Winter Breakout 2011

Winter breakout will take place on January 14, 18, 19, 20, and 21, 2011. The schedule appears below. To register, those with SUNY-Oswego e-mail accounts should visit the registration page. If you do not have a SUNY-Oswego network id, but wish to register, send an e-mail to celt@oswego.edu.

Friday, January 14
Session 1
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Session Title: Creating an Avatar in Second Life
Presenter: John Kane
Room: CC 202
In this hands-on session, individuals will create an avatar in Second Life, learn how to customize the avatar's appearance, and learn how to navigate around this virtual world. Participants will learn how to communicate and how to find people, places, and events occurring this virtual environment. Participants will receive a tour of the SUNY-Oswego island and will explore the HCI building, the CELT building and movie theater, a technology class project site, a replica of the Japan Pavilion at the Columbian Exposition of 1893, and visit Richard Zakin's art exhibit and video presentation in the virtual SUNY-Oswego art gallery.

Session 2
Time: 10:45 - 12:15
Session Title: Using Second Life or other virtual worlds to support instruction
Presenter: John Kane
Room: CC 202
This hands-on session will provide an overview of the ways in which Second Life and other virtual worlds are being used at many colleges and universities to support instruction. For those attending in Second Life, the workshop will start at: http://slurl.com/secondlife/SUNY%20Oswego/89/150/40

Session 3
Time: 1:00 - 3:00
Session Title: Building in Second Life
Presenter: John Kane
Room: CC 202
This hands-on session will provide participants with an opportunity to use the 3D building tools in Second Life to create useful objects.

Tuesday, January 18

Session 4
Time: 9:00 - noon
Session Title: Open Review Session for Ingeniux Users
Presenters: One or more of the web team will be on hand -- Rick Buck, Tim Nekritz, Pat MacNeill, Nicole Decker, Dan Laird, Andy Goldzweig.
Room: CC 206
Description:
Did you miss something in training? Or, do you just have a couple of questions about Ingeniux? Here's your opportunity ask expert. In this open session, one or more of the web team members will be on hand to review and answer your questions about our new Content Management System. Come in anytime between 9 am and noon.

Session 5
Time: 9:50 - 10:50
Session Title: "It's My First Time!" - Not
Presenters: members of the Committee on Intellectual Integrity (D. Bozak and others TBA)
Room: CC 202
Description:
A student who has been caught cheating often claims "it is my first time," but how credible is that? What mechanisms of support are available for student and faculty to reduce incidents and the prevalence of academically dishonest activity?

Session 6
Time: 11:00 - 12:00
Session Title: Going from Good to Phenomenal: Faculty Mentorship in Preparing McNair and CSTEP Scholars for the Academy
Presenter: Dr. Adrianne N. Morton
Room: CC 202
Description:
SUNY College at Oswego has two distinct and phenomenal programs to prepare our students for global leadership beyond graduation. They are the McNair Scholars Program and CSTEP (Collegiate Science Technology Entry Program). This presentation will not only describe the programs, the services and benefits to participating Scholars, but how Faculty, administrators and staff members can benefit in serving as Mentors as well as participants of the Advisory Board.

Session 7
Time: 1:00 - 2:30
Session Title: Common Pitfalls in Advisement
Presenters: Rameen Mohammadi and Michelle Bandla
Room: CC 206
Description:
In their roles as Associate Provost, Director of General Education, and coordinator of First-Year Programs, the presenters have observed a variety of advisement issues that may interfere with a student's progress toward his or her degree. As an adviser, you can avoid these issues. Attend this session to find out how.

Session 8
Time: 1:30 - 2:30
Session Title: Textbook Submission
Presenters: Jean Dufore and David Buske
Room: CC 202
Description:
Guidelines for entering textbook information and introduction to new Google Doc that will be used.

