Come find out how to reinforce learning and build excitement into your courses with Wisc-Online’s new game templates. The templates are customizable, allowing you to enter your content for your learners. Choose from Baseball, Hangman, Jeopardy, Matching, Build Your Fortune, Tic-Tac-Toe, Game Show, LearningLand, BINGO, and many more.

Kay Chitwood, Director
Learning Innovations
Fox Valley Technical College


Poster Session
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
Monday, October 20, 2008
Grand Ballroom Foyer, Lower Level

Would you like to be more proficient with Access 2007? Come explore the features covered by the Microsoft Certified Application Specialist exam. This lab starts with 15 minutes of lecture to explain the certification process followed by 45 minutes of hands-on demonstrations. Participants should be familiar with Access 2007 and be ready to learn more!

Debora Collins, Instructor
IT Learning Consulting, LLC
Microsoft Corporation


Hands-On Lab
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
251 C, Upper Level

Would you like to be more proficient with Excel 2007? Come explore the features covered by the Microsoft Certified Application Specialist exam. This lab starts with 15 minutes of lecture to explain the certification process followed by 45 minutes of hands-on demonstrations. Participants should be familiar with Excel 2007 and be ready to learn more!

Debora Collins, Instructor
IT Learning Consulting, LLC
Microsoft Corporation


Hands-On Lab
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
251 C, Upper Level

Would you like to be more proficient with Outlook 2007? Come explore the features covered by the Microsoft Certified Application Specialist exam. This lab starts with 15 minutes of lecture to explain the certification process followed by 45 minutes of hands-on demonstrations. Participants should be familiar with Outlook 2007 and be ready to learn more!

Debora Collins, Instructor
IT Learning Consulting, LLC
Microsoft Corporation


Hands-On Lab
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
251 C, Upper Level

Would you like to be more proficient with PowerPoint 2007? Come explore the features covered by the Microsoft Certified Application Specialist exam. This lab starts with 15 minutes of lecture to explain the certification process followed by 45 minutes of hands-on demonstrations. Participants should be familiar with PowerPoint 2007 and be ready to learn more!

Debora Collins, Instructor
IT Learning Consulting, LLC
Microsoft Corporation


Hands-On Lab
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
251 C, Upper Level

Would you like to be more proficient with Vista 2007? Come explore the features covered by the Microsoft Certified Application Specialist exam. This lab starts with 15 minutes of lecture to explain the certification process followed by 45 minutes of hands-on demonstrations. Participants should be familiar with Vista 2007 and be ready to learn more!

Debora Collins, Instructor
IT Learning Consulting, LLC
Microsoft Corporation


Hands-On Lab
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
251 C, Upper Level

Would you like to be more proficient with Word 2007? Come explore the features covered by the Microsoft Certified Application Specialist exam. This lab starts with 15 minutes of lecture to explain the certification process followed by 45 minutes of hands-on demonstrations. Participants should be familiar with Word 2007 and be ready to learn more!

Debora Collins, Instructor
IT Learning Consulting, LLC
Microsoft Corporation


Hands-On Lab
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
251 C, Upper Level

The practical world of creating, grading, and analyzing objective tests is time consuming, cumbersome, and prone to errors. It is time to bring test banks, scanning, grading, and outcomes assessment into the 21st century. Bring your frustrations and experiences with objective tests to this conversation. Learn about ProphQuest, a public experimental project to create a Web 2.0 social network designed by professors to help professors save time while improving outcomes.

James Luke, Professor
Social Science
Lansing Community College


Roundtable Discussion
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Grand Ballroom BD, Lower Level

Participants learn how to incorporate Second Life into various teaching and learning formats, including face-toface, online, and blended courses. Participants journey to Kirkwood Community College’s island and discuss student engagement in the virtual world. This session will interest faculty members looking for new ways to reach students, administrators looking to invest in new technologies, and technology trainers who want to help students and faculty explore best practices in the virtual world.

