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TLTR Meeting Minutes
April 24, 2008
Attendance: 14
CDEV: Padma Anand
CETET: Brian Danielson
English: Stephan Schaffrath
ERS: Jonathan Anning
GGE: Abigail Amissah-Arthur
History: Eric Tuten
IT: Dean Lindey
Library: Cathy Rudowsky, Melba Tomeo, Judy Silva, & PJ Tramdack
Nursing: Joyce Penrose
Professional Studies: Lori Zulauf
PTA: Christine Senko
Regular Business:
- Blackboard upgrade
- Completely new features Discussion Board
- Questions contact Brian Danielson x 4220
New Business:
New Business: The power point presentations for TLTR Faculty Roundtable Session 1 will be posted on the web soon. Please feel free to access any of the power point presentations for personal use.
Judy Silva: Digital Collections
Lori Zulauf: Homework Manager
Joyce Penrose: Elluminate [Desktop Conferencing System]
TLTR Meeting Minutes
March 18, 2008
Attendance: 12
SEFE: Jocelyn Kramarik
PE: Joanne Leight, Istvan Kovacs, Marybeth Miller & Wei Bian
PTA: Christine Senko
IT: Bill Huber & Jake Skiba
Dance: Jennifer Keller
ERS: Jonathan Anning
CDEV: Padma Anand
Nursing: Kerry Risco
Regular Business:
- Technology Grants Committee Taskforce: Choose a time to meet for an hour the first two weeks of April to discuss upcoming grants; E-mail Jocelyn with a date and time
- Planning Taskforce: Choose/elect co-conveners on April 24th for upcoming school year.
- Blackboard Users Group Taskforce: Met on February 2oth and tested new version of blackboard.
- New version 7.3 is being tested for Fall 2008
- Free session hour demo available [ April 7th at 1:00, April 8th at 2:00 and April 9th at 3:00] Bailey library 2nd floor
- Sessions will discuss issues pertaining to the message board re-design as well as alert methods if students are not logging in when necessary
- Contact Bill Huber ext. 4220 with any additional questions
New Business
- Dr. Wenhao Liu presents 'Activity Monitor Project for First-Year Physical Education Majors'
- Discussed participants of the project
- Background information
- Procedure
- Requirements for Project Paper
- Outcomes of the Project
- Project-Related Research
- List of Expenditures
TLTR Meeting Minutes
February 21, 2008
Attendance: 17
New Business: The power point presentations for TLTR Faculty Roundtable Session 2 will be posted on the web soon. Please feel free to access any of the power point presentations for personal use.
Jonathan Anning: Computer Performance System
Stephan Schaffrath: Introduce basic principles of information literacy
Melba Tomeo : Building Your Own Search Engine
TLTR Meeting Minutes
January 24, 2008
Attendance: 13
Biology: Enefiok Ekpe
CDEV: Padma Anand
Dance: Jennifer Keller
English: Stephan Schaffrath & Frederick White
ERS: Jonathan Anning
INST. TECH: Brian Danielson & Bill Huber
Library:Lynn Hoffman & Judy Silva
Nursing: Deb Lewis
PE: Joanne Leight
PTA: Christine Senko
SEFE: Jocelyn Kramarik & Junko Yamamoto
Regular Business:
- Blackboard Upgrade Spring 2008
7.3 Newest Version on the market
Most significant difference [discussion board forums]
Scheduled training for faculty in Spring
- IT Hire
Bill Huber [SRU Graduate]
New Business:
- Microteaching with Digital Movie and Online Discussion Forum for Pre-service Teacher Training
- Digital Microteaching justification: increased frequency, ease of sharing and no need to rewind
- An example research question: Is the frequency of microteaching correlated to performance improvement?
- Change on Technology
* Digital DV camcorder was purchased for the project due to compatibility with the aged computers in the labs at the time of camcorder purchase.
* New Pc's in MEB 123 can read movie files created with hard drive camcorders.
* Hard drive camcorders recommended.
