Have you thought about what you would do
during a disruption on campus or with excessive
absences due to illness? The Education
Continuity One-Hour Conference has a keynote
and breakout sessions including Wimba,
Chipcast, and Blackboard. All of these
tools are effective ways to continue teaching
when traditional classes are not convenient,
due to illnesses, building closures, or
other emergencies.
Schedule:
12:00 - 12:30
:: Lunch w/
keynote presenter: Jim Therrell, Director
FaCIT
12:30 - 1:00
:: Three breakout sessions to choose
from:
- Wimba: (Dan Bracken) An overview of this online
collaboration suite, including a
virtual classrooms, featuring voice,
video, whiteboard and chat.
- Chipcast: (Phil Coffman)- Allows you to easily
create re-usable podcasts of classroom
lectures, software demonstrations, guest
speakers, and student presentations.
It also provides a way to easily publish
your podcasts to iTunes U for easy access
by your students.
- Blackboard: (Ireta
Ekstrom and Jeremy Bond) New ideas
for using CMU’s
hub for course content and communication.
Including a preview of Bb 9!
Space is limited! There
is a limit of 40 on-site participants for
this mini-conference. You
may also experience the keynote and Wimba
breakout session entirely online via Wimba.
Click
Here To Register
