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Fall Scenes from the Makerspace
A holiday wrap-up, of sorts: It was a busy and bustling season in the Makerspace, for people, projects, and planned events. We played host to three separate studio art courses as their primary workspace, and as a testing ground for … Continue reading Fall Scenes from the Makerspace
Backup is easy!
The end of the semester is a good time to remind folks to backup and preserve their work. And it may be a time that you have the bandwidth to take on learning more about how to do so! And … Continue reading Backup is easy!
Zoom AI Bot Invasion: What You Need to Know
We’ve seen an uptick in the number of people using Artificial Intelligence (AI) bots in Zoom meetings. ITS has disabled the Zoom AI Companion, but other non-Swarthmore meeting hosts and attendees are increasingly inviting a AI bots to meetings to … Continue reading Zoom AI Bot Invasion: What You Need to Know
Jamboard Going Away? No Problem! Try Padlet Instead
I know, I know. I too received yet another reminder from Google Workspace that Jamboard is going away (sad face). With Google Jamboard set to retire at the end of the year, many of us are wondering what tool can … Continue reading Jamboard Going Away? No Problem! Try Padlet Instead
Making through drawing
Drawing, doodling, sketching, charting, diagramming, whatever it is that puts your pen(cil) to paper is a ubiquitous, necessary, and sometimes overlooked feature of making things and makerspaces. I’d like to take a moment to sing its praises, from the perspective … Continue reading Making through drawing
Student Technology
For the past several years we’ve been surveying entering students about the technology they plan to bring to campus. What students are now bringing is vastly different from what they were coming with twenty years ago. Bringing a computer to … Continue reading Student Technology