Instructional Technology

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Blackboard 9 is coming to Washington College and Instructional Technology plans to “flip the switch” this July.  In preparation for the coming transition, we have prepared a Blackboard 9 workshop that covers the new features of this learning management system and steps you can take to back up and archive your existing Blackboard 9 courses.
Workshops [...]

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Did you know that there are over 230 audio and video files from Washington College on iTunes U?
iTunes U features fascinating material from the C.V. Starr Center, Goldstein Program, Athletics, Lit House and much more. If you want to know what’s going on at WC, make sure to check out iTunes U.
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RFID - radio frequency identification - modules often get a bad name from privacy activists for their ability to make all products trackable. I certainly agree that there are some potentially creepy uses for RFID technology, it does hold some unexpected promise for creativity.
For instance, Gizmodo just ran a post about using RFID with [...]

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The 5th Annual 60 Seconds or Less Video Festival celebrated with a reception and awards ceremony on April 7th in Litrenta. 

Students, faculty and staff came to celebrate everyone who was proud enough of their work to enter the contest, not just the lucky few who won.  Special thanks go out to our sponsors and [...]

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Instructional Technology is working hard on bringing Blackboard 9 to Washington College. We have recently completed several pieces of the Blackboard project and would like to share them with you.

We have created a short survey on your experiences with using Blackboard 6.2 and encourage all faculty members to take five minutes to complete it. [...]

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Radiant Copenhagen is a fascinating art project that uses Google Maps to depict an alternate reality version of a real place as seen through the eyes of several artists.  It’s an improbable world full of impossibly deep holes in the middle of the dining table and whale sanctuaries in the remains of the subways.  The [...]

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Why, it’s a sampling of candies from around the world!  This package of sweets arrived on my desk just in time to be given away to all attendees of the 60 Seconds or Less Video Festival presentation and ceremony on April 7th.  The evening kicks off with a wine and cheese reception in Toll Atrium [...]

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Showcase the work you’ve already done in classes! Make a trailer for a longer video assignment, re-edit something that’s over a minute - we want to make sure your work gets seen because we know there are great projects out there on campus now!
(And - if you think you can turn something out quickly, why [...]

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One inevitable in our media drenched society is dealing with the pipe owners that pump all of our content to us.  Who hasn’t felt utter anger when on the phone with the internet, phone or cable company you have at home?  What makes us so happy to have high definition images and symphony quality sound [...]

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