OIT Announcements (present - 1 year ago)
OIT Computer Green Up (04/22/2008)
Information Technology will recycle your old computer equipment! Items include: desktops, laptops, monitors & printers - NO TV's or household appliances.
Where? Williams Agway Barn (Facilities' Recycling area) -- located at the end of Spring Street, just beyond Dennison Gatehouse
When? Noon - 3:00 pm week days, starting May 14th thru May 30th
Williams I.D. required to drop off equipment.
Equipment must be received and signed in by the recycling attendant.
Questions? Call Cheryl Brewer in OIT at x3198 or email Cheryl.L.Brewer@Williams.edu
Details...Techfest '08 (04/09/2008)
Thank you to everyone who came! Follow the 'Details' link to see who the raffle winners are, download any handouts you missed, and see photos from the event. Details...
4/22 Faculty Technology Lunch on Lecture Video Recording (04/09/2008)
Come to the faculty club at noon on Tuesday 4/22 to talk about the technology and pedagogy of lecture video recording and distribution, whether you're curious, enthusiastic, or against it. We'll demonstrate the system we have, talk a bit about what some other colleges are doing, and then open the floor to general discussion about how it can best be used at Williams.
Summer Jobs (03/03/2008)
OIT is looking for student workers for the summer! The application deadline has been extended to March 17th. Details...
Digital Storytelling (03/03/2008)
OIT offers the ever popular 3-day digital storytelling workshop as taught by the Center for Digital Storytelling on March 18th, 19th, and 20th. Participants are guided through the process of creating a 3 to 5 minute original video. The workshop ends in a private film fest. RSVP to ITech@williams.edu. to reserve a seat. Details...
Spring Workshops Are Here! (02/29/2008)
Faculty Technology Lunch - WIT (02/14/2008)
The summer of 2008 will mark the eighth year of Williams Instructional Technology Summer Intern Program (WIT). For the last seven years WIT has produced over 100 technology projects ranging from data-driven web sites, virtual reality movies, multimedia courseware, streaming audio/video to image digitization. Many of the projects have been used extensively in teaching. To get ready for a great start for WIT 2008, OIT will host a Faculty Technology lunch on THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST in the Faculty House. At the lunch we will share our experience of working with WIT interns, how projects are being used and what we can help you in using technology in your teaching. We will also demonstrate some of the projects completed in the summer of 2007.
If you have an idea for a project and/or you are not familiar with the WIT but would like to find out more about it, you are welcome to join us.
Noon, Thursday, Feb. 21, Faculty House. Lunch through the line on OIT. RSVP itech@williams.edu appreciated but not required.
The Animated Log: Teaching with Video and Audio (02/04/2008)
Join us to discuss using audio and video in and out of the classroom. International television, video clips, music and movies: Why would you want them in your class, and how do you get them there? Bring your questions! Share your experience! THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, at NOON in the Faculty House Lounge. Lunch through the line, on OIT. RSVP appreciated but not required. Questions or RSVP: itech@williams.edu
Find Open Seats at Jesup Computers! (01/20/2008)
Need a place to write or study? Use our new tool to see which computers are free in Jesup! Details...
(01/02/2008)
Reception for Gayle Barton - Thurs Dec. 13 (12/07/2007)
Say farewell to Gayle Barton, Director of Instructional Technology, and wish her well in her future endeavors. Stetson
faculty lounge from 3:00 - 5:00pm.
Faculty Lunch 11/14 - Second Life: Teaching the Impossible (11/08/2007)
Over the summer Christopher Bolton, assistant professor of Japanese and Comparative Literature, worked with the students and staff of the Williams Instructional Technology program to build a virtual 3D museum that highlights core principles of manga and animae discussed in the classroom. Please join us in the Faculty House Lounge on Wednesday, noon, for a presentation of the museum, and a discussion of the potential uses for online virtual worlds in education and the rewards of presenting manga and animae in Second Life. Lunch through the line on OIT. RSVP appreciated but not required: itech@williams.edu.
Faculty Lunch 11/2: Classroom Polling (10/29/2007)
Professor Steve Swoap used a classroom polling system that integrates with PowerPoint in his Physiology class in the spring. Data collection and graphing happens live during class. Come see a demo and hear about how Steve uses polling in his teaching. Faculty House Lounge, Friday, noon, lunch through the line on OIT. RSVP appreciated but not required:itech@williams.edu
Faculty Lunch: Media Mayhem: Are Your Slides/Images Out of Control? (09/28/2007)
Join us for a discussion of ways to manage media such as slides, digital stills, audio, and video. Bring your questions! Share your experience! THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, at NOON in the Faculty House Lounge. Lunch through the line, on OIT. RSVP appreciated but not required. Questions or RSVP: itech@williams.edu
New Digital Media Lab- Spencer 216 (09/27/2007)
OIT is happy to announce that the Spencer Studio Art building now houses a digital media studio in room 216. The studio is functionally equivalent to the media studios in Jesup 101 and Jesup 316.
