Building a Multi-Use Identification Card Platform: Making the Pieces Fit
Together
Randy Vanderhoof,
Manager, Campus Solutions, Schlumberger, CA
This workshop addresses
the practical issues of how to build and implement a campus-wide ID system
across various departments involving multiple technologies and vendors.
A panel of presenters will discuss
the latest trends and technology in ID imaging systems, dining systems,
smart card technology, vending, security systems, and financial institutions.
Industry leaders will share experiences by presenting the many options
available to administrators and provide insight into where smart card-based
technology is heading in the future.
Digital
Video Production
Glen Cornish, Multimedia
Instructor, Painted Light Images, CA
Learn how to use
video for multimedia presentations, Web design, and animation. This workshop
covers creation of scripts, manipulation of graphics, working with transitions,
integration of sound, and building for the Web
Helping
Faculty Adjust to New Technology
Shirley Ronkowski,
Instructional Consultant, University of California, Santa Barbara; Terri
Frongia, Dean, Communications and Technology, College of Marin, CA
Increase
the ability to answer three questions: (1) What factors enhance and inhibit
faculty adoption of technology? (2) What are effective ways to encourage
faculty to adopt new technology? (3) What skills enhance effectiveness
in consulting with faculty? Role play situations, including those described
by participants.
Implementing
Enhanced Websites and Media Content Campus Wide
Mingsheng Yang, Information
Technology Consultant; Leo Schouest, Information Technology Consultant,
Academic Computing, University of California, Riverside, CA
See a working model
that serves campus-wide course Web sites with easy-to-use Web development
tools and customizing interface, internal searching, automated rosters
and listservs. This hands-on workshop covers editing images, streaming
video/audio, and slide shows
Multimedia
and the Web
Reza Azarmsa, Director,
Media Services, Humboldt State University, CA
Educators who want
to employ new design strategies in their Web courses should be aware of
the best techniques for incorporating multimedia in their Web pages. In
this step-by-step, hands-on workshop, participants will learn how to create
a truly effective Web multimedia material using Photoshop, Composer, streaming
video and audio techniques.
Preparing
Faculty for the Connected, Digital Classrooms of the Future
Bob Edelbrock, Assistant
Chancellor, Information Technology, San Diego Community College District,
CA
Connected classrooms,
electronic classrooms, smart classrooms: what are they and what is the
big deal? Learn hands-on how to use a variety of educational technology
hardware and software
Principles
of Organizing and Developing a Website
Jim Hipolito, MIT
Senior Instructional Assistant, Rio Hondo College, CA
During this presentation,
participants will learn about some of the most important topics that are
often overlooked during Web development: Planning and organizing content;
use of Web-safe colors, fonts and graphics
Saturn
in Your Kitchen and Backyard
Shannon McConnell,
Cassini Education Outreach Coordinator; Stephen Edberg, Astronomer, NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, CA
Bring the high-technology
world of space exploration into your classroom using everyday materials
Talking
Computers in the 21st Century
William Crossman,
Faculty, Vista Community College, CA
Voice-recognition
computers will become indispensable for teaching and learning in the next
decade�but with what consequences for education and society? Will reading
and writing become obsolete? View a live demonstration of talking computers
and discuss implications
The
Real Deal: A Clear-Eyed Look at Online Learning
Kathleen
Schwarz, Computer Resource Specialist; Jo Sargent Dutton, Director of
Development, School of Education, University of California, Riverside,
CA
No matter which
online learning model is employed, there are hidden costs and unexpected
benefits to Internet-based coursework. This workshop presents several
models, their advantages, pitfalls, and successful implementation.
Wireless
Lego Robots in the Classroom
Frank Mead, Education
Consultant, PITSCO-LEGO Dacta, CA
RoboLab is a revolution
in the teaching of computer programming and robotic control. The product
includes icon-driven programming, a wireless interface called RCX, and
beginning through advanced levels for all grades.
Glen Cornish, Multimedia Instructor, Painted Light Images, CA
This hands-on workshop presents the principals of 2D and 3D animation for use in the classroom. Participants will use Premiere, Inspire 3D, and take a look at Flash.
