Faculty Development Update for Week of May 17-23, 2010

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Faculty Development Hours this Week:Appointment Only Hours: Monday & Thursday 9:00 am – 4:00 pm.Dean’s Conference, Tuesday, May 18: At 2:00-2:30 pm Edith Jenkins-Weinrub & I will be speaking about the Disaster Preparedness Presentations with Podcasts that her NURS 235 class are creating. See the April 12th update for more details on the project.This will be followed by a two-part hands-on workshop that I will be conducting in the HEDCO Technology Support Center starting at 2:45 pm:Part 1: “Podcasting with PowerPoint”Part 2: “Using and Sharing Course Content with the Creative Commons License: How & Why?” The workshop will end at 4:15, followed by a wine and cheese reception in the Library.I am looking forward to hearing the other presentations and to an all-around great day!

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Mac Tip of the Week # 10: The Untold Secrets of the PowerPoint Presenter Tools!

When playing your PowerPoint presentations, do you use the Presenter Tools? If not, you might want to try it next time.The Presenter Tools allow you to see the time (current or elapsed), view your slide notes, and preview the next slide. It also allows you to open links from your presentations (something you can’t do if you show the presentation without the Presenter Tools).This tip will show you how to take advantage of these helpful tools!

Viewing a Presentation with the PowerPoint Presenter Tools

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Special Projects Last Week

At the Graduate Hooding on Friday May 14, Thea Maestre gave a wonderful speech that reflects our diversity at HNU. Part of her speech included reading a children’s literature book while extraordinary multicultural illustrations projected on both walls of the VCPA.

MacBook up on the CatWalk. The USB drive plugged into the left side of the computer activated the clicker.

Two projectors (mounted on the CatWalk railings) and a MacBook were used to project the images, which were scanned with the Library’s new scanner. As Thea read from the book, she used a clicker that commanded the MacBook (located way up on the CatWalk!) to advance to the next slide. Great job Thea!