Jed Peterson, Assistant Professor
Distance Learning
Kirkwood Community College
Alan Peterka, Instructional Designer And Department Coordinator
Distance Learning
Kirkwood Community College


Forum Session
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
150 A, Lower Level

iPods, PDAs, and MP3 players are very popular, but they do not compare to the over one billion cell phones sold in 2007. Course participants learn where to find and use effective learning activities that work well with cell phones and leave with ideas about how to use them in their courses. After a brief review of mobile learning, the focus shifts to different types of activities that work effectively with cell phones (i.e. QRCodes, blogging, chatting, IMing, photos, virtual field trips, digital storytelling, annotation, geotagging). Participants visit websites that provide tools and services for these activities and learn how to use them for effective instruction. Participants also have access to a wiki where resources and tutorials are stored. This course is for anyone interested in immediately integrating mobile learning into their course. Bring your cell phone!

Debi McGuire, Director
Distance Learning and Professional Development
Wilkes Community College


Learning Center Course
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Sunday, October 19, 2008
251 B, Upper Level

Today’s students work, live, and learn in a digital world, and in turn, their learning environments need to meet their technology expectations. As a result, some higher education institutions have turned to offering software in the cloud. During this session, the presenters discuss what working in cloud means and the advantages of working in the cloud.

Jeff Keltner, Business Development Associate
Enterprise - Edu
Google
Morgan Magilligan, Communications
Google Applications Collaboration
Google


Forum Session
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM
Monday, October 20, 2008
150 C, Lower Level

Explored during this session are the current activities of community and technical colleges using Second Life. Participants tour a variety of community college learning spaces in Second Life and explore the benefits of teaching in virtual worlds. Highlighted are specific challenges faced by community colleges using this medium. Community college faculty members and instructional design professionals discuss their vision for the future of education in the virtual space.

Denise Cote, Librarian
Library
College of DuPage


Forum Session
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Sunday, October 19, 2008
151 F, Lower Level

Participants learn how to create idea maps, concept maps, and organizational maps, as well as how to automatically build a multimedia presentation or website from their maps. The purpose is to show how, through the use of mind maps, you can help facilitate students’ analytical thinking, comprehension, creativity, and writing across the curriculum. MatchWare’s Mind Mapping Visualization tool allows students and teachers to rapidly visualize, organize, and implement ideas and export them to HTML or Word, or as an interactive timeline.

Dave Hamilton, Educational Advisor
Education
MatchWare, Inc.


Hands-On Lab
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
251 A, Upper Level

Creating a connection to campus can engage your students and increase their satisfaction. Today’s students search for information online, connect with their friends and family on social networking websites, and live much of their lives connected to the internet. Participants learn strategies for connecting online with today’s students, best practices for structuring online services, and ways to increase online community. Tools examined include social networking, virtual environments, YouTube, wikis, podcasts, blogs, and online student unions.

Landon Pirius, Interim Dean
Student Services
Inver Hills Community College


Forum Session
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Monday, October 20, 2008
150 A, Lower Level

Web 2.0 may seem like hype if you work too hard for too little effect. You can blog more efficiently, publish more seamlessly, and add multimedia rapidly. You just have to know how. There are thousands of incredible tools, tricks, and resources out there to make your Web 2.0 experiences more innovative, efficient, and fun. Do you know of some? We do! During this session, participants share and demonstrate favorite Web 2.0 tools, tricks, and resources.

Adam Brooks, Developer
Instruction and Elearning
Central Piedmont Community College
Charles Henion, Instructor
Information Technology
Central Piedmont Community College


Forum Session
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Sunday, October 19, 2008
150 A, Lower Level

Explore an online course by viewing the actual course preparation, live web office hour, and teacher-made movies. Participants experience a live online web session with students in California using NetTutor and leave with strategies and tools to create links in Blackboard to improve student retention. Learn how easy it can be to capture live experiences and make your class as personal as possible.

Charles Sorcabal, Professor
Mathematics
Mt. San Antonio College


Forum Session
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Sunday, October 19, 2008
150 B, Lower Level

The presenter addresses how Brevard Community College provides students the ability to access rich-media content anywhere, anytime, and on any device to foster greater retention, comprehension, and success. Using the Echo360 lecture capture solution, instructors can instantly capture and publish any or all aspects of a classroom lecture for immediate web-based, interactive, rich-media playback. This session describes implementation, project outcomes, and future enhancements and should interest faculty, support staff, and administrators.

