TV news at the crossroads
This is a panel discussion covering various issues facing the changing television news industry, including: -Internet technology's effect on news delivery and broadcast journalism -the impact of Katie Couric anchoring t..
Tactical Techniques For Excellence in Online Learning: Reaching Out Without Social Media
Online classes tend to result in bi-modal results. Students who are fully engaged tend to thrive and generate grades in the above average range. Students who are marginally engaged often fail or pass at the lowest levels..
Teaching with technology: a model for implementation
Many educators have been early adopters of pedagogical technologies and have worked hard to keep pace with rapid innovations over the past decade. Many others started later but continue to join in the technology revoluti..
Teaching, writing, and speaking with classroom capture
Presentation Abstract: Classroom capture technology, typically designed to make faculty-lead classroom activities and instruction available to students for later review, can be repurposed to create interactive self-evalu..
The 7 triggers to yes
Guest speaker Russ Granger, author of The 7 Triggers to Yes: the New Science Behind Influencing People’s Decisions, speaks about the art of persuasion. He explains how his research into decision making can help closely..
The Anatomy of a Hack
"In this session, you will see a rare and enlightening demonstration of a database hack through the experience of both the hacker and innocent victim. See how easily it can be done as well as the unfortunate results. Thi..
The Art of Salsa Making: An Interdisciplinary Approach of fusing Globalism and Technology
Often students miss "the big picture" when taking a class as they busily try to cram for a test and lack skills to make connections between disciplines. The goal of this session is to introduce the new interdisciplinary ..
The Artist's Electronic Source Book
Technology has never made it easier to create Source Books. This talk shows how. The Source Book is a primary tool for planning, introspection, and expression. My presentation is a method for students to become aware of ..
The Evolution of the ePortfolio
The growth of ubiquitous, free or low cost technology tools has transformed the hard copy portfolio into a digital document. Electronic portfolios have the potential to illustrate a great range of student capabilities. D..
The Hidden Child
Of the 1,600,000 Jewish children who lived in Europe before World War II, only 100,000 survived the Holocaust. Most were hidden children, shuttered away in attics, cellars, convents or in villages or farms. Maud Dahme, a..