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April 2008
April 2-3
Hodges Library, 2nd Floor
Practice Presentation Room
12-8:15pm
University Libraries and the Innovative Technology Center join to invite you to The NMC Symposium on Mashups. The Symposium has ongoing sessions from noon to 8:15pm on April 2 and 3, with six sessions per day.
Mashups are web applications that combine data from more than one source via a single, unified tool. Data mashups are powerful tools for navigating and visualizing datasets, and for understanding connections between different dimensions such as time, distance, and locations. Note: Keynote presentation
Thursday, April 3
1:15-2pm
Educational Uses of Mashups
Susan Smith Nash, Victoria Resources
Full schedule at http://itc.utk.edu/events/mashups.shtml
Faculty Share Session April 9
Hodges Library, 2nd Floor
Practice Presentation Room
4-5pm
Come hear Dr. Brendan McConville speak about his use of podcasting. He'll also provide an overview of the most sensible methods for utilizing this new technology in education.
Visit http://itc.utk.edu/events/share_mcconville.shtml
to learn more.
ITC Faculty Showcase:
Digital Media Techniques and Strategies
April 28
Hodges Auditorium
1-3pm
Join us on Monday, April 28 to learn how Dr. Wanda Costen, Assistant Professor of Retail, Hospitality & Tourism, Dr. Jeffrey Davis, Associate Professor of Theory and Practice in Teacher Education, and Dr. Jenn Fishman, Assistant Professor of English use digital media to go beyond text-based content to enhance student learning and inform their research.
Learn more at http://itc.utk.edu/events/showcase/
Faculty Survey: Be on the Lookout
A request to participate and a link to the online 2008 Faculty Instructional Technology Survey will arrive in your email inbox this month. We look forward to hearing from you about how we can improve our programs and services.
Blackboard Upgrade Scheduled for May
The Blackboard software that runs Online@UT will be upgraded during mini-term. Special arrangements have been made to host mini-term courses on our testing server. We expect that Blackboard will be unavailable from May 12-May 18. The upgrade will provide powerful new gradebook features that many faculty members have been asking for. For additional information about the upgrade, please see http://online.utk.edu. Also, keep an eye on your CI-USERS Listserv messages for updates.
Smart Sympodium Users!! Limited time opportunity for an all expenses paid trip to Athens! (Georgia, of course.)
Smart Technologies is sponsoring an all-expenses-paid, invitation-only users conference, to be held at the University of Georgia in Athens on May 15-16, 2008. All participating attendees are required to host one session to facilitate the sharing aspect of the conference. Sessions should be interactive and dynamic and demonstrate a best practice using or integrating Sympodium. The deadline for applications is April 4, 2008. Contact Michael Burke at the ITC at 974-8893 or mburke@utk.edu to get your session proposal and conference application forms TODAY!
Faculty Spotlight
Dr. Marianne Breinig
Online@UT
Tip of the Month
April: The Sign-up Tool
Tip of the Month
Spring Online@UT Workshops
Grades Anatomy: The Online@UT Gradebook
(CMS 226)
Location: ITC Teaching Lab
Students report that access to grades in Online@UT is extremely useful, and instructors routinely comment on the ease of use of the Online@UT gradebook. Join us to learn more about best practices in managing grades online using the Online@UT gradebook.
Register for a Workshop
