Becoming a Millennial

207. Taylor Hosts Technology Webcast

Taylor's use of the Turning Point classroom response technology attracted the attention of the folks at the Indiana College Network and they asked if we would help them kick off their season-opening ICN Spotlight Series, a monthly web conference for Indiana educators. Click here to watch the presentation.

I invited three of our professors who are successfully using Turning Point to go on camera with me and share their experiences, each of us operating webcams out of our offices.  We had a great time working with the technical support folks at ICN, learning to use their Adobe Connect Pro system, and practicing for the hour-long presentation. 

If you watch the recording, in addition to learning the ins & outs of a Turning Point implementation, you will get a taste for web conferencing, and a look at how  we are using SurveyMonkey to get quick feedback from our faculty.

206. Vacation in Yellowstone

Last week Janet and I vacationed in Yellowstone.  We weren't able to get away this summer as our ETC team pretty much worked flat out getting everything ready for the new school year.  Projects included installing 80 new computers in labs and classrooms, "trickling down" the 80 replaced computers to other areas, installing 15 new classroom podiums and control systems, and preparing for our 6th annual Technology for Teaching Conference. 

Yellowstone was beautiful.  Graphic artists and digital gurus work so hard creating special effects that can be amazing ... but don't come close to the beauty the hand of God has painted all around us.  We saw turquoise hot-spring mineral basins, wildlife of all types, and the night before we left experienced the season's first snow fall.

It was a great vacation ... and now it's back to work.