Friday, June 5, 2009

Recycling Program set for August 5th

Saint Mary’s University and Apple Computers will once again offer a one day electronic recycling program to its employees on Wednesday, August 5th. The program is free of charge.

We will accept:
Cpu, monitor, printer, fax machine, television, scanner, cd drive, hard drive, laptop, vcr,desk-top size copy machine, projector, overhead projector, networking equipment, cables, keyboards, mice.

We will not accept:
Monitors with broken glass. CRT’s missing their enclosures. UPS battery backup system. Batteries of any type.

Bring your equipment to the drop off point located behind the gates of the Kulas-Connaughty Power Plant between the hours of 8:30AM and 4:00PM on Wednesday, August 5th.

The G:drive is moving

This summer, the iT department will be changing the location of your personal storage space. The G:drive will become the U:drive. This is in response to issues we have had on multiple computers whereas the G:drive disappears due to a media card reader or a personal thumb/flash drive hijacking the position.
By moving up the alphabet, we give the end user the ability to use more thumbdrives (which typically take up lower alphabet letters such as e, f, and g) WITHOUT having a conflict with your new personal storage space, the U:drive.

The U:Drive = Space for U.

Spartz and Bearbower Present in Chicago

Jason Spartz and Sarah Bearbower presented a poster session at the Educause Midwest Regional Conference in Chicago on March 21st. The topic was titled “Tracking Transformative Change with Classroom Capture at a Liberal Arts Institution.” The presentation content was co-created with Chad Kjorlien.
The presentation was well received by many. Gib Smart (Account Representative with Tegrity) relayed comments from Dr. Kelly Wilkinson (Director, Center for Instruction, Research, and Technology at Indiana State University) saying “she was raving about you guys, was very impressed…” While Bryon Glock, (IT Director at Western Michigan University) said “St. Mary's has had some great presentations the past two years. Keep it up!”.

Skype in the classroom


On March 28th, 2009 Michelle Cochran’s K-12 Reading Teacher class used Skype (http://www.skype.com/) as an instructional compliment. Michelle explained “We have one learner participating in the class from Afghanistan where she is stationed with the military. She joined us for the first time via skype!”

Michelle has been taking the GPDE 5190 course on Facilitating Blended Learning. She is also setting up a wiki page for the K-12 Reading Teacher course so Rachel Ryba, along with the other students, can continue to be involved in effective ways.

Michelle Cochran took this photo (below) during class while Shelley Jerviss was talking about a book/video, and showing it to Rachel via Skype. Rachel Ryba is in Afghanistan, she is a teacher at the Winona Middle School.