Nancy Skomars, Teacher, San Bernardino High School, CA
More California schools are receiving Digital High School grants. Attend this session and receive strategies for labs, computer classrooms and staff development. Learn specific lesson strategies for teaching all students new Internet and computer tools. Presenters will provide lessons that you can adapt to your own curriculum and student needs.
Frank Mead, Education Consultant, PITSCO-LEGO Dacta, CA
This hands-on workshop features Lego CAD, an exciting computer-based add-on to Lego�s Motorized Simple Machines building set. Be the student�learn how to build Lego models from on-screen blueprints. Workshop focuses on programs appropriate for the 4th-12th grades.
Zee Haddad, Professor, Springfield Technical Community College, MA
Thinking about offering an online course? This workshop is for you. The workshop will explain the steps involved in designing an online course; describe the software needed to create such a course, and discuss the advantages and difficulties distance education participants encounter. The workshop demonstrates creating streaming multimedia presentations using Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language.
Catherine Walker, Multimedia Specialist, Humanities Electronic Media Project, Claremont Graduate University; Steve Burdick, Academic Computing and Media Multimedia Specialist, California State University, San Bernardino, CA
Everyone can benefit from this hands-on approach to digital storytelling. Using a digital camera, camcorder, and scanner, create a multimedia website focused on personal memories of historical events.
Judith Norton; San Barry; Sarah El, Instructor, Cerritos College, CA
What does it take to go online? This workshop leads attendees through all aspect of placing a class online. Topics to be covered include technology options, course design, student interaction, student collaboration, and student assessment. By the end of this workshop, attendees will have a class format/structure on disk.
Jacques Dubois, Project Director, PBS Going the Distance; Will Philipp, Vice President for Lifelong Learning, PBS Adult Learning Service, FL
This workshop describes how the Public Broadcasting System Adult Learning Service (ALS) is fostering a new courseware concept and the development of fully-integrated Internet/Web multimedia courses. The session features a comprehensive multimedia demonstration of "Internet Literacy," the first teleWEBcourse to be licensed worldwide through ALS. In addition, the session demonstrates how this new type of courseware can be used to facilitate learning-on-demand.
Not Just a Free Lunch: Open Source in Education
Malcolm Herbert, Director,
Technology Research and Development; Nathan Chandler, Technical Officer,
British Educational Communications and Technology Agency, West Midlands,
United Kingdom
Open Source platforms
and applications provide a highly versatile and sustainable mechanism
for the provision of Information Technology in schools. This workshop
provides an insight into implementing and managing networks, servers and
workstations using Open Source products.
Jim Shuman, Project Director, Northwest Center for Emgerging Technologies, WA
This workshop utilizes case studies to illustrate how faculty can use recent advances in programs designed for Web animation to create compelling educational experiences including multimedia events, simulations, tutorials, and virtual learning environments.
Joe McGann, Apple Distinguished Educator, Las Flores Middle School, CA
Video adds life to all subjects, especially to the Middle School student. Learn how one Middle School teacher uses video production throughout the curriculum. Use AVID Cinema to create a video project.
Presented by a Sun Microsystems, Inc. Corporate TrainerWhat�s this thing called Java? Why is it important to educators? And where is it going in education? Join Java technologists for a hands-on introduction to Java technology and learn how to make it work for you in the classroom, on campus, and online.
Sandy Novak, New Media Program Advisor, UCSB Extension, Art & Design Department; Tom Tuttle, New Media Instructor, American Film Institute, CA
This hands-on workshop provides a basic foundation for creating and manipulating graphics using Adobe Photoshop 5, the most valuable application in the multimedia industry today. Using high quality images, gain experience in professional techniques such as color correction, image retouching, photo compositing and more. Explore the myriad of filters for applying special effects, plus power-user techniques for producing graphics for the Web.
Beth Ratway, Social Studies Teacher and Staff Development Coordinator, Wauwatosa East High School, WI
Learn how to infuse technology into favorite lessons and how to use the power of technology to excite and motivate today�s learners (teachers or students) in an environment that they love. Successful projects will be demonstrated. Attendees will learn how to integrate the following applications into lessons: Graphic design draw programs, spreadsheets, databases, multimedia design, word processing, and the Internet. Come with a partner or a team, a topic to integrate, and a copy of state or district graduation standards or benchmarks. Participants should bring lesson plans they currently use.