2010 TLT Symposium
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Date & Location
Saturday, March 27, 2010 from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel
- March 26, 2011 (contract w/Penn Stater in progress)
- March 24, 2012 (Penn Stater mailing contract. Note: Activities on Friday, March 23rd, will have to take place at other venues, e.g. Foster Auditorium, computer labs, etc.)
Timeline
View the 2010 Symposium Timeline
Potential New Components
Pathable A community building conference tool. Attendee features include the ability to create your own conference agenda (viewable on iPhone and Blackberry) and connect with other attendees who've indicates similar interests. Host features include a registration system,ability to print name badges, and generate reports. Jeff spoke with Doug Schulze, VP Business Development about using Pathable for the Symposium and other ETS events. (Read my summary)
Theme
Digital Scholarship and the Culture of Teaching and Learning
This theme makes sense for two reasons. The concept of digital scholarship is hardwired into several ETS initiatives over the coming year. For example, there is a track devoted to it during the Learning Design Summer Camp that has generated a lot of interest. Additionally, having a recurring theme or concept will help us bring the various ETS events under the Symposium umbrella.
Keynote Speakers
Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Kansas State has agreed to speak at the symposium.
Potential Featured Speakers
Featured Speaker Ideas (initial list – the Program Team is doing additional research)
Catherine Ngugi, Project Director for OER Africa Podcast: (http://www.archive.org/details/OpenEd2005BarrierstotheDistributionofOpenContent) Video Open Ed. Keynote: Ngugi Keynote
Elizabeth Gilbert, Author Video: (http://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius.html)
Jill Bolte Taylor, brain researcher Video: (http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight.html)
Paola Antonelli, MOMA design curator Video: (http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/paola_antonelli_treats_design_as_art.html)
Additional recommendations include:
Ellen Wagner formerly of Macromedia and then Adobe. Video: Wagner
Curt Bonk Video: Bonk
Committees
Core Committee
Comprised of all sub-committee team leaders and selected personnel. Responsible for overall event planning and coordination including acting as a liaison between sub-committees.
- Jeff Swain (Overall chair)
- Erin Long (Program Chair, Overall chair shadow)
- Matt Meyer (Program Committee shadow chair)
- Allan Gyorke (Rogue Event chair)
- Jane Houlihan (Operations Committee chair, budget)
- Kasey Weatherholtz (Tech Committee Chair)
- Robin Dickson (Operations Committee, timeline and planning)
- Derick Burns (Marketing Committee chair)
- Hannah Inzko (Media Event Committee chair)
- Matt Frank (Digital Media Production Committee chair)
- Audrey Romano (Web Presence Committee chair)
- Financial office rep. (as needed for budget reconciliation)
Meeting Times
The Core Team will meet the last Thursday, or next to last, of the month. Meetings are from 9:30-11:30 a.m. in 202K Rider unless otherwise noted.
- 06/04/2009 (Kick-off Meeting: Review 2010 plans, go over roles & responsibilities, begin timeline)
- 06/18/2009 (Complete timeline, Identify sub-committee team members)
- 07/30/2009
- 08/27/2009
- 09/24/2009
- 10/29/2009
- 11/19/2009
- 12/17/2009
- 01/28/2010
- 02/25/2010
- 03/18/2010
Standing Agenda Items
- Timeline update
- Budget Reconciliation (9/24, 11/19, 1/28, 2/25, 3/18)
- Sub-Committee Team Reports (Including Task Completion status)
- For the common good
Rogue Committeee
The Rogue Team will be responsible for building a community and intellectual energy before the Symposium and keeping people engaged during the Symposium. Their areas of responsibility will be in flux, but will include the design of the following: Things that should go into the "Steps toward the Symposium" notes (Jeff to send out) Sharing a series of videos (created internally or externally) with Symposium attendees Sharing relevant reports, whitepapers, survey results, and other data related to the topic Working with the marketing group to optimize our use of Twitter, Facebook, etc... Working with the program group on the integration of tools such as the Live Question Tool into all sessions Symposium implementation of Google Wave (if possible) Organizing community-design low-cost swag (stickers, buttons, etc...) During-event game-like activities Symposium inspirational props (posters, life-sized cutouts, etc...)
Proposed Team Members:
- Allan Gyorke (captain)
- Jeff Swain
- Chris Stubbs
- Robin Smail
- George Webster (Marketing Intern)
- Nikki Massaro-Kauffman
- Jamie Oberdick (recommended for Marketing representation)
- Brian Strauss
Program Committee
Responsible for overall feel for the event including the selection of the keynote speaker(s), selection of theme, event planning, proposal submission and acceptance, room layout, and technical grid coordination.
Team Members:
- Erin Long (Chair)
- Matt Meyer (Shadow)
- Stevie Rocco
- Shannon Ritter
- Suzanne Shaffer (York)
- Neill Johnson (Schreyer Institute)
- Brett Bixler
- Derick Burns
- Mark Heckel
Marketing Committee
Responsible for the overall look of the event including the Web presence, advertising, mass mailings, attendee program, posters, signage, SWAG design, name badge design, proofreading, and editing
Prpoposed Team Members:
- Derick Burns (Chair)
- Dave Stong
- Tara Caimi (Training Services)
- Mary Janzen
- Hannah Inzko
- Erin Long
- George Webster
- Jeff Swain
Marketing Committee notes page
Digital Media Committee
Responsible for the execution of media-based events including conducting pre-conference interviews, the scheduling and conducting of interviews during the symposium. Also responsible for the podcasting/vodcasting equipment to be used in the interview rooms. Responsible for standardizing the media production process including recording the keynote and lunch sessions, standardizing the production process including audio & video template design, the recording, editing, and digitizing process, and coordinating the room recordings. Responsible for the equipment needed to record the keynote and lunch sessions.
Proposed Team Members:
Digital Production
- Matt Frank (Chair)
- Justin Miller
- Ryan Wetzel
- Trace Brown
Media Event
- Hannah Inzko (Chair)
- Jamie Oberdick
- Kim Wink
- Tim Perry
Digital Media Committee Meeting Notes
Web Presence Committee
Taking the Symposium event Web site to the next level! This group is tasked with making the Symposium website a full-featured conference website, with organized and easy-to-find information, optimized for publishing and archiving multimedia, and highlighting backchannel/social networking features. Of course, we'll plan give it a complete visual design overhaul as well. And finally, we'd like to plan to separate past Symposiums' content to an archived state. All of these goals will take close coordination with the Program, Marketing, Rogue, and Digital Media teams.
Proposed Team Members:
- Audrey Romano (Chair)
- Allan Gyorke (representing Rogue Team) - confirmed
- Mary Janzen (representing Marketing Team) - confirmed
- Justin Miller (representing Digital Media Team) - confirmed
- Zac Zidik (Flash Designer) - confirmed
- Brad Kozlek (Manager/Developer) - confirmed
- Erin Long/Matt Meyer (representing Program Team - reporting in/coordination of material release) - confirmed
- volunteers welcome!
Site Access
Everyone on the team has access to the site. Members of the marketing team also have access to publish.
Educational Gaming Committee
This group's task is to create a pre-conference educational gaming event, and develop a gaming presence for the conference.
Team Members
- Brett Bixler
- Bart Pursel
- Chris Stubbs
- Jason Wolfe
- Jason Kaveney
