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The College of Education and Human Services emphasizes the promise and possibilities of technology in teaching and learning. Faculty and students are provided access to the necessary technological infrastructure and human support to use technology efficiently and creatively to further education and professional preparation. To learn more about the technology resources available to you visit: http://www.wiu.edu/coehs/technology
The following tips will help you to become acquainted with the technology possibilities within the college!
Whether you need desktop support, classroom assistance, hands-on training, or assistance with integrating technology into your curriculum, help is just a phone call or an e-mail away! The College employs two full time employees, and a staff of graduate assistants and student workers responsible for the support and implementation of emergent technologies.
Dawn Sweet - Manager, Instructional Development Services
Horrabin Hall 113C|309.298.2993| DR-Sweet@wiu.edu
Dawn researches and provides a vision for the implementation of emergent technologies
into the fields of education and human services. In addition to oversight of technology
support and training for COEHS, she provides related workshops and one-on-one
consultations with faculty, and coordinates the Faculty Innovators Program. Her
technology specialties include technology integration, mobiles, Web 2.0 e.g. virtual
worlds, blogs, wikis, social networking, and etc., podcasting, online course development
and web design.
Josh Butcher - Assistant Manager, Instructional Development Services
Horrabin Hall 113|309.298.2444| JA-Butcher@wiu.edu
Josh and a team of qualified Graduate Assistants provide college-specific support for desktop and electronic classroom computing resources. He also oversees the daily functions of the Interactive
Multimedia Lab and the Technology Resource Center. Josh’s specific technology skills and interests include podcasting and vodcasting, multimedia authoring, video production and editing, screen casts and screen capture, web page development, and blogging.
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COEHS provides a wide variety of dedicated services available to faculty, staff, and students that seek to enable them to use technology as another tool in their toolboxes for enhancing their teaching and learning experiences.
Instructional Development Services http://www.wiu.edu/coehs/technology/ids.php
Instructional Development Services (IDS) is provided by the College as a catalyst for the transformation of teaching and learning through the inclusion of technology.
Our main goals are to:
• Assist faculty in the selection, implementation, and evaluation of
emergent technologies for their classrooms.
• Provide face-to-face events and on-line tools that promote cross-
curricular collaboration on the topic of teaching
with technology.
• Provide faculty and their students with substantial resources that
facilitate research, integration, use, and evaluation of emergent
technologies in their respective field.
To this end Instructional Development Services provides the following
services to all COEHS faculty, staff, and students:
The Interactive Multimedia Lab
Horrabin Hall 104 |309.298.3076
http://www.wiu.edu/coehs/technology/imm.php
8:00a.m. - 4:30p.m. M-F
The Interactive Multimedia Lab (IMM) provides justin-time training in a one-on-one or small group setting for students, faculty, and staff choosing to use emergent technologies in their teaching and learning.
We offer a highly effective facility for developing cross-platform multimedia projects such as, computer based instruction, multimedia authoring, mobile technologies, podcasting, CD-ROM and DVD ROM development, video
editing, web-page development, electronic presentation development, and the incorporation of media centric
Smart Technologies into teaching and learning.
The IMM lab offers the latest in hardware and software for dual platform creation. All computers are connected via
Ethernet to WIU’s network. An abbreviated list of commonly used software applications includes:
Apple’s iLife Suite
Adobe Acrobat
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Flash
Inspiration
Final Cut Express
Adobe Dreamweaver
Analog to Digital Video Conversion Flatbed and 35mm slide scanning
In addition to the state-of-the-art equipment housed in the IMM Lab, it is staffed with a knowledgeable training staff to guide you in the development of your multimedia endeavors.
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The Technology Resource Checkout
Horrabin Hall 104|309.298.3076
http://www.wiu.edu/coehs/trc.php
8:00a.m. - 4:30p.m. M-F
The Technology Resource Checkout primarily serves COEHS faculty, staff, and students. It is also available to any students who are enrolled in the Teacher Education Program at Western.
These individuals, and COEHS departments can pay a fee of $20 per semester in order to check out technology for 48 hours at a time. Equipment available for check out in the TRC includes, but is not limited to:
Apple iBook Laptops
Digital MiniDV Camcorders
Windows Laptops
Digital 8mm Camcorders
Digital Still Cameras Flip Video Cameras
We also have laptops available for students on a semester loan basis.
