August 2010 SLATE Meeting

This is a reminder that our next monthly SLATE meeting will be on Wednesday, August 18th beginning @ 9:50am and hosted by Northwestern University. We will be meeting in the Wildcat Room of the Norris University Center building. So that NU can prepare for our visit, it is very important that you RSVP back to Ken Sadowski by Monday, August 16th with the names of those who will be attending from your institution. Additional information at the end of this message.

Main Agenda: Google Apps for Learning, Bboogle (ba-boogle) and Beyond

More and more faculty want to use the the variety of Google apps for teaching and learning. So, Northwestern University developers created a building block called Bboogle (pronounced ba-boogle). This building block works within the university's course management system (Blackboard 9.1), and enables enhanced collaboration between Northwestern faculty and students. The system was developed by NUIT with support from Blackboard and Google. Bboogle allows instructors to collaborate with students within the @U environment through docs, sites, calendars and groups.

In this meeting, a Northwestern University panel will discuss bringing Google onto campus and building it into the CMS. NU was the first university to partner with Google for enhanced collaboration services to all eligible Northwestern students. Students have university provided @northwestern.edu email accounts, powered by Google Apps for Education to support and enhance their academic collaboration.

During and after the presentation, SLATE members will be encouraged to discuss their own Google integration or ask questions about what they would like to do in their own universities.

Additional information to reference before the meeting

• Top Ten Reasons to Use Google Apps
• Google Apps for Schools
• Google Apps Education Community
• Google Apps and ePortfolio's

Other agenda item if time allows

• SLATE Conference updates
• SLATE Summit, September 24 @ Goshen College
• SLATE Star Award

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PLEASE NOTE – SLATE Meetings to be streamed live online!

If you are unable to attend in person - monthly SLATE meetings are now streamed live, thanks to our friends at Wimba – using Wimba Classroom. To participate, visit http://bit.ly/slatemeeting and login using the following:

Enter RoomID: SLATE
Enter Name: first initial+last name (no spaces. Example: jsmith)

We'll plan to begin streaming the session at approx. 9:45 am.

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Information of note:

• Parking passess will need to be purchased at the Parking Office
• Parking Map
• General Campus Map
• Meeting Location Map