Jayne Gorham, Dean
Academic Services
Brevard Community College


Forum Session
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM
Sunday, October 19, 2008
150 A, Lower Level

Social networking has taken hold and become pervasive. Now you can use it to your advantage by creating your own custom applications to help your online courses. Imagine the creative things you can do. This session teaches you how to create custom applications for Facebook. It is recommended that you have a Facebook account before participating.

Rick Leinecker, Assistant Professor
Business/technologies
Rockingham Community College


Hands-On Lab
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM
Monday, October 20, 2008
251 A, Upper Level

This course covers how to identify good online content and courses, how to find and use good learning objects and courses, and how to develop and share high-quality teaching and learning content with colleagues around the world. Participants also learn about how they can participate in the open education resources (OER) movement to increase quality and access to knowledge worldwide. Participants explore various guidelines for making quality learning content, share examples of effective learning objects, and discuss what makes them effective instructional tools. Also explored are the importance of creating and using metadata with learning objects.

Ruth Rominger, Dir. Of Learning Design
Learning Design
National Repository of Online Courses (NROC)


Learning Center Course
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Sunday, October 19, 2008
251 D, Upper Level

Simple cybernetic entities can be available to talk to students 24/7. Participants learn how to use online bots in online courses and virtual reality simulations to assist students in their course work, help identify otherwise unanticipated problems with courses, and get to know students better.

John Wolff, Professor
English
West Shore Community College


Forum Session
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
150 A, Lower Level

Digital storytelling is using digital media to create, record, and share stories. VoiceThread can help people do all that and more. Are you looking for a new way to engage your students in writing or want a different way for your students to collaborate? Come learn what VoiceThread is and how and why to use it. Session participants should bring with them photographs, Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, or PDFs they would like to use in a VoiceThread.

Debi McGuire, Director
Distance Learning and Professional Development
Wilkes Community College


Hands-On Lab
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM
Sunday, October 19, 2008
251 D, Upper Level

Digital storytelling is using the tools of digital media to create, record, and share stories. VoiceThread is one tool that can help people do all that and more. Are you looking for a new way to engage your students in writing or a different way for your students to collaborate? Come learn what VoiceThread is and how to use it.

Debi McGuire, Director
Distance Learning and Professional Development
Wilkes Community College


Hands-On Lab
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
251 E, Upper Level

Facebook is changing the way our students connect on the internet, but while many students are riding the Facebook train, most community college faculty have yet to arrive at the station. This powerful social networking website allows students to connect with their classmates, get help on their homework, and build their own personal learning network. Thanks to the tools of Web 2.0, students can photo tag each other, share online resources, and maintain their own discussion boards.

Amy Brown, Director
Elearning
Guilford Technical Community College


Forum Session
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
150 A, Lower Level

The Nortel Technology Solutions Academy provides member colleges with Unified Communications curricula at no charge. Come learn how you can offer students a relevant and rich learning experience that, upon completion, provides them with a competitive advantage in today’s hyperconnected workforce.

Lorelea Moore, Developer
Knowledge Services
Nortel
Brad Nixon, Sales
Knowledge Services
Nortel


Forum Session
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
151 D, Lower Level

Engaged learners have higher retention rates and achievement levels. When successfully implemented, an LMS becomes a vital communication bridge that connects faculty and students; an everyday tool students and instructors rely on for learning, collaboration and achievement of learning outcomes. Join ANGEL Learning for a demonstration of the key differentiators of ANGEL Learning Management Suite (LMS) that make teaching and learning an exceptional experience.

Barry Kundert, Executive Account Manager
Sales
ANGEL Learning


Forum Session
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Monday, October 20, 2008
150 B, Lower Level

This session will be ideal for faculty and staff who are intrigued by the read-write web (Web 2.0), but haven’t been able to move beyond Gmail or Google docs. The session clarifies what Web 2.0 resources work best in an educational setting and helps participants gain the knowledge and experience needed to take learning into the 21st century. Participants are encouraged to bring their laptops to this session.

