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IAP 2011 Activities by Category

Educational Technology

2011 iCampus Prize Information Session
Brandon Muramatsu
Thu Jan 20, 12-01:00pm, 1-142

Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 19-Jan-2011
Limited to 30 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: MIT Student

Have you ever thought, “My education at MIT would be infinitely better or easier if there was just a technology to…? Or, “Student life at MIT could be dramatically improved with this creative application of technology...?” Well, now’s the time to show MIT and your fellow classmates how you might provide solutions to these problems! Will your submission join the ranks of Course Picker, NB and Lingt as winners of the iCampus Prize? Participate in the iCampus Technology Innovation Student Prize competition in 2011! OEIT and the MIT Council on Educational Technology are hosting an information session to provide information on the 2011 prize.
Web: http://icampusprize.mit.edu/
Contact: Brandon Muramatsu, mura@mit.edu
Sponsor: Office of Educational Innovation and Technology

3-D Visualization in Anatomy Education
Jeffrey Merriman, Dr. Violeta Ivanova
Wed Jan 26, 10:30am-12:00pm, 4-149

Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 50 participants.
Single session event

OEIT's Violeta Ivanova and Jeff Merriman have an exciting collaboration ongoing with biologists and artists in Lyon, France. Dr. Patrice Thiriet, of the Lyon 1 Program, collaborates with talented artists to generate remarkable anatomy visualizations and animations that he uses in interactive teaching approaches in his courses in France. Patrice will speak about their collaborative work, demonstrate his teaching methodologies, and discuss educational outcomes observed through their initiative.
This event is co sponsored with the the HHMI-MIT Biology Education group.
For more information on Thiriet's work please visit - http://anatomie3d.univ-lyon1.fr/
Web: http://oeit.mit.edu/community/iap-2011
Contact: Jeffrey Merriman, NE 48-308, merriman@mit.edu
Sponsor: Office of Educational Innovation and Technology

Big Docs in Word: Tips and Tricks to Format your Thesis
Lourdes Aleman
Tue Jan 18, 10:30am-12:00pm, DIRC (14N-132)

Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 17-Jan-2011
Limited to 30 participants.
Single session event

Are you writing and formatting your thesis this year? Don’t let WORD get you down. This 1.5 hour interactive tutorial led by a recent PhD graduate will illustrate some simple shortcuts you can take in Microsoft Word 2007 to make thesis formatting a breeze (automatically generating/updating table of contents, applying consistent formatting throughout the document, etc.), saving you many precious hours. The room where the workshop will be held has 20 PC's available on a first-come first-serve basis or you can bring your own laptop. The hands-on workshop will be conducted in Microsoft Word only, print instructions for Word 2008 for Macs will be available. Note: this workshop will not cover formatting a bibliography or reference managing programs. Please register for this IAP session at http://info-libraries.mit.edu/events/.
Web: http://info-libraries.mit.edu/events/
Contact: Lourdes Aleman, NE 48-308, (617) 715-5348, Lourdes Aleman
Sponsor: Office of Educational Innovation and Technology
Cosponsor: Libraries

Cool Algorithms: Video Recording for Future Generations
Erik Demaine, Martin Demaine, Jean-Jacques Quisquater
Wed Jan 5, Thu Jan 6, 10am-04:00pm, 32-G575

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)

Theoretical computer science is at an exciting time. Many major breakthroughs have been made, and the inventors of most major results are still alive today. To preserve this history for future generations, the goal of the the HiDAlgo (High-Definition Algorithms) is to record people describing the important algorithms that they invented or that they love, in short freely available videos.

This IAP event will kick off this project. The first day will consist of trial runs, with participants experimenting with recording and editing videos of themselves. We will also brainstorm styles for recording different types of lectures, and start developing a website with guidelines for submissions and a public repository of videos. The second day, we'll record a series of (short) invited lectures and edit them to seed this site with an interesting collection which we hope will grow.

Participants from any background welcome. In particular, we'd love your feedback on interview style, format, cinematography, editing, web, algorithms, people, etc.