Session 9
Time: 2:45 - 4:15
Session Title: Using CAPP Reports to Avoid Problems at Graduation
Presenters: Rameen Mohammadi and Shelly St. John
Room: CC 206
Description:
Too many students are approaching graduation with problems that could have been avoided. In this workshop, Associate Provost Rameen Mohammadi and Associate Registrar Shelly St. John discuss how these reports should be used to help ensure that your advisees graduate in a timely manner.

Session 10
Time: 2:45 - 4:15
Session Title: Using Rubrics for evaluation in ANGEL
Presenters: Greg Ketcham
Room: CC 202
Description: Rubrics as a means of quantitative assessment can align with course and program level learning outcomes. Learn how to develop rubrics for grading, and how to create rubrics for ANGEL assignments.

Wednesday, January 19

Session 11
Time: 9:00 - 9:20
Session Title: Flip Video Cameras at Penfield
Presenter: Chris Hebblethwaite
Room: CC 202
Description:
Come for a quick demonstration of these user-friendly pocket camcorders. They are available for check-out from the library and you may want to encourage your students to use them for class assignments.

Session 12
Time: 9:30 - 9:50
Session Title: Google Scholar
Presenters: Shannon Pritting
Room: CC 202
Description:
I'll provide an overview of Google Scholar, including what it searches and how to ensure that you are getting access to content purchased by the library. A brief overview of how Google Scholar's content coverage has developed in the last five years will be covered.

Session 13
Time: 10:00 - 10:20
Session Title: Images for the web
Presenter: Pat MacNeill
Room: CC 202
Description:
Learn how to prepare an image so that it is web-ready. Why bother? Simply put, large images take longer to download and you will loose folks who are still using dial-up or other slow connections. In this hands-on workshop we will use Paint.net to edit images.

Session 14
Time: 10:30 - 10:50
Session Title: Google forms
Presenter: Pat MacNeill
Room: CC 202
Description:
Learn how to create a form using Laker Apps. The information that people insert into your form is automatically placed in a Google spreadsheet.

Time: 11:00 - 11:20
Session 15
Session Title: Which smart phone is right for you?
Presenters: Joe Moreau, Bill Goffe
Room: CC 202
Description:
A comparison of the features of Blackberry, iPhone, and Android smartphones.

Session 16
Time: 11:30 - 11:50
Session Title: Which eBook reader is right for you?
Presenters: Joe Moreau
Room: CC 202
Description:
A variety of Kindles, the Barnes & Nobles Nook, the Sony ebook reader, the iPad, and the Edge ebook reader will be discussed. Participants will be able to compare and contrast the displays and features on each of these devices.

Session 17
Time: 1:00 - 1:20
Session Title: LakerApps Question and Answer
Presenters: Steve Leeper
Room: CC 202
Description:
This session will have no formal presentation. Instead, attendees may ask questions related to using the LakerApps Gmail, Calendar and Docs applications. Presenters will be available to answer questions.

Session 18
Time: 1:00 - 2:30
Session Title: Managing Disruptive Student Behavior webinar
Presenters: Innovative Educators
Room: CC 206
Description:
If you experience any of these disruptive behaviors in your classroom, this webinar is for you:
arguing over test scores, bringing a child to class, talking or texting during class, loud debate, swearing, back-talking, misuse of laptop, phones ringing, smelling of alcohol and drugs on a student, comments about professor's teaching style, leaving class early, eating in class, gathering up material at the end of class, sleeping, routine tardiness, poor personal hygiene, speaking without being recognized, threatening students or other faculty, harassing.

Managed well, these behaviors are opportunities to teach the student appropriate skills to be academically successful. Managed poorly, these behaviors can lead to low performance evaluations, a poor learning environment for all students and potential violence in the classroom.

This practical session is designed for new and experienced faculty members who are looking for new tools to manage difficult student situations in their classrooms. The program will demonstrate techniques to re-direct, manage and calm the disruptive students. The presenter will focus on the techniques of motivational interviewing to offer faculty members an underlying theory and clear examples of how to address today's classroom problems.

More information is available here.

