Tbers, This is a reminder that the next Teaching Breakfast will be Wednesday, Dec. 5th at 8 am in Morris Hall. Please join us to discuss any teaching or learning issues you are having. The setting is informal and we have coffee! Also, if you are interested in civics and/or politics some events recently announced by the New Media Consortium might be on interest to you. See below.... Thanks and I hope to see you at the next TB. Mr. James B. Greenberg Director Teaching, Learning and Technology Center Milne Library SUNY College at Oneonta Oneonta, New York 13820 blog: The 32nd Square at http://aristotle.oneonta.edu/37_the_32nd_square email: [log in to unmask] phone: 607-436-2701 fax: 607-436-3081 IM: oneontatltc "Ignorance is curable, stupidity lasts forever" ------ Forwarded Message From: Alan Levine <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: Alan Levine <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:50:23 -0700 To: <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Two More NMC Campus Events We have a few more events to share, both of interest to those interested in civics and/or politics. And be sure to register now for our Dec 4-5 Symposium on Evolution of Communication http://www.nmc.org/2007-fall-virtual-symposium ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Friday, Nov 30: Virtual Citizenship / New Technologies Symposium Hosted by Wayne State University, this symposium will launch a broader research, teaching, and service project that can help us understand what citizenship means in the 21st century and can help our students, staff and faculty use emerging communication and information technologies to become better citizens. Live video of the entire day's events will be streamed into Second Life. More info: http://www.lib.wayne.edu/virship/ http://sl.nmc.org/2007/11/27/virtual-citizenship/ Speakers include: * Russell Dalton, Professor of Political Science at the University of California Irvine, whose recent study called The Good Citizen looks at the attitudes and behaviors of young people * Fred Stutzman, graduate researcher at the University of North Carolina’s School of Information and Library Science, whose research and active blog outline both the theoretical and practical aspects of social network software and its role in academic and political life. * Wendy Chun, Associate Professor of Media and Modern Culture at Brown University, who will be talking about “Imagined Networks”. * Vernor Vinge, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at San Diego State University and award-winning science fiction writer, whose recent Rainbows End is insightful in its thinking about how ubiquitous computing might affect everyday life. When: Nov 30 6:00am - 1:30pm (PST) check your local time: http://tinyurl.com/ys59bf Where: Teaching 2 (135,124,22) http://slurl.com/secondlife/Teaching%202/135/124/22 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Friday Dec 14: Nebraska Immigration Forum The University of Nebraska at Omaha School of Communication will host a Second Life forum on the topic of immigration in the state of Nebraska. As the presidential election year nears, we will follow-up a campus By The People discussion that was held in October 2007 with this unique opportunity to participate via Second Life. More info: http://www.unomaha.edu/wwwcomm/headlines/10232007.php http://sl.nmc.org/2007/11/27/by-the-people/ When: Dec 14: 12:00pm PST check your local time http://tinyurl.com/2b4abv Where: UNO Center on Teaching 5 (212, 180, 23) http://slurl.com/secondlife/Teaching%205/212/180/23/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Alan Levine aka CDB Barkley ✪ ------------------------------------------------------------ NMC: The New Media Consortium: sparking innovative learning and creativity NMC Campus Observer - http://sl.nmc.org/ NMC Virtual Worlds - http://virtualworlds.nmc.org/ Symposium on the Evolution of Communication (held in SL) http://www.nmc.org/2007-fall-virtual-symposium NMC Teachers Buzz - every other Monday http://sl.nmc.org/wiki/Teachers_Buzz_Session ------ End of Forwarded Message