⇒ Catalyst Technology and Media Services ⇒ K-State College of Education
We will be CLOSED for the Thanksgiving holiday from
Wednesday, November 25 through Friday, November 27
November 2009
→ November 2009 Training Calendar
→ Now Scheduling for Spring 2010
→ Website Watch: What's New on the COE Web
→ Mac Operating System 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
→ Ask a Librarian: October Hours
→ Video: A New Generation of Learning: Diverse Students, Emerging Technology
and a Sustainability Challenge
→ Nostradacademe: The Future of Higher Education
→ Food for Thought: 21st Century Bloom's Taxonomy
November 2009 Training Calendar →
Making Cool Stuff with your Mac and iPhoto: Calendars, Books, Cards and More
Wednesday, November 11 | 7:00–8:30 p.m. | BH 21
Presented by: Cyndi Danner-Kuhn
Find out how easy it is to organize, enhance, and share your entire digital photo collection using iPhoto ’09. Learn new ways to make your photos look their best with professional-quality image adjustment tools. Learn how to create impressive prints, photo books, calendars, and cards– all with your own photos. K-State students: Earn 1 hr. professional development point and gain a little expertise in iPhoto.
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Now Scheduling for Spring 2010 →
→ Technology Equipment Requests:
Contact Equipment Scheduling at coesched@ksu.edu or use our online request form
→ Video Conferencing Requests: Contact Tweed Ross at twross@ksu.edu
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What's new on the COE Web →
We have several new things this month on the COE website:
SustainED: Sustainability Resources for Educators
A repository for sustainability and environmental education resources, featuring lesson plans, books, resource links, recycling hints, people who are making a difference, classroom activities, and environmental education programs/events. If you have any suggestions for inclusion, please contact Mary Hammel or Dru Clarke. This site is available from the COE home page under Points of Interest.
College of Education Student of the Month
The online version of the display case in the lobby of Bluemont Hall, sponsored by Education Council. This page is also available on the COE home page under Points of Interest.
Teacher Opportunities
This is a new page devoted to professional development opportunities for teachers. For starters, we have information about a Summer 2010 study tour to Ethiopia for educators teaching grades 4-8. If you have opportunities like this that you would like to post information about, please contact Mary Hammel. This page is also available on the COE home page under Points of Interest.
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Mac Operating System 10.6 (Snow Leopard) →
The College of Education has a site license for the new Mac OS 10.6 operating system, known as Snow Leopard, and we are starting to schedule these installations. But first we must verify that your computer can run the new system…
In order to install OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard on your machine:
→ You must do a backup of your computer data before we can do the installation.
→ Your computer must qualify for the installation with the following Requirements:
→ Mac computer with an Intel processor
→ 1GB of memory
→ 5GB of available disk space
→ DVD drive for installation
If you would like to schedule a time to do the installation:
→ Installations are done on Monday through Thursday.
→ Allow 8 to 10 hours for the installation (it may only take 3 hours but it has also taken up
to 10 hours in some situations).
→ Call 532-5926 or e-mail us at catalyst@ksu.edu to set up an appointment.
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Ask a Librarian: November Hours →
Marcia Stockham will be available in the Catalyst to work with COE faculty, undergraduate and graduate students in learning to use library electronic resources more effectively.
November 5 | 1-3 p.m.
November 12 | 1–3 p.m.
November 19 | 1–3 p.m.
November 23 | noon–2 p.m.
November 30 | noon-2 p.m.
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Video: A New Generation of Learning: Diverse Students,
Emerging Technology and a Sustainability Challenge →
At the Axio Conference last month, Dr. Mark Milliron delivered the keynote address:
A New Generation of Learning: Diverse Students, Emerging Technology and a Sustainability Challenge. This address is available at the Axio Conference page. College of Education faculty can see this keynote address along with the rest of the presentations at the conference. Note: Dr. Milliron’s address is at the bottom of the page and is restricted to K-State faculty, so you will need to enter your -e-mail address to view.
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Nostradacademe: The Future of Higher Education →
Drs. Rebecca Gould, Beth Unger, and Tweed Ross led an IDT (Instructional Design and Technology) Roundtable on October 28th focusing on the future of higher education. In this roundtable – “Nostradacademe” – they shared thoughts from leaders and scholars across the country and at K-State on the next iteration of higher education. A video recording and handout from this roundtable is available at the IDT Roundtable site.
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Food for Thought: 21st Century Bloom's Taxonomy →
During the 1990's a new group of cognitive psychologists, lead by Lorin Anderson (a former student of Bloom's), updated Bloom’s taxonomy reflecting relevance to 21st century work. The graphic is a representation of the NEW verbage associated with the long familiar Bloom's Taxonomy. Note the change from Nouns to Verbs to describe the different levels of the taxonomy. The top two levels are essentially exchanged from the Old to the New version.
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