Technology Grants Available

Harper College full-time faculty are invited to submit an application for a Technology Grant. Technology Grants are available for discipline-specific, technology-related professional development projects as well as for information gathering as to how to utilize technology as a tool in the teaching and learning process, such as attending related conferences or taking related courses.

Here's a quick list of conferences related to teaching, e-learning, and instructional technology that are on the horizon:

• 18th International Conference on Online Learning
  SLOAN Consortium
  Orlando, Florida
  10/10/12 - 10/12/13
  http://sloanconsortium.org/conference/2012/aln/welcome
  
  
• SLATE Conference
  Northern Illinois Conference Center in Naperville, IL
  10/11/12 - 10/12/12
  http://www.slategroup.org/conference/register
  
  
• Social Media for Teaching and Learning Conference
  Boston, MA
  10/19/12
  http://plsevents.pearsonlearningsolutions.com/plsevents/social-media/index.jsp
  
  
• 2012 STEMtech Conference
  League for Innovation in the Community College
  Kansas City, MO
  10/28/12 - 10/31/12
  http://www.league.org/2012stemtech/
  
  
• 2012 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference
  Denver CO
  11/6/12 - 11/8/12
  http://www.educause.edu/annual-conference
  
  
• eLearning 2013 Conference
  Instructional Technology Council
  San Antonio, TX
  2/17/13 - 2/20/13
  http://www.itcnetwork.org/elearning-conference/general-information.html
  
  
• sxswEDU
  Austin, TX
  3/4/13 - 3/7/13
  http://sxswedu.com
  
  
• Midwest 2013 Regional Conference
  EDUCAUSE
  Chicago, IL
  3/18/13 - 3/20/13
  http://www.educause.edu/midwest-regional-conference
  

Brown Bag Lunch - Upgrade Your Group Work

Students learn more when they work together—and even more when that collaboration is enhanced by technology.

Join Marjorie Allen and Kathleen Reynolds of the ESL/Linguistics Department as they demonstrate three group projects that use technology: audio pen pals, blogs, and discussion boards. Marjorie and Kathleen will model reading, writing, and other language activities, but the projects are also applicable in other disciplines.

Drop by any time between 12:30 and 1:30 PM to try the group projects in the ESL Language Lab (F342). Feel free to bring your lunch and join us for discussion at the conference table after the demonstration.

DATE: Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
TIME: 12:30-1:30 PM
LOCATION: F342 (ESL Language Lab)

2012 Spring TechFest

The 2012 Spring TechFest was a fabulous opportunity for faculty to share their ideas and innovations in using technology to enhance teaching and learning. If you missed this year's TechFest several of the presenters have shared their ideas below:

• Terry Morris, Computer Information Systems
  Provide Immediate Feedback with an Online Formative Assessment


• Kim Fournier, Library
  Digital Library Resources for Online Course Design.
  Get access to the ebrary store of 250,000 titles--where you can select ebooks to be added to the library collection and your Blackboard course
  *ebrary database
  *streaming media databases


• Steven Crow
  Alternative Student Expressions: A video option vs. written paper


• Dave Braunschweig, Computer Information Systems
  Tablet Friendly Blackboard Course Design
  
Available as a Blackboard shell. To self-enroll, in blackboard click on Student Clubs and Governance Committees, then search for Learning Modules Demo. Pull down the chevron beside Braunschwieg and select Enroll. The access code is Welcome! (with exclamation pont). Otherwise, email Dave Braunschweig (dbraunsc@harpercollege.edu) and request access to the Learning Module Demo.

• Kathleen Reynolds, ESL/Linguistics
  Fill It Up! Using Fillable Forms in Microsoft Word
  
  Using fillable forms
  

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• Joe Wachter, Chemistry
  Lecture Capture Podcast Videos using PDF Annotator and Camtasia


• Sunil Koswatta, Mathematics
  Inline Mathematics Typesetting in Blackboard


• Amy Kammerman, Library
  Google Like You Mean It


• Sue Bajt, Computer Information Systems
  Wikibooks for Computer Information Systems
  


• Mark Healy, Business and Social Science
  Free screencast software--Jing and others

For information about presentations by our other participants, please contact the faculty member.