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Entries from November 2008

The Culture of Screens

November 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

I just finished reading Neal Stephenson’s Anathem, a story of an alternate Earth called Arbre with a culture divided between monk-like scientists and an evangelical populace obsessed with mobile über devices called “jeejahs.”  Having completed this 890 page book, a recent New York Times article, “Becoming Screen Literate,” seemed extremely intriguing.  Seeing as I, a [...]

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Tags: Classroom · Emerging Technologies

Elections Coverage in Beck

November 12th, 2008 · No Comments

By now, you all know the outcome of last week’s very important Presidential Election.  But have you seen the excitement that we witnessed in Beck Instructional Lab? Political discussion, nail-biting suspense and delicious snacks were on the agenda, so let’s see how the evening went:

Republicans, Democrats and everyone in between chatted about the coverage [...]

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Tags: Campus Events

Today in Beck

November 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Beck Instructional Lab will be busy this afternoon and into this evening! We have the first day of a two day InDesign training series and we will be playing host to the community for Election 2008 returns coverage.
InDesign Workshop
Join us as we learn the basics of using Adobe InDesign for page layout by designing our [...]

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