WITS 2005 Tech Fair
"Basking in the glow of technology..."

Welcome to the 2nd annual
WITS Tech Fair web site!

This site is a resource that accompanies the presentations to take place on February 4, 2005, from 4-6 p.m. in the basement of Smullin Hall.

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Digital Video | Social Software | Tablet PCs | Student Projects | Multicert Program
Presentations

Sammy Basu - "Soiled Shorts: Students' political humor on film", Walton 21 (LLC)

Brief introduction to purposes of Poli 311w: Writing Political Humor. Screening of selected final projects in which students, working individually or in groups, wrote story-boarded, filmed, and edited their own short film incorporating political humor. Concluding discussion on how to get the most pedagogic value from course assignments involving film-making.

Nacho Cordova - Creating Political Ads, Walton 21 (LLC)

I will speak briefly about my experiences assigning digital video projects in the classroom, especially in Political Communication. However, I will address not only the challenges and difficulties encountered by students (mechanical aspect) in working with technology, but also the significance of form and style to new media projects (aesthetics), and the experience of composing with new media (phenomenology).

Miho Fujiwara - Using a video tape to evaluate oral performance in Japanese language class, Smullin 6

Brief description of how to utilize digital video to evaluate a students' oral performance in Japanese language class. A use of Audacity in class to enhance student’s oral ability is also discussed.

Kris Lou and Insil Kang - Willamette Abroad Blog Project, LLC Lab

Willamette Abroad is a joint venture undertaken by the LLC and the Office of International Education. It is a collection of weblogs, or 'blogs,' written by Willamette students currently studying abroad. It provides a forum for students to reflect upon their experiences abroad while maintaining their connections with the Willamette community. Additionally, the blogs allow them an outlet for expression available to their family, friends, and the world at large. This process of reflection and expression is incredibly important for the students' cross-cultural learning. Furthermore, as the students learn and share, they help to educate their readers about the struggles and benefits of life in a foreign culture.

Jo Meyertons, Natalia Shevchenko and Jen Rosenberg - Blogs and Wikis, LLC Lab

An overview of blogs, wikis, and social software use in education, including examples.

 

Jacen Greene-Powell - Creating a CD ROM Portfolio with Flash, Smullin 6

 

Rositsa Atanasova - Classics video and video dubbing, Smullin 4 Video Viewing Room

 

Matt Iverson - Editing Multiple Audio Tracks with Audacity, Smullin 6


John Balling - The Future of Teaching? , Smulllin 18B

Demonstration of Tablet PC and experimental software called "Classroom Presenter" which is being developed at University of Washington.

John Repplinger and Doreen Simonsen, Hatfield Library - Scholarly Communication and Open Access Publishing, Smullin 18B

Scholars now have the opportunity to make their works freely available by publishing in Open Access (OA) journals, such as the Public Library of Science (PLoS). This type of publishing has great potential to change how scholars will communicate in the future, so come learn how this movement may impact Willamette and all of higher education
 

Marti Morandi and Vany Xiong - Demonstration of Sympodium

The Smart Sympodium is a piece of equipment you can use with your computer to deliver prepared or impromptu material, highlight information or bring up images and websites to enhance your presentation.  You can save your notes, screen captures, images and other work to a single file on both Windows and Mac operating systems.

 

Diana Cureton - Gateway and Dell tablet PCs

 

Chris Gramlich - Digital Video Studio, Smullin 8

The Digital Video Studio is designed to be used for the production of higher quality video content. Chris will give a demonstration of the techniques used in the studio.

Other Student Presentations - MMWR

  • Willamette World News - Hristo Pavlov
  • Datastore - Anna Maria Pinto
  • Portfolios with Inspiration and HTML - Nathan Phelps
 

The Tech Fair is a project of the WITS Instructional Support Group, which includes:

Cheryl Cramer
Diana Cureton
Chris Gramlich
Jo Meyertons
Robert Minato
Marti Morandi
Natalia Shevchenko
Vany Xiong

Last update: Thursday, April 28, 2005 3:18 PM