New equipment in 2nd Street. - PowerPoint Remote, Tablet PC

Hi all,

Thanks to Karen, recently we have two new equipment coming in 2nd street classroom building. The first one is PowerPoint remote control, which allows you to control the PowerPoint slides when you are not around the PC. This way you don't have to walk back to the PC everytime just to press the mouse button.

The second addition is a Tablet PC, allowing you to write on the screen and project the screen content to the big screen. You can write on your PowerPoint to stress your point, or just start doodling on the screen if you want to make it an art class. Ursula has been our pioneer and tried out the tablet in her writing class this summer, and she likes it a lot.

If you want to try the two device to see if you can use it in your class, please feel free to contact Moe at 2nd Street building

EZ Slang Activities online

Randy Davis from University of Utah has created several sites for the ELI students. EZ Slang has slang vocabulary, audio files, and activities that would be interesting for our students. Very easy to use. This could be especially good in our ACC classes.

SJSU Academic Technology Expo on April 17

Reserve Thursday, April 17 from 4:00 to 6:00 for an Academic Technology Expo to be held in the Academic Success Center in Clark Hall. The Expo features innovative pedagogies and technologies for teaching, assessment and collaboration. Faculty and students will be showcasing their projects. iPod Shuffles and USB keys drawings will be held every 30 minutes. Light refreshments will be served. A partial list of presenters and topics to explore at the AT Expo follows:

• Elluminate - Debbie Faires, School of Library and Information Sciences
• ePortfolio - Kathy Sucher, Nutrition and Food Science, ePortfolio Coordinator, Devin Elston, Peer Mentor, Student, Psychology and Advertising
• Incubator Classroom - Joe Becker, Physics, John Clapp, Art and Design, and Katherine Harris, English
• iTunesU - Peter Beyersdorf, Physics, Faculty-in-Residence, Technology Innovations
• Online/Cable/Video Blended Courses - Rita Manning, Philosophy
• Accessible Technology Initiative - Hilary Nixon, Urban and Regional Planning, Richard Sessions, Management and Information Sciences, Michael Kimbarow, Communicative Sciences and Disorders, Xiao Su, Computer Engineering, Faculty-in-Residence, Accessible Instructional Materials
• Teacher Scholars - Amy Strage, Child and Adolescent Development, Faculty-in-Residence
• Peer Partners in Teaching - Nancy Markowitz, Elementary Education, Faculty-in-Residence
• Information Literacy - Susan Kendall, University Library, Faculty-in-Residence
• Lecturer Support - Beth Von Till, Communication Studies, Faculty-in-Residence,
• TV, Webstreaming Classes - Xiaolu Hu, Counselor Education
• Smart Classroom Operation – Rod Maciel and Bruce Kelbert, Academic Technology
• Video, DVD, Equipment Lending Library – Shirley Warren, Rick Solsten, Roberto Mena, Phil Braverman, Josip Totic, Academic Technology
• Desktop Support and Questions – Leon Nguyen, Academic Technology
• Professional Poster Creation – Bob Bain, University Photographer, Academic Technology, Kathy Sucher, Nutrition and Food Sciences
• Web Services, Accessibility, Search, Web Wizard – Harish Chakravarthy, Scot Close, Neil Torrefiel, Academic Technology
• Educated Person, Annette Nellen, Director, Campus Reading Program, Professor, Accounting and Finance
• Course Design, Nikos Mourtos, Assistant Director, Center for Faculty Development, Professor, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
• Faculty Development Lab, Sammi Situ, Administrative Support Coordinator
• Information Literacy Web Site, Ji Mei Chang, Professor, Special Education
  

A flyer advertising the Academic Technology Expo can be found at http://www.sjsu.edu/acadtech/openhouse08

Technagogy Links

Here's one of the most comprehensive handouts from a TESOL technology session I attended this evening. To be honest, the session discussion was scattered. However, this electronic version of the handout includes an impressive collection of links and a handy chart (I love charts) that could guide your exploration of technagogy.

TESOL 2008 CALL-IS Discussion Handout: What's Your Favorite Technagogy?