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Join us today for a 2-hour special presentation by representatives from Apple.

Speakers:  Apple customer reps; Shelly Pagliai (ITS)

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Join us today for our last TechBreak of the semester!  We will be featuring free and low/no-cost software options.  Our speakers will be from Truman’s own Free Software Club of Kirksville.

Speakers:  Don Bindner (Math); Jason Novinger (ITS/student)

Date : Friday, 11 April 2008       From : 1:30pm   To : 2:30pm
Category : ITS TechBreak       Location : VH 1300

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Join us today for a presentation on “Accessing Campus Computer Resources From Home and Away”.  Today’s session will cover how to use a computer at an off-campus location to access campus computer resources and Information Technology services. This is sometimes often referred to as “remote computer access”.

Speaker:  Jim McNabb (ITS)

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Do you want to know what is happening on campus?  Do you wish you could place the information in your calendar so you wouldn’t forget about the event?  Come see how you can find out about campus and community events on the Web site using the University’s online Master Calendar and then export them to your Outlook calendar. 

We will also discuss other places for you to view information about campus and community events on Truman’s Web site by searching for events or people, the Truman Today or the Visitor’s Guide.

Speakers:  Heidi Templeton & Katie Best (PR); Todd Kuhns & Greg Marshall (ITS)

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Join us today to learn about “TruTube” - a video upload tool for faculty and staff use.  This new web application, built by Truman’s own Web Services department, is designed to facilitate the easy upload and  display of video in University websites such as Blackboard or departmental websites.  Learn how you might use this technology in for your class or department.

Speakers:  Diane Richmond (ITS/TCTL); Todd Kuhns (ITS)

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This is the 2nd in a two-part series looking at clicker technologies for the classroom & conference room.  Last week we looked at models from eInstruction.  This week we will focus on clickers from TurningPoint.

Join us as we learn how their clickers propose to help educators: “Engage your class, instantly understand student comprehension, create an interactive lecture environment, and track student performance with the latest classroom response system from Turning Technologies. TurningPoint student response systems (SRS) easily allow professors to create interactive PowerPoint® presentations that collect real-time responses from students.”  (from TurningPoint’s website)  See their feature list.

Speakers: Janet Romine, PML and Marty Eisenberg, RCP

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Today’s topic is the use of “clicker” technology from eInstruction.

CPS (classroom performance system) can be used many ways in the classroom to enrich the learning experience. This system can be used to assess class comprehension of reading material assigned for class or lecture material covered in class. Reviewing material to check for topics that need to be reinforced can also be done. Quizzes and exams can easily be given using CPS allowing students to proceed at their own pace. Attendance can be taken easily as well. All of these ways to use CPS will be demonstrated as well as how to create reports from the results. 

Speaker: Evonne Bird, HES

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Join us today to learn about video conferencing using Polycom Video Conference units.  Find out how the system works, in what situations it might be useful to you and where to find them on campus.

Speakers:  Amy Nunan (ITS), Diane Richmond (ITS/TCTL)

Join us today to learn how to use SMART Board technology. The presentation will cover basic trouble-shooting tips, how-tos, as well as demonstrations of INK Aware and SMART Notebook functionality. Online resources pertaining to SMART technology and lesson samples will also be included.

Speakers: Amy Nunan, ITS and Patrick Harrison, STARR, Regional Professional Development Center

Email : itstrain@truman.edu
More info : http://its.truman.edu/techbreak/

Researchers, scholarly writers, and students can use EndNote to organize references, prepare manuscripts for publication, create bibliographies, and import and save search results from EBSCOhost and FirstSearch databases, Truman’s library catalog, and MOBIUS. Instead of spending hours typing bibliographies, or using index cards to organize references, do it the easy way with EndNote. Join us today to learn how to get it, how to use it, and how to make gathering and organizing your research data faster and easier.Speaker: Karen McClaskey, Lib, and Carol Lockhart, Lib

Email : itstrain@truman.edu
More info : http://its.truman.edu/techbreak/