Contact the TRC for pricing and availability of semester loan items.
Additional Checkout Equipment for Faculty and Staff :
LCD Projectors
Windows and Macintosh
Laptop Carts
Mobile SmartBoard
20 Pack iPad Cart
Wireless Microphone
LCD Wireless Mice
Payment Policies
Faculty, students, and staff wishing to pay for TRC services or register for modules must pay with cash or a check payable to Western Illinois University for the exact amount of the services or registration fee. Departments wishing to pay for the check out fee may arrange to use a DPA.
The Faculty Innovators Program http://www.wiu.edu/coehs/fi.php
The Faculty Innovators Program is a 24-month professional development program for faculty. Our mission is to create a cadre of technology "champions" throughout the COEHS who will mentor their fellow faculty members and raise the standard for technology integration in teaching and learning.
Applications are accepted each April. Please discuss your interest with your department chairperson.
Contact Dawn Sweet, DR-Sweet@wiu.edu
for more information.
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As a member of this college you will have the opportunity to teach in high-end electronic classrooms that contain the following capabilities:
Macintosh, Windows, or
Dual Platform Instructor
Computers
Integrated Sound
Systems
Document Cameras
Integrated Projection Units
DVD/VCR Combos
CODEC Capabilities
Additionally you have the opportunity to reserve Horrabin Hall 111, a 30 seat classroom computing lab for courses that require standard computing resources. This lab is equipped with 30 Windows computing stations. These stations are installed with a wide variety of standard, and specific educational software packages. A sampling of the software available in this lab includes.
SPSS Microsoft Office 2007
Open Office
Tech4Learning Software
Frames, Pixie, Image
Blender, Web Blender
MS MovieMaker
Inspiration, Kidspiration,
Inspire Data
Gimp
Arc GIS
This lab also includes flat bed scanning stations for image and OCR scanning. This lab can be scheduled by any faculty member within the college by contacting Christie Carmack ( CA-Carmack@wiu.edu
) in the COEHS Dean’s
Office (309) 298-1690.
Remember, laptop carts can be checked out of the Technology Resource Center (309) 298-3076 for use in any of the classrooms. Our buildings feature wireless Internet Access which allows for the use of laptop computers and mobile devices in all of our classroom settings.
Electronic Classroom Training
Staff of Instructional Development Services provide a series of training
sessions for various electronic classrooms within the college prior to the
beginning of each Fall semester. Watch your WIU email for dates and
sign-up instructions. Additionally, you can set up one-on-one training for
a room of your choice by contacting Josh Butcher
( JA-Butcher@wiu.edu
) or Dawn Sweet ( DR-Sweet@wiu.edu
).
Reporting Technical Difficulties
If you have a technology emergency in the classroom that you are assigned to teach in contact the
COEHS Dean’s Office (309) 298-1690 immediately so that one of the COEHS technology staff can meet you in
the room and provide assistance.
If an emergency is experienced after the hour of 4:30p.m. or on a weekend, contact (309) 298-2704.
If you experience non-emergency technology difficulties, please contact the University Technology
Support Center (309) 298-2704 to submit a work request ticket.
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Faculty throughout the college are using technology in various ways. Below you will find a sampling of the types of technology projects that we are currently assisting your colleagues with. Please fill out this form and return it to
Dawn Sweet, 113C Horrabin Hall in order to assist Instructional Development Services in designing future workshops and personalized assistance.
Please circle any of the technologies that interest you:
Podcasting
Online Course
Development
Wikis
Desktop Videoconferencing
Website Development
Virtual Worlds
Google Maps
Bringing the Outside World into your Classroom via
Technology
Vodcasting
Web 2.0
Social Networks
Digital Video
Page Layout
Games and Simulations
Apple’s iLife Suite
Electronic Classroom
Training
Mobile Technology
Blogs
Social Bookmarking
Multimedia
Authoring
Instructional Features in
Zimbra
Google Tools
WesternOnline
Using SmartBoards or
MimioBoards in your
Instruction
If you have other interests that are not listed here, please list them below. We are always looking to add new and innovative technologies to our services. If you would like us to contact you in order to provide training on items specified here provide your name and contact information below.
In addition to the items selected above, I would be interested in receiving information about:
_____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________
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Optional:
Name: _____________________ _____________________
Phone: ___________________________
Email Address: _____________________
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