Session 19
Time: 2:30 - 3:30
Session Title: ANGEL Gradebook
Presenters: Greg Ketcham, Doug Hemphill
Room CC 202
Description:
One-on-one consulting session to create a gradebook in ANGEL

Thursday, January 20

Session 20
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Session Title: Getting Started with Ingeniux
Presenters:
Room: CC 202
Description:
Whether you are new to editing web pages or just need a refresher, we will show you how to create and edit pages in our CMS (Content Management System). We will start with an introduction to Ingeniux, how to log in, and a review of the interface. Then the hands-on part of the training begins. We will create and edit a file and review components. Next we will upload and link an image and document. Lastly we will discuss how the publishing process works. This workshop is for people who edit departmental web pages on the SUNY Oswego website.

Session 21
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Session Title: Where do we go from here? - Enriching Tutoring Services Across Campus
Presenters: Elyzabeth Wengert and Cathy Santos
Room: CC 206
Description:
This event is a round-table discussion regarding tutoring needs as part of the Office of Learning Services' (OLS) charge in the expansion of tutoring services. Please join the OLS tutoring staff as we seek to gather information from schools, departments, and majors and share your thoughts and ideas. We are also looking to hear about the use of technologies and the needs of your particular areas.

Session 22
Time: 10:45 - 12:00
Session Title: Ingeniux components
Presenter: Pat MacNeill
Room: CC 202
Description:
Ingeniux enables us to use components, pieces of reusable information that can be placed on multiple web pages. During this session we will create, edit and insert an alternate left nav component. We will also create a right column component. This workshop is for people who edit departmental web pages on the SUNY Oswego website.

Session 23
Time: 10:45 - 12:15
Session Title: "Advisor Alert! Document Imaging-Student Records Going Digital"
Presenters: Michelle Bandla and Kathy Evans
Room: CC 206
Description:
All student records needed for advisement will only be available digitally, starting with the incoming first-year and some transfer students this Spring 2011 semester. Come learn more about document imaging and the system we will be using next semester to view student records. The new system will replace paper advisement folders and will allow faculty/staff to access information electronically. At this session, you will hear more about the benefits of this project as well as some strategies to redesign your approach to academic advisement.

Session 24
Time: 1:00 - 2:00
Session Title: LakerApps Gmail
Presenters: Eric Smith
Room: CC 202
Description:
The email features of LakerApps Gmail including basic composition of messages, conversations, use of labels as folders, customizing settings, creating vacation messages and signatures will be demonstrated. Contacts, spam filtering and built-in chat capabilities will also be covered.

Session 25
Time: 1:00 - 2:30
Session Title: Mapping Your Information Landscapes: A Framework for Advanced Information Literacy
Presenters: Jim Nichols
Room: CC 206
Description:
How do students develop the information-related practices and behaviors needed for advanced work in their majors? Nichols's 3 Directions Model and Annemarie Lloyd's Information Landscapes Model offer important insights into students' experiences in navigating and using information resources in their disciplines. Come explore how we can help students find their ways and build their maps in their fields.

Session 26
Time: 2:05 - 3:05
Session Title: LakerApps Calendar
Presenters: Nicole Decker, Andy Goldzweig
Room: CC 202
Description:
A demonstration of the LakerApps Calendar app will be given at this workshop. Features such as creating one-time and recurring events, sending meeting invitations, creating multiple calendars, viewing others' calendars, and tasks will be reviewed.

Session 27
Time: 2:45 - 3:45 (This session has been canceled and will be rescheduled during the spring 2011 semester)
Session Title: Research Tools - Cite, collect & organize your research the free and easy way
Presenters: Natalie Sturr and Barbara Shaffer
Room: CC 206
Description:
Come hear about the many and varied research tools available at your fingertips. We'll delve into services offered by library databases, including their ability to save search results and build citations. And, we will take a peek at some nice functionality in MS Word. Finally, we'll spend time withZotero, a Firefox plug-in for collecting, organizing and citing your research. It is a great tool for substantial research projects - and it is free!

