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Three humans in a line on a variety of stands to increase height, representing reasonable accommodations.Link to Assistive Technology (AT) Tools: Voice Control a device
Academic Technology, Accessibility

Assistive Technology (AT) Tools: Voice Control a device

Google Gemini logoLink to Google Gemini AI tool now available
Academic Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Google Apps, Software

Google Gemini AI tool now available

Link to Summer Learning: R, Python & More!
Academic Technology, Data Science, LinkedIn Learning, Students, Workshops and Training

Summer Learning: R, Python & More!

Two people collaborate at a computer workstation in a bright, modern office—one in a red-and-black plaid shirt and glasses types on a Mac while the other, wearing a patterned top with long braids, looks on attentively over her shoulder.Link to Pedagogical Uses for Teaching With AI
Academic Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Course Planning, Learning Technology

Pedagogical Uses for Teaching With AI

Student facing the camera during commencement on the campus on Swarthmore College campusLink to Preparing For Graduation
Academic Technology, Accounts and Passwords, Email, Email, Calendaring, & Collaboration Tools, Google Apps, Help Desk, KnowledgeBase, Learning Technology, Students

Preparing For Graduation

Link to Flight Simulation for Aeronautical Engineering
Academic Technology

Flight Simulation for Aeronautical Engineering

Academic Technology, Accessibility, Students
Two individuals in the foreground, working together. The individual to the left is standing and holding a tablet. The individual on the right is in a wheelchair and loving what is showing on their tablet. A laptop screen, enlarged, in the background, displays a stick figure in a wheelchair. This is foregrounded by a tablet screen displaying a megaphone with a line through it, or "no sound;" and a phone screen that displays an eye with a line through it, or "no vision."

How Digital Accessibility Opened New Career Possibilities for Me

October 19, 2023October 13, 2023 Opeyemi Ogundele

Around my junior year of high school, I knew that I wanted to pursue a career in ethical technology and artificial intelligence. Although being a career field that was still in some ways emerging, it was still too broad. Tech … Continue reading How Digital Accessibility Opened New Career Possibilities for Me

High Performance Computing

Swarthmore Joins CASC

October 16, 2023October 15, 2023 Jason Simms

Earlier this month, Swarthmore College joined the ranks of roughly 100 other institutions as part of the Coalition for Academic Scientific Computation (CASC). Originally formed in the 1990s as a small group of the heads of national supercomputing centers, CASC … Continue reading Swarthmore Joins CASC

Academic Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Learning, Learning Technology
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🤖 Welcoming our AI Overlords 🤖

October 10, 2023October 16, 2023 Anthony Weed

Did you know AI tools like ChatGPT can help take care of your busy work? Did you know it can help generate ideas if you’re stuck? Table of Contents Content Creation Lesson Planning Coding Assistance ELI5 Conclusion I asked ChatGPT … Continue reading 🤖 Welcoming our AI Overlords 🤖

Accessibility, GIS, Web Trends
Map header image from Andy Skinner's 2020 Blog Post on Accessible Basemaps- https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-living-atlas/mapping/towards-an-accessible-basemap/

Maps for All!

September 28, 2023September 28, 2023 Doug Willen

I had the opportunity recently to attend a Section 508 Best Practices Webinar: Maps for All – Building Accesible Maps, hosted by the Great Lakes ADA Center. The two presenters, Kelley Bailey the Section 508 Application Testing Team Lead of … Continue reading Maps for All!

Academic Technology

Welcome back to the Makerspace!

September 20, 2023September 20, 2023 Josh Jordan

As the September weather continues to turn not just bearable but delightful, and before the sun starts setting before dinner, it’s the perfect time to come check out the new and improved Makerspace in Whittier! What’s new? 1. Half of … Continue reading Welcome back to the Makerspace!

Academic Technology, High Performance Computing, Research

Upcoming Strelka Expansion

September 14, 2023September 12, 2023 Jason Simms

Strelka, Swarthmore’s high-performance computing (HPC) system, is set for an exciting expansion next month. This upgrade is needed because faculty and students are increasingly using the system to conduct research, teach courses, and other uses, resulting in bottlenecks and resource … Continue reading Upcoming Strelka Expansion

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