Dwayne Harapniuk, Manager
Educational Technology
Lethbridge College
Tyler Wall, Media Specialist
Educational Enhancement Team
Lethbridge College


Forum Session
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM
Sunday, October 19, 2008
151 F, Lower Level

Blessed by resources from NASA, Little Big Horn College was able to develop and implement a robotics programming course. Come explore the advantages of this hands-on approach to programming. Actual students demonstrate different programming languages at multiple levels. Participants gain an understanding of the variety of skills used in creating and operating robots. Several different types of robots are demonstrated and comparisons provided about cost and difficulty level.

Linda Brown, Instructor
Computer Science and Education
Little Big Horn College


Forum Session
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
150 B, Lower Level

Artificial Life (ALife) is a new discipline that studies natural life by recreating biological phenomena from scratch within computers and other artificial media. During this presentation, participants learn about the principles of ALife, create simple programs that demonstrate ALife, and use Visual Studio to view ALife creations. These materials can be used to explore the edge of life, intelligence, and computing.

Rick Leinecker, Assistant Professor
Business/technologies
Rockingham Community College


Hands-On Lab
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
Monday, October 20, 2008
251 A, Upper Level

Learn how American InterContinental University (AIU) Online uses social networking and mobile applications to engage students and build community. While Facebook and MySpace create student networks outside traditional campuses, AIU Online uses a proprietary virtual social network to serve the needs of students, faculty, and alumni. Data presented demonstrate the impact of social networks on student satisfaction and retention. Also explored is a mobile application that allows students to connect to the virtual campus through mobile devices.

Alan Drimmer, President
American InterContinental University


Forum Session
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
150 A, Lower Level

Learn to create Flash websites in minutes with interactive navigation, object animation, and much more. Mediator 9 is an icon-based authoring tool that lets you drag-and-drop your way to interactive websites. No programming or experience is necessary to create Flash presentations and multimedia CD-ROMs. The tool is easy to use, with oneclick exports to Flash and HTML, auto-run CD-ROMs, and automated FTP upload. With Mediator 9, faculty can focus on content rather than technology.

Dave Hamilton, Educational Advisor
Education
MatchWare, Inc.


Forum Session
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
Monday, October 20, 2008
150 B, Lower Level

Today’s community colleges face increasing pressures to raise enrollments, generate surpluses to fill funding gaps, and raise the bar on student retention and completion. For many, their current software systems and processes seem to present only more roadblocks to making data-driven decisions, rolling out continuing education and online learning programs, and adopting the new best practices in recruiting and internet-delivered student services. What are the trends and practices among the most successful forprofit colleges, and how might they be applied to serve the vision and mission of our resource-challenged technical and community colleges?

Tim Gilbert, Chief Marketing Officer
Marketing
Campus Management


Forum Session
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM
Monday, October 20, 2008
150 A, Lower Level

The presenters explore the impact that 3D virtual realities can have on learning. Topics explored include pursuing understanding of virtual classrooms and virtual campuses, engaging in the uniqueness of the classroom experience, moving beyond the virtual classroom, preparing for the future. Also discussed are preparing staff and students for engaging in 3D virtual classroom settings, exploring classroom best practice, students finding community online, and online campus security issues.

John Ewing, Consultant
Centre For Teaching And Learning
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology


Forum Session
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM
Monday, October 20, 2008
151 C, Lower Level

What impact do Web 2.0 technologies have on faculty development? Harnessing these technologies may be one challenge. From the perspective of the Center for Teaching and Learning, the use of blogs, wikis, podcasts, and social bookmarking has the potential to radically transform the landscape of professional development. Educators involved in teaching, learning, and faculty development discuss real-world examples of these technologies and see their uses in teaching, learning, and faculty development.

David Peter, Director
Center for Teaching and Learning
Vincennes University


Forum Session
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Monday, October 20, 2008
150 B, Lower Level

The dominant paradigm for learning management systems for over ten years has been the single course management system (CMS) as typified by WebCT, Blackboard, Moodle, and Angel. With the emergence of Web 2.0 applications and services such as Google apps, YouTube, Drupal, and others, does the single CMS still make sense? What does the future of online learning look like as Web 2.0 expands? Join the conversation and bring your futuristic thoughts, hopes, and visions.