Session 28
Time: 3:10 - 4:10
Session Title: LakerApps Docs
Presenters: Nicole Decker, Andy Goldzweig
Room: CC 202
Description:
LakerApps Docs, consisting of file creation, collaboration and storage will be demonstrated in this workshop. With file creation and collaboration, you will see how easy it is to create your own documents and share them with others to be worked on collaboratively. With file storage, you will see how files can be easily uploaded into LakerApps for easy access from anywhere.

Friday, January 21

Session 29
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Session Title: Best Practices in Clicker Usage
Presenter: Bill Goffe
Room: Snygg 6
Description:
Clickers are an increasingly common technology in the classroom. Properly
used, they have been shown in peer-reviewed studies to increase learning.
Further, they are an ideal method of engaging large classes. However, the
best uses of clickers are hardly obvious. Indeed, the obvious uses
(in-class quizzes and attendance) are likely to meet with considerable
student resistance that could well lead to decreased learning.

This session will review best practices and provide attendees with
numerous resources, including ones from their discipline. Campus clicker
policies, hardware, and software will also be described. This session
assumes no knowledge of clickers on the part of attendees.

Session 30
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Session Title: Podcasting
Presenters: Greg Ketcham
Room: Snygg 106
Description:
Find out how audio can enhance your course, tools, techniques and tips!

Session 31
Time: 10:45 - 12:15
Session Title: What Does Peer-Reviewed Research Tell Us About Improving Learning?
Presenter: Bill Goffe
Room: Snygg 6
Description:
This will provide an examination of cognitive science findings concerning how people learn and implementations of these findings in college classrooms. Examples of successful applications across disciplines will be illustrated.

Session 32
Time: 1:00 - 3:00
Session Title: Ebrary: Working Electronic Books into your Syllabi
Presenters: Bryan Keane, Ebrary representative and Deborah Curry and Jim Nichols, Penfield Library
Room: Library Instruction room 1
Description:
Come to a demonstration of the new Ebrary electronic book database of over 50,000 titles. Users can customize this database for their personal use including translating text to speech, use highlighting, etc. Learn how to incorporate this new service into your ANGEL courses as well. Hands on time using the database will help participants learn to navigate the service with their own accounts.

Session 33
Time: 1:00 - 2:30
Session Title: The fall 2010 lecture capture experiment
Presenters: Kevin White, David Valentino, John Kane, Dave McQuin, Nicole Decker, and Bob Hageny
Room: Snygg 6
Description:
In the fall 2010 semester, Camtasia was used to record the audio and video presentations in three large classes in Earth Sciences, Native American Studies, and Economics. A discussion of the process and a summary of student and faculty reactions will be provided.

Session 34
Time: 2:45 - 4:15
Session Title: Did my students learn what I wanted them to learn? How do I know?
Presenters: Susan Camp
Room: Snygg 106
Description:
A variety of evaluation strategies will be discussed. They may include: writing valid objective items, writing valid subjective items, creating case studies as assessment tools, rating scales versus scoring rubrics (which is better).

Participants should bring copies of some of the instruments (quizzes, tests, assignments, rating scales) that they currently use for discussion and critique.

Session 35
Time: 2:45 - 3:45
Session Title: Using Diigo and Google Reader to help organize web resources
Presenter: John Kane
Room: Snygg 6
Description:
Have you ever seen a great web resource and forgotten where it was? Have you ever been overwhelmed by the variety of blogs, news sites, and other resources available? In this workshop, participants will create free accounts for Diigo and Google Reader and explore how these tools may be used to more efficiently find, view, and keep track of information that is useful for teaching, research, and other applications.

Google Reader makes it possible to easily view new information posted at your favorite web sites, blogs, and news sites, Diigo allows you to save, index, and access web bookmarks from any computer or mobile device that is connected to the internet. A discussion of how these may be used for class and research use wiill also be provided.