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Faculty can learn and share effective uses of technology to enhance teaching and learning at the Penn State Symposium for Teaching and Learning with Technology, to be held Saturday, April 14, 2007. For the first time, the symposium will take place at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, University Park. During the free event, faculty will present innovative uses of technology in courses to promote learning and engage students in courses. The theme of the symposium is "Social Computing and the Culture of Teaching and Learning." The keynote speaker will be Lee Rainie, project director of the Pew Internet and American Life project.
Bryan Alexander, research director of the National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education, will also be a featured speaker.
Participants will be able to sign up during the event to present brief, informal "lightning talks." The day will also feature demonstrations of how to produce podcasts and vodcasts, new features of the upcoming ANGEL version 7.1, and social networking Web sites. Books recommended by the presenters can be purchased at the event from representatives of the Penn State Bookstore. A continental breakfast and lunch will be provided.
For more information and to register, visit http://symposium.tlt.psu.edu/. Recordings of interviews with the featured speakers conducted in preparation for the symposium are available at http://symposium.tlt.psu.edu/keynote/.
The symposium is sponsored by Teaching and Learning with Technology, a unit of Information Technology Services.