James Luke, Professor
Social Science
Lansing Community College


Roundtable Discussion
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Grand Ballroom BD, Lower Level

Come learn to use GoogleDocs, an amazing, free toolset for learners. Create and edit documents simultaneously over the web. Google offers a suite of tools that help faculty and students develop projects and manage documents anytime, anywhere, from any computer. This session will benefit anyone who shares documents, meaning you!

D.I. von Briesen, Faculty
Futures Institute
Central Piedmont Community College
Page Jones, Associate Dean
Information Technology
Craven Community College


Hands-On Lab
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Monday, October 20, 2008
251 B, Upper Level

Colleges and universities spend significant sums—dollars and personnel time—in their efforts to address inappropriate or illegal P2P activity on campus networks. This session presents the results of a new national survey about the institutional costs of dealing with P2P-related concerns.

Kenneth Green, Director and Founder, Visiting Scholar
School of Educational Studies, The Claremont Graduate University
The Campus Computing Project


Forum Session
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM
Monday, October 20, 2008
150 A, Lower Level

As textbooks become more expensive and less specific to course needs, instructors are creating and finding supplemental materials. Lulu.com is a free, web-based publishing platform that provides the tools necessary for educators to publish and distribute content. Lulu’s free service allows authors and educators to retain copyright, control pricing, save students money, and provide a better educational experience. Come learn why educators at over 200 institutions use Lulu.com as their source for course materials, course catalogs, and administrative manuals.

Sandra Parker, Business Development Specialist
Sales
Lulu


Forum Session
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM
Monday, October 20, 2008
151 F, Lower Level

For four years, the Center for Digital Education’s Digital Community Colleges survey has celebrated institutional improvisation by America’s community colleges. Join us for a behind the scenes look at this year’s survey. During this interactive session, participants share campus technology success stories and strategies.

Marina Leight, Vice President
Education
Center for Digital Education


Special Session
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
250 C, Upper Level

Technology continues to alter education and provide greater opportunity for experimentation, exploration, and practice while expanding learning. Participants learn about and interact with virtual labs and leave with a greater understanding of the benefits of virtual labs and how they can be used to enhance the learning process. The information presented in this session will interest and benefit anyone responsible for curriculum design, development, or delivery.

Laura Bulcher, Custom Publishing
Pearson
Pearson Education


Hands-On Lab
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Monday, October 20, 2008
251 A, Upper Level

Learn how the presenter’s event management class set up a Wiki to collaborate on the college’s prom expo event. Demonstrated are how easy it is to set up this free Web 2.0 technology and how faculty can measure student participation and stay apprised about additions and deletions to the Wiki content. Time permitting, participants also compare and contrast similar available technologies considered for past and future events.

Marcus Lacher, Instructor
Business
Minnesota State Community and Technical College


Forum Session
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Sunday, October 19, 2008
150 B, Lower Level

Come sample one of the newest additions to the Microsoft Office suite, one that can make your distance learning classes more exciting and engaging for the student. Discover how students use chat and the discussion boards and how faculty use the included tools to conduct virtual office hours and accept assignment submissions. See how you can replace your LMS’s file uploading feature with a simple drag-and-drop tool that has an interface similar to Windows Explorer. This hands-on session will be a real eye opener and will show you new ways to use this product to benefit both yourself and your students.

Philip Vavalides, Professor
Information Technology
Guilford Technical Community College


Hands-On Lab
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
251 E, Upper Level

In an online or hybrid class, students are more apt to become active learners and achieve stated student learning outcomes when the content is provided in varied formats and presented from different perspectives. During this session, presenters demonstrate the seamless integration of curriculum-aligned streaming video clips into online classes using the INTELECOM Online Resources Network, a multidisciplinary digital content repository and videostreaming videostreaming service. The presentation will demonstrate the functionality of the repository. Participants learn how to embed links into video clips within their own online classes and use the content to engage students.

Cameron Cox, Vice President
Intelecom
INTELECOM Intelligent Telecommunications
Cheryl Chapman, Instructional Designer
INTELECOM Intelligent Telecommunications


Forum Session
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
250 F, Upper Level

Learn how to integrate hosted virtual lab sessions into courses using Virtual Labs from Microsoft Learning. Experience using virtual machines running Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and student lab exercises in a handson environment. Hosted Virtual Labs from Microsoft Learning provides increased flexibility for students, keeps instructors and IT departments from having to set up labs, and saves institutions the cost associated with supporting these laboratory environments.

