Learn more about Google Docs -- a free online application that you can use to manage word processing documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. Not only can you author these documents in your browser (without installing any software on your computer), you can collaborate with colleagues and students on them in real-time and publish them as public Web pages. This workshop will introduce you to the basics of Google Docs and get you started with authoring and collaborating on files. We'll also push beyond these basics, learning about publishing options, setting up dynamic forms to collect data, presenting directly from within the Google Docs environment, and the basics of using Google Spreadsheets to create data mashups and live data visualizations. Please make sure you have a Google account setup before the workshop. You can register for an account at https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount. Register online for this workshop at http://bit.ly/dGGVB Register online at http://bit.ly/dGGVB

Learn more about Google Docs -- a free online application that you can use to manage word processing documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. Not only can you author these documents in your browser (without installing any software on your computer), you can collaborate with colleagues and students on them in real-time and publish them as public Web pages. This workshop will introduce you to the basics of Google Docs and get you started with authoring and collaborating on files. We'll also push beyond these basics, learning about publishing options, setting up dynamic forms to collect data, presenting directly from within the Google Docs environment, and the basics of using Google Spreadsheets to create data mashups and live data visualizations. Please make sure you have a Google account setup before the workshop. You can register for an account at https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount. Register online for this workshop at http://bit.ly/dGGVB Register online at http://bit.ly/dGGVB

Learn more about Google Docs -- a free online application that you can use to manage word processing documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. Not only can you author these documents in your browser (without installing any software on your computer), you can collaborate with colleagues and students on them in real-time and publish them as public Web pages. This workshop will introduce you to the basics of Google Docs and get you started with authoring and collaborating on files. We'll also push beyond these basics, learning about publishing options, setting up dynamic forms to collect data, presenting directly from within the Google Docs environment, and the basics of using Google Spreadsheets to create data mashups and live data visualizations. Please make sure you have a Google account setup before the workshop. You can register for an account at https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount. Register online for this workshop at http://bit.ly/dGGVB

Learn more about Google Docs -- a free online application that you can use to manage word processing documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. Not only can you author these documents in your browser (without installing any software on your computer), you can collaborate with colleagues and students on them in real-time and publish them as public Web pages. This workshop will introduce you to the basics of Google Docs and get you started with authoring and collaborating on files. We'll also push beyond these basics, learning about publishing options, setting up dynamic forms to collect data, presenting directly from within the Google Docs environment, and the basics of using Google Spreadsheets to create data mashups and live data visualizations. Please make sure you have a Google account setup before the workshop. You can register for an account at https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount. Register online for this workshop at http://bit.ly/dGGVB

The New Media Consortium is starting up the next round of Connect@NMC webinars with one of the most connected persons in educational technology, Bryan Alexander, Director of Research for National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education (NITLE). Since Bryan is currently thet Chair of the Advisory Board for the 2010 NMC Horizon Report we will talk about some of the things that are bubbling up in the initial rounds of research, as well as the interesting NITLE Prediction Markets which uses a stock market like simulation to look at emerging technologies. And who know what else we will find among the gems Bryan blogs at his blog Infocult: Information, Culture, Policy, Education. Please join the NMC for what should be a fast paced and wild session Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 11:00am PT (2:00pm EST). This will take place in the NMC Adobe Connect Seminar room at http://go.nmc.org/connect-nmc and is free and open to anyone interested in participating. And yes, this session will be recorded.

Malcolm Brown, director of the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative, moderates this web seminar with Douglas Duncan, as he shares his strategies and proven experiences in effectively using clickers in the classroom. Duncan has been using clickers at the University of Colorado, where over 17,000 clickers are in use. He’ll share data gathered during the past few years that have yielded a number of effective pedagogical strategies in their implementation and deployment. Strategies that led to successful use, and mistakes that led to failure, have been found to be very repeatable; these will be discussed. Results from a PhD thesis in sociology examining how the culture of a classroom changes when the instruction becomes more interactive, and student opinions about this, will be highlighted. Members of the UMW community can register at http://bit.ly/2nZjHa.

