Thursday, November 4, 2010

November 2010 SLATE Meeting

This is a reminder that our next monthly SLATE meeting will be on Wednesday, November 17th beginning @ 10:00am and hosted by Elmhurst College. We will be meeting in the A.C. Buehler Library, room 103 - which everyone refers to affectionately as "The Fishbowl". So that Elmhurst can prepare for our visit, it is very important that you RSVP back to Ken Sadowski by next Thursday, November 11th with the names of those who will be attending from your institution. Also, parking is a little tight on campus. Use any general or open space, but no reserved or restricted spaces. Use remote lots if necessary. For those that will be driving, please print out the linked "parking pass" and place it on your dashboard. As an option, Elmhurst College is located 1.5 blocks from the Elmhurst Metra station on the Union Pacific West Line.

Main Agenda – Tips, Tricks and Building Blocks There are many useful tools and features that are built in to the Bb Learning System. Additionally, thousands of building block apps are available to compliment and enhance the standard features. Let's discuss a couple things: How are faculty using these features and tools in engaging, interesting, and unique ways (ex. Learning Units, Wikis, Assignment Manger, Surveys, Scholar, Podcasts), and what are some of the more helpful and supportive building blocks that institutions have installed - and lets share any helpful tips for using them. Also, what BB work and don't work in version 9.x.


Additional information to reference before the meeting

Other agenda items if time allows
  • SLATE Conference follow-up and comments
  • Next meeting: December 15 @ Roosevelt University
  • Hosting Institutions for next year
  • Topics of interest for next year




PLEASE NOTE – SLATE meetings are streamed live online!

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

Enter Room ID: SLATE
Enter Name: first initial+lastname (no spaces. Example: jsmith)

We’ll plan to begin streaming this session at approximately at 9:45am



Additional information of note


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