CIT Fall 2007 Plans

A brief look at CIT's plans for Fall

2500	Blackboard course shells created for Fall 2007 courses
1575	Expected number of active Blackboard course sites in Fall 2007
500	Minimum number consulting requests CIT will handle in the Fall semester
180	International graduate students who will be tested for English proficiency in the Language Labs using Audacity rather than the Tandberg system during the first two days of the semester
100	DDI-funded video equipment kits to be circulated this fall from the Language Labs to support academic video projects
75	Language department faculty and instructors trained by CIT's Instructional Media & Language Technology Services group
50	Workshops, speakers, and peer discussion groups on teaching and technology, including Blackboard, MDID, iPhoto, Picasa, copyright, Google maps, Google Earth, Elluminate, Second Life, distance education, tablet PCs, teaching in technology-enhanced classrooms, Wimba, media-enhanced student research, creating digital course materials, improving lectures
49	New faculty contacted by CIT consultants
44	New computers installed and configured in the Language Labs
21	General and department-based sessions to be offered for graduate students on using technology in teaching
20	Tools CIT staff are exploring with faculty at start of fall 2007 semester, including Wimba, Softchalk Lesson Builder, iQuiz, Studymate, Bb Scholar, Classtop,Sketchup Pro, GoogleDocs, JumpCut, Gapminder
16	Student workers trained to assist faculty using the Language Labs and CIT lab
14	Faculty attending a monthly, CIT-facilitated peer group discussion about the Tablet PCs they have borrowed
12	Durham teacher mentors and protégés to be supported by the Pepsico K-12 Technology Mentor Program Coordinator
10	Foreign TV channels individuals can view on the new 17” monitors of the Language Lab PC computers
6	Projects using visualization tools in teaching continuing through Fall 2007
6	Monthly email newsletters with teaching tips, technology resources and project profiles
3	Grant programs to be offered (IT Fellows, JumpStart, Technology Speaker)
3	Redesigned websites (Library, CIT, Instructional Media and Language Technology Services)
1	Windows Vista sandbox computer set up for testing in the CIT lab
1	Transliterated Russian Keyboard developed by Laura Atkinson installed on all East and West Language Lab computers and available as a free download with a Creative Commons license
1	Print newsletter to be mailed out to faculty mid-August with back to school info