For the student researcher, digital literacy is about navigation, assessment, citation, and incorporation of credible digital information from ever-expanding resources. But digital literacy extends beyond intelligent consumption to encompass production and storytelling—skills that are emerging as essential to teaching, learning, and scholarship. This seminar will examine the importance of storytelling and related skills in teaching and learning. The event is free, but registration is required and virtual seating is limited. Special Guest: Joan Getman, Senior Strategist for Learning Technologies, Cornell University Event Details: http://net.educause.edu/live0917 Register at http://net.educause.edu/RegisterNow/1023575

Making your images look good on a web page is a bit of an art, but with cool new tools, it's easier than ever. In our Digital Imaging workshop, we'll show you some simple ways to organize, edit, and publish your images to UMW Blogs. We'll also demonstrate some handy (and free) programs and web services that will allow you to post your images with just a few clicks. Register online at http://bit.ly/dGGVB

Making your images look good on a web page is a bit of an art, but with cool new tools, it's easier than ever. In our Digital Imaging workshop, we'll show you some simple ways to organize, edit, and publish your images to UMW Blogs. We'll also demonstrate some handy (and free) programs and web services that will allow you to post your images with just a few clicks. Register online at http://bit.ly/dGGVB

In this showcase event, Patrick Murray-John will introduce Zotero, and lead a discussion about how it can be used for a variety of both traditional and innovative teaching and research practices. We will do some hand-on work, so bringing your laptop is highly encouraged. Who should attend: The event is, of course, open to all, with any level of experience with Zotero. But it will be of particular interest to anyone doing research or teaching research methodologies. New faculty at UMW might be particularly interested, since we will also look at some uses of Zotero to help organize common paperwork-organizing tasks, such as managing your Faculty Annual Activity Report and planning reading lists for classes. Learn more at: http://zotero.org http://zotero.umwblogs.org http://www.umw.edu/library/zotero Register online at http://bit.ly/dGGVB. Space is limited to 30 participants.

In this showcase event, Patrick Murray-John will introduce Zotero, and lead a discussion about how it can be used for a variety of both traditional and innovative teaching and research practices. We will do some hand-on work, so bringing your laptop is highly encouraged. Who should attend: The event is, of course, open to all, with any level of experience with Zotero. But it will be of particular interest to anyone doing research or teaching research methodologies. New faculty at UMW might be particularly interested, since we will also look at some uses of Zotero to help organize common paperwork-organizing tasks, such as managing your Faculty Annual Activity Report and planning reading lists for classes. Learn more at: http://zotero.org http://zotero.umwblogs.org http://www.umw.edu/library/zotero Register online at http://bit.ly/dGGVB . Space is limited to 20 participants.

Details Forthcoming. Register online at http://bit.ly/dGGVB

An in-depth look at how to design course spaces, personal sites, and web pages with UMW Blogs. This course will also provide an overview of themes and plugins, and the possibilities for framing a more powerful Personal learning Environment using UMW Blogs. Register online at http://bit.ly/dGGVB

Explore digital story telling with VoiceThread, a collaborative multimedia slide show that allows students to contribute to the discussion in a multitude of ways – commenting via voice or text, smart-doodling while commenting and linking related audio and video files. VoiceThreads can also be embedded on other websites and exported to as MP3 for mobility. Register online at http://bit.ly/dGGVB

Explore digital story telling with VoiceThread, a collaborative multimedia slide show that allows students to contribute to the discussion in a multitude of ways – commenting via voice or text, smart-doodling while commenting and linking related audio and video files. VoiceThreads can also be embedded on other websites and exported to as MP3 for mobility. Register online at http://bit.ly/dGGVB

ATTENTION: DUE TO ILLNESS, THIS WORKSHOP HAS BEEN CANCELED. WE WILL WORK ON RESCHEDULING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE. Learn more about Google Docs -- a free online application that you can use to manage word processing documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. Not only can you author these documents in your browser (without installing any software on your computer), you can collaborate with colleagues and students on them in real-time and publish them as public Web pages. This workshop will introduce you to the basics of Google Docs and get you started with authoring and collaborating on files. We'll also push beyond these basics, learning about publishing options, setting up dynamic forms to collect data, presenting directly from within the Google Docs environment, and the basics of using Google Spreadsheets to create data mashups and live data visualizations. Please make sure you have a Google account setup before the workshop. You can register for an account at https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount. Register online for this workshop at http://bit.ly/dGGVB Register online at http://bit.ly/dGGVB

