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Campus Instructional Technology Showcase
2004
The DIIA, through the Center for Instructional Technologies will be
hosting the Instructional Technologists' Showcase Event on Tuesday April
27th from 10 am to 12:15 pm in the College of Business Administration
(CBA) building room 4.350. This is a unique opportunity for IT staff
to share news, show off projects, and discuss new tools and techniques.
Coffee, snacks, drinks, and a pizza lunch will be provided. All
that is required is a curious mind and a sense of FUN! Hope to see
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Showcase Program
College of Fine Arts
Presenter: David Diers
The College of Fine Arts recently launched its newly redesigned website
featuring a database driven events calendar.
http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/
College of Natural Sciences
Presenter: Jason Avent
Jason Avent has developed a method of recording
classroom lectures using his laptop, a wireless microphone, and ViaVoice.
The result is searchable text transcriptions for PowerPoint slides posted
to Blackboard.
Liberal Arts Instructional Technology Services
Presenter: Joe Tenbarge
The Liberal Arts digital image search and organization
tool is an application that provides search, organization, and presentation
tools for digital images residing in distributed locations around campus.
Texas Politics: An on-line, multimedia textbook about Texas government
and politics.
http://texaspolitics.laits.utexas.edu/html/pr/
College of Engineering Faculty Innovation Center
Presenter: Kathy Schmidt
The FIC will share examples of cross-team efforts in distance learning,video
production, and a custom developed interactive simulation.
www.fic.engr.utexas.edu
College of Communication Instructional Design Group
Presenter: Paul Williams
The Journalism Online Tool (J.O.T.) is an online publishing tool for inputting
articles, storing the articles then choosing a method of output for those
articles.
http://idg.communication.utexas.edu/jot/
UT Digital Video Producers Group
Presenter: Diane Geirisch
Digital media producers across campus created guidelines for distributing
video via the World Wide Web. This presentation will cover highlights
from these guidelines. It will also address information necessary for
streaming video content from the ITS streaming server.
http://www.utexas.edu/web/video/
School of Information Instructional Technology Services
Presenter: Quinn Stewart
The School of Information Instructional Technology Lab develops print,
online, and streaming video tutorials to support classes in the iSchool
and beyond. This presentation will cover the current status of this
effort, and technologies and workflows used to produce these materials.
http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/technology/tutorials/index.html
College of Education Learning Technology Center IDEA Studio
Presenter: Ken Tothero
The College of Education is currently supporting
a second round of "Vision" projects with the goal of encouraging
technology integration into classroom instruction. Hear about some
past and current projects and about future plans for the program.
http://www.edb.utexas.edu/visionawards/
In Fall '02, the majority of the teacher preparation
programs at UT implemented a laptop requirement for students. Hear about
some of the successes and the growing pains that come as a result of introducing
over 1000 laptops into the College.
http://www.utexas.edu/education/laptop.html
Center for Instructional Technologies
Presenters: Denise Ketcham
FTAdmin is a Java web application built using the
Struts framework with a relational database backend. It provides a tool
for managing the ~FAST Tex student internship program.
The CIT also successfully used the IMS Question & Test
Interoperability Specification (QTI) and Java to develop drag-and-drop
quizzing software for the department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. QTI
provides a proposed XML standard for describing questions and tests.
Center for Instructional Technologies
Presenter: Joe Sanchez
The Virtual Drag is an interactive website built for
foreign language students, teachers, and enthusiasts. The site offers
an attention-grabbing interface constructed of digitally drawn images
of shops and restaurants on the Guadalupe street "drag" from
22nd through 24th street. The interactive tool will allow users an opportunity
to practice and listen to foreign languages in "real-life" settings
such as bookstores, cafes, and boutiques.
http://www.utexas.edu/cc/blackboard/learningobjects/drag2.swf
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