BuzzLion for the week of September 21

Posted on September 26, 2008 
Filed Under BuzzLion, Uncategorized

The first full week of fall is upon us (the season, certainly not the semester as we are well into it). On a gloomy autumn Friday, BuzzLion has a fair amount to cover, so let’s get to it.

Dave Stong, ETS graphics guru, wrote two recent posts about pdf’s and what frustrates him about them. He also offers potential solutions. Here is his first, then his follow-up.

Elizabeth Pyatt, ETS instructional designer, talks about her teaching experiences. Namely, getting students to understand all those assignments are not done to torture them.

Cole Camplese, ETS director, has talked before about what is going on with the Schreyer Honors College’s portfolio project. He offers an update to the project, including a very cool mashup that allows you to see their progress.

Brett Bixler, ETS lead instructional designer, found a great book on serious gaming and education put out by our Pittsburgh peers at the Carnegie Mellon University’s Entertainment Technology Center. He provides a link to more information about the book here.

Brett also posted this week on the potential found in iPhones and education gaming.

Now time for some news:

Adobe Connect Demonstration Sessions for October, 2008

Below are the dates and times for our October Adobe Connect Demonstration sessions. We’ve extended the sessions to include what’s new with Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro (version 7), demonstrate the primary features of the meeting room and answer questions that you might have. No registration or RSVP necessary.

Wednesday, October 1, 2008, 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008, 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Friday, October 17, 2008, 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008, 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Here is the link to the meeting room: https://breeze.psu.edu/r54559680/. Please come when you like, learn about the new features, different ways to use Adobe Connect, ask questions, stay for a few minutes or for the 90 minutes; feel free to pass this on to friends and colleagues. Members of the Penn State community can arrange for an on-site demonstration by contacting your ITS Consultant.

If you plan to join our demonstration session through Adobe Connect, please read through the Getting Started information at http://meeting.psu.edu/quickstart and test your connection in advance with our generic test meeting room at https://breeze.psu.edu/testmeetingroom/.

If you have any questions or problems entering the test meeting room, help is available by emailing breeze@psu.edu.

New stats demonstrate popularity of Blogs at Penn State

System wide stats of the Blogs at Penn State Project (as of 11:39 AM on 9/26/2008):

* 3,837 blogs
* 18,225 entries
* 2,509 pages
* 3,502 users
* 7,297 comments
* 10,169 assets
* 5,880 unique tags

That’s all for this week of the BuzzLion. Thanks for reading!

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