Kelley Beverly, Academic Product Manager
Microsoft Learning
Microsoft Corporation
Brian Bridson, Faculty
Baker College of Flint


Hands-On Lab
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Sunday, October 19, 2008
251 C, Upper Level

Web 2.0 tools have exploded in popularity. Students often use YouTube, Wikipedia, and their favorite blogs and podcasts as their primary sources of information. These Web 2.0-driven technologies are quickly making mainstream media and traditional sources of information less relevant. The presenters describe how to transform online education from a static one-way model into a dynamic interactive model that engages and empowers students and faculty to create and share content.

Michael Qaissaunee, Associate Professor
Engineering and Technology
Brookdale Community College
Norah Kerr McCurry, Director
Distance Education
Brookdale Community College


Forum Session
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Sunday, October 19, 2008
150 A, Lower Level

Join us for a colleague to colleague discussion focused on iStream and its many uses. As the League for Innovation’s leading web-based professional development and information resource, iStream serves faculty, administrators, and students with the latest information, ideas, and e-learning content. Whether you are interested in hosting a miniconference at your college, accessing resources for leadership and faculty training, or attending free educational webinars, iStream and this session are for you.

Wendy Neil, Director
Membership Services
League for Innovation in the Community College
Greg Chapman, Chief Academic Officer
Snead State Community College
Christopher Daniel, Associate Dean
Survey and Mapping
Big Sandy Community and Technical College


Roundtable Discussion
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Monday, October 20, 2008
Grand Ballroom BD, Lower Level

IT going green can be more than just powering down equipment; IT can play a substantive role in campus sustainability issues. Learn about best practices involving IT’s role in college green plans. The results of a national survey of CIOs about current projects on sustainability and the development of a Green IT Campus Model are discussed. Participants are invited to take part in the Green IT Campus Model Wiki.

Jeffrey Bartkovich, Vice President
Educational Technology Services
Monroe Community College
Marie Fetzner, Assistant To The Vice President
Educational Technology
Monroe Community College


Forum Session
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
150 A, Lower Level

Participants learn how to construct a personalized multimedia presentation using Mediator 9 and export the presentation as a Flash or HTML website or as an interactive auto-run CD-ROM. Participants learn about the program’s features and its export formats and experience the satisfaction of creating a cutting-edge multimedia presentation in minutes instead of hours.

Dave Hamilton, Educational Advisor
Education
MatchWare, Inc.


Hands-On Lab
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
251 A, Upper Level

In the spring of 2002, LaGuardia Community College (LCC) constructed four smart classrooms to evaluate their effect on faculty instruction. The pilot was an immediate success and LCC soon committed to converting all classrooms by the end of 2009. To date, 70 classrooms have been converted. Based on LCC’s experience, this session informs faculty, staff, and administrators about the technical, logistical, and administrative challenges involved in moving from traditional to smart classrooms.

R. Theresia Litvay-Sardou, Director
Instructional Services
LaGuardia Community College-CUNY
Michael Johnson, Associate Director
Instructional Services
LaGuardia Community College-CUNY


Forum Session
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Sunday, October 19, 2008
150 B, Lower Level

Get an inside look at Digication’s Assessment Management Systems (AMS) and e-Portfolios. This flexible web-based assessment solution supports institutional tracking, comparing, and reporting on student progress and performance. Faculty and administrators, see how you can now easily assess a class, department, or institution based on standards, goals, or objectives.

Dan Bergeron, Vice President
Business Development
Digication, Inc.


Forum Session
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
150 F, Lower Level

What if you could engage students, help them take better notes, and improve collaborative learning? What if these things were just a few clicks away? The presenters demonstrate Mead Map, a new Web 2.0 tool that facilitates student engagement and collaboration.

James Coch, New Business Development Marketing Manager
Marketing
Mead
Larry Qualls, Manager
Marketing
Mead


Hands-On Lab
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM
Monday, October 20, 2008
251 D, Upper Level