The University of Findlay

Educational Uses for Blogs, and Wikis

Blogs and Wiki's have become widely used by many higher educational institutions. In this workshop we show you the world of blogs and wikis and how they can be used as an educational tool.

We are currently offering the following session of Educational Uses for Blogs and Wikis workshop:

Date Time Instructor

Oct. 7, 2009 (Wed)
9:00 am

Shaffer

Nov. 30, 2009 (Mon) 1:00 pm

Google Docs

Google Docs provides a convenient way to create, edit, and view documents, spreadsheets or presentations from anywhere you have an internet connection. As a part of Google Apps faculty, staff, and students now have the ability to do their work or assignments anywhere! In this session we will discuss how to use Google Docs in the office and the classroom.

We are currently offering the following session of Google Do cs workshop:

Date	Time	Instructor
Oct. 6, 2009 (Tues)	3:00pm	Shaffer
Dec. 2, 2009 (Wed)	9:00 am	Shaffer

Marketing Your Campus Services with Social Networking

Social networking is a great way to connect with students both on and off of campus. In this workshop we will share strategies and ideas to help promote the services your office provides at The University of Findlay. We will discuss several tools that can be used such as Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube.

We are currently offering the following sessions of Marketing Your Campus Services with Social Networking workshop:

Date	Time	Instructors
Oct. 9, 2009 (Fri)	10:00 am	Shaffer
Dec. 3, 2009 (Thurs)	1:00 pm

Online Bookmarking with Delicious

Learn how to use del.icio.us, a social bookmarking website. The primary use of del.icio.us is to store your bookmarks online, which allows you to access the same bookmarks from any computer and add bookmarks from anywhere, too.

We are currently offering the following sessions of Online Bookmarking with Delicious workshop:

Date	Time	Instructors
Oct. 26, 2009 (Mon)	10:00 am	Trimmer

Online Gadgets

This workshop will discuss a number of services available free on the internet and at UF to house your data: Flickr for photos, The UF Calendar, Google Calendar, Google Docs and Spreadsheets, del.icio.us for bookmarks, Pandora for music playlists, usershares for files.

We are currently offering the following sessions of Online Gadgets workshop:

Date	Time	Instructors
Oct. 30, 2009 (Fri)	2:00 pm	Straube, Shaffer, & Trimmer

Social Networking

A one-stop overview of social networking tools such as Facebook, MySpace, Flickr, LinkedIn, and del.icio.us that today’s students are using to communicate.

We are currently offering the following sessions of Social Networking workshop:

Date	Time	Instructors
Oct. 8, 2009 (Thurs)	9:00 am	Shaffer
Dec. 1, 2009 (Tues)	1:00 pm

Tools for Teaching

Since 2004 we have seen a wave of new internet based tools created under the idea known as “web 2.0”. In the session we will explore various Web 2.0 tools that can be implemented for practical classroom use.

We are currently offering the following sessions of Tools for Teaching workshop:

Date	Time	Instructors
Oct. 5, 2009 (Mon)	3:00 pm	Shaffer
Nov. 30, 2009 (Mon)	9:00 am

Twitter in the Classroom

What is it? Why should we use it? How can it be used meaningfully in courses? These questions and more will be answered as we introduce faculty to the world-wide phenomenon of Twitter. In the session we will discuss how to start “Tweeting” and how it is being used across college campuses.

We are currently offering the following sessions of Twitter in the Classroom workshop:

Date	Time	Instructors
Oct. 6, 2009 (Tues)	10:00 am	Shaffer
Dec. 3, 2009 (Thurs)	9:00 am

*To sign up for any of the workshop offerings listed above, email training@findlay.edu or click here. All courses will be held in the TLTC Conference Room.