The studio contains an extra-large bed scanner (upper left), 8 fully equipped audio/video editing workstations (upper right) which all can display their desktop on a large central screen (lower left), and a reconfigurable workspace in the middle of the room for project planning.
OIT 2007 Crossword Puzzle (08/24/2007)
To help people get a general idea about information technology at Williams we created a crossword puzzle. A copy has been sent to new students and is available to everyone as a PDF on our website. You're all encouraged to give it a try - it's fun! New students and new faculty also may drop off a completed (or mostly completed) copy at the Jesup front desk before September 10 (the first Monday after classes start) to have a chance at winning one of two $50 iTunes gift certificates. Details...
WIT 2007 Presentation (08/06/2007)
When: August 16th, 2007
Where: Wege Auditorium
Morning Session, 11:00 a.m.
Jay Pasachoff, Astronomy, Colors of the Sun
Ed Epping, Art, Portfolio
Maria Elena Cepeda, Latina/o Studies, Program Website
Kevin Jones and Kevin Forkey, Physics, LabView
James McAllister, Leadership Studies, Program Website
Will Dudley, Religion, Sports and Religion
Wendy Hopkins, Alumni Relations, Williams Memory Project
Christopher Bolton, Asian Studies/Comparative Literature,
Art Mecho Museum in Second Life
Afternoon Session, 1:30 p.m.
Bob and Ilona Bell, English, Shakespeare's Major Plays
Scott Wong, American Studies, Program Website
Paula Consolini, Dean of the Faculty Office, Experiential Learning
Hank Art, Biology, Aerial Photographs for BIOL 225
Sarah Hammerschlag and Edan Dekel, Jewish Studies, Program Website
Christopher Bolton, Asian Studies/Comparative Literature,
Art Mecho Museum in Second Life (repeat)
Julie Pedroni, Philosophy, Training Video for Ethics Bowl Judges
David Dethier and Amy Johns, CES, Renewable Energy
Story on WIT at http://www.williams.edu/home/focus/WIT/
Position Opening (06/15/2007)
OIT seeks candidates for a full-time position as Media Services Technician. This position works with the media services group to provide support to faculty, staff, and outside speakers in the use of specialized software and hardware for audio and video presentation and recording. Candidates should have a solid working knowledge of analog and digital audio and video presentation equipment, as well as computer operating systems, networking, various computer peripherals, and settings/control panels as they relate to media presentation and distribution. Details...
WIT Summer Intern Program (06/11/2007)
The WIT (Williams Instructional Technology) program began on June 11 and runs through August 17. Check the web site for more information Details...
Computer Lab/Classroom Software for Fall '07 (06/01/2007)
Many software applications will be upgraded this summer. Check the link for details on software and software versions which will be in the public labs this fall. Details...
User Account Name Change (05/15/2007)
We made a few changes and upgrades over 2007 spring break. The most visible change was that new members of the Williams community now get login usernames consisting of their initials plus a sequence number. This is instead of first initial plus last name for faculty and staff or graduation year plus initials for students. ALL EXISTING USERNAMES WILL STAY THE SAME. And firstname.mi.lastname@williams.edu email addresses still work for the new faculty, staff and students, just as they always have for all users.
The new username scheme allows us to assign a username for life. A student will get his/her username when he/she matriculates and then have the same username if they return to work here ten years later. Again, to be very clear: ALL EXISTING USERNAMES STAY THE SAME. If you have one of the old format usernames you do not have to worry about your own username and related email address changing.
This summer we will be making a major upgrade to the email system. There will be many new features and changes in the way your "From" address appears to the recipient. One change will be that your full name will appear in emails from you even if your “from” address is the more cryptic abc1 format. Much more on this later.
Change is always difficult but we hope that the positives of these changes will outweigh the negatives. A major positive of these changes behind the scenes is that user account creation will be automated. New employees or students now have their accounts created as soon as they are entered into the Peoplesoft system. We hope this will eliminate any problems with people showing up for their first day and not having an email account. It will also ensure that accounts are removed in a timely fashion when someone leaves the Williams community. That will enhance the security of our systems.
- Mark Berman, Director for Networks & Systems