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New Technologies : New Connections.
Spring07

Sponsored by the Instructional Technology Group and hosted by Applications Specialist Bret Kulakovich. New Technologies : New Connections is a one-hour demonstration of accessible technologies that facilitate new ways of connecting with students and colleagues.

Digitizing Film Clips for Teaching
Thursday, February 15 at 1pm. W635

Second Life
Thursday, March 15 at 1pm. W635

Podcasting and Teaching
Thursday, April 12 at 1pm. W635

Seating is limited. Please rsvp to the Instructional Technology Group at ext. 8961 or itg@emerson.edu.

Instructional Technology is hosting faculty panels to showcase creative teaching strategies by faculty who participated in the 2006-07 WebCT Exemplary Course Project and the Video in Teaching Series.

Facilitating the Understanding of Globalization, Acting, and Community Service with Digital Resources
Thursday February 22, 2:00 – 4:00
West I and II

• Melinda Robins; Journalism IN370: Topics in Global Studies; Women, Media and Globalization
• Ken Cheeseman; Performing Arts TH421: Advanced Acting: Film and Television Acting
• Cindy Miller; The Institute IN134: Local Action/Global Change

Teaching Effectively with Instructional Technologies: Sequencing Video, Readings, Annotated Images, Wikis, and More
Thursday March 29, 2:00 – 4:00
West I and II

• Daniel Kempler; Communication Sciences and Disorders CD677: Voice Disorders
• Flora Gonzalez; Writing, Literature, Publishing IN148: Politics, Film and Literature in Latin America
• John Bell; Performing Arts TH215: World Drama in Its Context I
• Lisa Diercks; Writing, Literature, Publishing WP482: Magazine Design and Production

To reserve a seat, contact Instructional Technology at ext. 8961.

At the beginning of every semester, all Emerson staff, faculty, and matriculated students are allotted $5.00 of printing credit. This credit is attached to the Emerson Photo ID. Should you find that you use all of your credit, you must use ECcash to pay for additional printing.

Congress passed a law as part of the United States's Energy Policy Act of 2005 to begin Daylight Savings Time three weeks earlier on March 11, 2007 and end one week later on November 4, 2007.

The time between the old and new DST dates is sometimes referred to as the Extended Daylight Savings Time period.

Old DST start date: First Sunday in April (would have been April 1, 2007)
NEW DST start date: Second Sunday in March (will begin at 2:00 A.M. on March 11, 2007)

Old DST end date: Last Sunday in October (would have been October 28, 2007)
NEW DST end date: First Sunday in November (will at 2:00 A.M. on November 4, 2007)

The problem created by this is previously scheduled Outlook and Entourage calendar items will appear off by one hour during the four weeks of Extended DST. There are steps which you can take to correct this side effect.

• Please read the instructions on the Help Desk bulletin on how to patch your computer.
• Open Internet Explorer and run the updates from windowsupdate.microsoft.com.
• Adam's Computer Security blog has specific information on what will be affected.