Cosponsored by the Student Information Processing Board.
Web: http://courses.csail.mit.edu/iap/hidalgo/
Contact: Erik Demaine, 32-G680, x3-6871, edemaine@mit.edu
Sponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Cosponsor: Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab

New Discussion Forum Tool on Stellar - An Overview
Ranjani Saigal, Jeanne Chiang, Shan Xu
Tue Jan 11, Thu Jan 13, 02-03:30pm, 1-135

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Signup by: 11-Jan-2011
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session

A new discussion forum tool has been enabled in Stellar, MIT's learning management system. The seminar will give an overview of the tool and provide some use-cases for effective use of discussion forums in course work.
Contact: Ranjani Saigal, 1-135, x4-8322, ranjani@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Services and Technology

StarLogo TNG Game Programming Competition
Nicole Bieber, Daniel Wendel, Eli Kosminsky
Mon Jan 10, 06-08:00pm, E15-301

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Signup by: 10-Jan-2011
Single session event
Prereq: None

Have you ever wished that your code looked more like colorful puzzle pieces? Or maybe you've never coded before at all? Come join us for MIT's first ever StarLogo TNG game programming competition. You'll have one week to program a game using the latest version of the graphical programming environment StarLogo TNG. Plus, free food and awesome prizes! All levels of experience welcome.

Kickoff Event: Monday, January 10th - 6pm (free food!)
Office Hours: Jan. 11-14, 12-4pm
Submission Deadline: Monday, January 17th - midnight

First twenty people to sign up (e-mail nbieber@mit.edu) get a special limited edition StarLogo TNG flash drive!
Web: http://education.mit.edu/projects/starlogo-tng
Contact: (518) 956-3003, nbieber@mit.ed
Sponsor: Urban Studies and Planning

Stellar NG Overview & Training
Jeanne Chiang
Mon Jan 10, Wed Jan 12, 02:30-03:30pm, 1-134
Wed Jan 19, 01:30-02:30pm, 1-134

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session

IMPORTANT NOTE: Due to accessibility concerns stemming from the expected snowstorm, the Dec 12th 2:30pm Stellar NG Overview & Training IAP session is being rescheduled for Wednesday, Jan 19th at a time TBD. The specific date and time will be communicated in a follow-up message.

IS&T will be implementing a limited evaluation of Stellar Next Generation in the upcoming Spring 2011 term. This session is primarily geared to those who are participating in our Spring evaluation, but anyone curious about Stellar NG is welcome to attend.

We will be giving an overview of the core functionality of the Stellar NG platform and if time permits, highlighting features that satisfy specific pedagogical needs not yet met by the current course management system.

Participants are encouraged to bring their laptops for hands-on experience during the session.
Contact: Jeanne Chiang, W92, jchiang@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Services and Technology

Up and Running with Word Press in 60 minutes
Molly Ruggles
Thu Jan 20, 10:30am-12:00pm, NMC 26-139

Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 19-Jan-2011
Limited to 10 participants.
Single session event

For those who've never laid eyes on the Word Press dashboard, we'll walk you through webscripts' easy installation and then show you some basic configurations as well as get you started with using widgets, plugins, styling and more.
To sign up: email Molly Ruggles
Limited to MIT students, faculty and staff
Contact: Molly Ruggles, NE 48-308, (617) 324-9185, ruggles@mit.edu
Sponsor: Office of Educational Innovation and Technology

What's Ahead? E-Learning at Institute Level - Insight, Conversation/Discussion Around It…and Lunch
Toru Iiyoshi
Tue Jan 25, 11am-01:00pm, 26-142

Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 20-Jan-2011
Limited to 30 participants.
Single session event

What is going on with e-learning at the Institute level and what is the future going to bring?

Plan on enjoying a light lunch and sharing insights, views, questions, answers, hunches! There will be a short 10 to 15 minute presentation followed by conversation and lively discussions.
Contact: Toru Iiyoshi, NE 48-308, (617) 715-2461, iiyoshi@mit.edu
Sponsor: Office of Educational Innovation and Technology


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