC Provides an Inspiring Example of What Google Forms Can Do

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Using Google Apps for Swarthmore, The Women’s Resource Center has created a beautiful example of  a customized Google Form with their new House-sitter Application . This layout was achieved by choosing from 95 pre-loaded Google Form themes. That’s it. Absolutely no coding or design work required. Swarthmore Community members can use Google Forms to gather information that can be and shared amongst departments and colleagues via Google Docs Spreadsheets. Curious about Google Apps for Swarthmore? Visit the https://apps.swarthmore.edu to get started. Continue reading WRC Provides an Inspiring Example of What Google Forms Can Do

Academic Technology, Computer Classrooms, Public Computing

Trotter 201 Transformed into a Hybrid Learning Environment

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Over the summer, ITS set out to extend the functionality of the learning space in Trotter 201. Based upon feedback from faculty and staff members, new furniture has been installed that can quickly transform the space from a computer classroom to a traditional discussion environment in moments. The monitors in each workstation are attached to articulating arms that easily glide below the desk surface, removing the monitor as a distraction during more discussion based portions of a class. When it’s time to return to the computer, students can simply bring the monitors back above the desk and resume working where … Continue reading Trotter 201 Transformed into a Hybrid Learning Environment

Mobile Devices

5 ITS Recommendations for the iPad

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Over the last month, ITS staff members have been getting familiar with Apple’s iPad. Here’s a quick round-up of some of our recommendations: Evernote Never forget anything again with the help of this free service. Evernote allows you to archive information of all types, including text, image, and audio files. Want to record your brainstorming session? This is the app for you. Evernote offers a wide range of methods for navigating your archived information, from conventional keyword and date searching, to placing the notes on a map based on GPS information from your location at the time the information was … Continue reading 5 ITS Recommendations for the iPad