ATTENTION: DUE TO ILLNESS, THIS WORKSHOP HAS BEEN CANCELED. WE WILL WORK ON RESCHEDULING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE. Learn more about Google Docs -- a free online application that you can use to manage word processing documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. Not only can you author these documents in your browser (without installing any software on your computer), you can collaborate with colleagues and students on them in real-time and publish them as public Web pages. This workshop will introduce you to the basics of Google Docs and get you started with authoring and collaborating on files. We'll also push beyond these basics, learning about publishing options, setting up dynamic forms to collect data, presenting directly from within the Google Docs environment, and the basics of using Google Spreadsheets to create data mashups and live data visualizations. Please make sure you have a Google account setup before the workshop. You can register for an account at https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount. Register online for this workshop at http://bit.ly/dGGVB

Interested in incorporating digital technologies into your teaching and learning environment? Be it a small project focused on a single technology or an entire course redesign, DTLT would love to exchange ideas with you. Stop by for a conversation!

The 2009 NMC Symposium for the Future, the fourteenth in the NMC’s Series of Virtual Symposia, will explore actual and potential applications of technology that could impact issues of global importance over the next five years and beyond. UMW Faculty should contact Martha Burtis (mburtis@umw.edu) if they are interested in attending this symposium. More Details: http://www.nmc.org/2009-future-symposium

Join ELI September 23–24 for "Flattening the Classroom: Building Collaborative Learning Environments," the 2009 ELI Online Fall Focus Session. Hosted in Adobe Connect, this virtual event will be much more than just a "usual" online seminar. You’ll exchange ideas and collaborate interactively with the ELI community—all without leaving your campus. You'll also receive all the resources and guided activities you need to help frame discussion and organize team events. UMW Faculty interested in attending should contact Martha Burtis (mburtis@umw.edu). Details: http://net.educause.edu/elix09

Learn more at http://zotero.umwblogs.org/zoterofest/.

Interested in incorporating digital technologies into your teaching and learning environment? Be it a small project focused on a single technology or an entire course redesign, DTLT would love to exchange ideas with you. Stop by for a conversation!

Julie Little, EDUCAUSE director of teaching, learning, and professional development, will moderate this web seminar with Michelle Pacansky-Brocke, where she’ll pull back the curtain on the classroom of the future, exploring a semester-long teaching experiment in which a class of community college art history students engaged in a technology-rich, web-enhanced, inclusive learning environment. You won't find any lectures in this classroom: they were all made available to students through Blackboard in the form of PDFs and podcasts, giving them options for how they learned. From there, students engaged in dynamic online modules that included VoiceThread discussions, all completed outside the classroom. The course design allowed for class time to be left freely available for discussions and other active learning activities like a "Wiki Challenge" led by fearless students on a quest for extra credit. UMW Faculty can register using the link below. More Details: http://net.educause.edu/eliweb099

Join ELI September 23–24 for "Flattening the Classroom: Building Collaborative Learning Environments," the 2009 ELI Online Fall Focus Session. Hosted in Adobe Connect, this virtual event will be much more than just a "usual" online seminar. You’ll exchange ideas and collaborate interactively with the ELI community—all without leaving your campus. You'll also receive all the resources and guided activities you need to help frame discussion and organize team events. UMW Faculty interested in attending should contact Martha Burtis (mburtis@umw.edu). Details: http://net.educause.edu/elix09

The 2009 NMC Symposium for the Future, the fourteenth in the NMC’s Series of Virtual Symposia, will explore actual and potential applications of technology that could impact issues of global importance over the next five years and beyond. UMW Faculty should contact Martha Burtis (mburtis@umw.edu) if they are interested in attending this symposium. More Details: http://www.nmc.org/2009-future-symposium