TLTR Meeting Minutes
November 8, 2007
Attendance:
CDEV: Padma Anand
CFIT: Brian Danielson
Communication: Jennifer Foster
English: Jace Condravy
ERS: Jon Anning
Library: Judy Silva & Jessica Marshall
PE: Joanne Leight
PT: Barb Billek
PTA: Christine Senko
SEFE: Leigh Forbes & Jocelyn Kramarik
New Business:
A. Brian Danielson presents "Shoe String Solutions to Creating Great Online Content"
- Introduces Second Life (virtual campus) to facilitate distance education
- Generation Now: students are more comfortable with technology and are beginning to learn better from it
- 95% of people believe there are some significant barriers
* Students need more distance education to succeed in online courses
* Greater faculty time and effort required to teach online
* Lack of student demand for online course & degree
* Online costs more to develop and deliver
B. Discover Learn and Apply
- Theory, practice & new tools
- Functional & Strategies
- Development & Evaluation
C. Technological tools that can be easily integrated within the curriculum
* Audacity = audio recorder, editor & publisher [Free download]
- Most popular for podcasting
* Cam Studio = how to's in Blackboard
* Flash Spring
* PP
* Gimp = open source version of photo shop
Next Meeting will be January 24th Digital VIdeos for Production and Utilization of Instructional Technology by Dr. Junko Yamamoto
TLTR Meeting Minutes
October 18, 2007
Attendance:
English: Stephen Schaffrath
Exercise & Rehab Science: Mark Schofer
GGE: Abigail Arthur
Info Tech: Henry Magusiak
Instructional Tech: Brian Danielson
Library: Melba Tomeo, Judy Silva & Lynn Hoffman
Physical Education: Joanne Leight & Wei Bian
PTA: Christine Senko
SEFE: Leanne Forbes and Jocelyn Kramarik
Regular Business:
A. Report from Henry Magusiak
- Hiring more IT staff
- XP/ 2007 Office is a necessity
- Citrix upgraded (more administrative)
-Makes computer processes more efficient
B. Report from Brian Danielson
- Discusses VISTA and visual text box
- Disable textbox to access VISTA (Refer to blackboard website for further instruction)
New Business:
A. Dr. Istvan Kovacs presents 'Motor Skills Analysis in Physical Education Teacher Education'
-Focuses on Biomechanical movements and skills
-Introduces and discusses the benefits of Dartfish (a computer generated program that enables the educator to assess student
progress via data collection )
- Discusses pre-assessment and post-assessment as well as project effectiveness
-Share student reflection responses and future plans for Dartfish
TLTR Meeting Minutes
September 20, 2007
Attendance
Academic Services: Annette Salsoric
CDev: Padma Anand
English: Frederick White & Stephen Schaffrath
GGE: Abigail Amissah-Arthur
IT: Dean Lindey & Brian Danielson
Library: Melba Tomeo & Lynn Hoffman
Modern Languages: Eva Tsuquiashi-Daddesio & Ana M. Caula
PE: Joanne Leight
PT: Barb Billek & Nancy Shipe
PTA: Christine Senko
SEFE: Leigh Forbes& Jocelyn Kramarik
Regular Business:
A. Report from Dean Lindey
Discusses upgrades in the lab
Move away from Microsoft XP
Move Office version to Office 2007
Office 2007 puts a four letter extension at the end of each document versus a three letter extension. If encounter problems complete the following:
Search Web for application
Download 3-4 minute
Convert newer files from older files
B. Report from Brian Danielson
Addresses VISTA-Turn off old program utilize Mozilla so program is accessible
VISTA information available on blackboard
Fall 2007 Blackboard Administration joining Brian Danielson
Verify 654 Sections use blackboard (Over 33%)
C. Taskforces Introduce and Sign-ups requested
New Business:
A. Dr. Padma Anand presents Course Genie
Four Step Process
Installation of Course Genie
Getting Started
Transferring to Blackboard
Integrating Interactive Components
*Follow-up presentation [Course Genie] September 26th
Room 105 Maltby 9:00 am-11:00 am
Next Meeting October 18th Motor Skills Analysis in Physical Education Teacher Education
Room 119 Field House by Dr. Istvan Kovacs
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