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
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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
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Beginning Music Synthesis: Discover MIT's hidden music studio.
Molly Ruggles
Fri Jan 28, 10:30am-12:00pm, NMC 26-139
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 27-Jan-2011
Limited to 10 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Bring flash drive. Use piano keyboard as compositional tool
Learn about Apple's Garage Band and its range of musical and sonic features. We'll explore the software interface, its capabilities, musical and more. Bring a flash drive. Best for those with some musical experience and who are comfortable using the piano keyboard as a compositional tool.
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
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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
Cosponsor: Libraries
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The MathWorks Sessions
Martin Culpepper
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 08-Jan-2011
Limited to 50 participants.
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: Prior MATLAB helpful
Please join us to learn more about how you can use MathWorks products as a flexible environment for technical computing and application development in engineering, math, and science curricula and research. Attend as many sessions as you wish.
Also cosponsored by The Student Information Processing Board and OEIT.
Web: http://www.mathworks.com/company/events/seminars/mit_iap11/
Contact: Lauren Tabolinsky, lauren.tabolinsky@mathworks.com
Cosponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
MathWorks Session I
Martin Culpepper
Fri Jan 14, 10am-04:00pm, 4-231
MathWorks Session II
Martin Culpepper
Tue Jan 18, 10am-04:00pm, 4-163
MathWorks Session III
Martin Culpepper
Wed Jan 19, 10am-04:00pm, 4-163
MathWorks Session IV
Martin Culpepper
Thu Jan 20, 10am-04:00pm, 4-163
Final MathWorks Session
Martin Culpepper
Fri Jan 21, 10am-04:00pm, 4-231
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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
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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
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