The 7th annual Technology Festival was our most successful event yet! A collaboration between Information Technology and the Newell Center for Arts Technology, TechFest is also funded by the Center for Teaching and Learning and the Office of Academic and Faculty Affairs.

Event Recap:

• 187 seats were filled by 86 participants over three days
  • 42 faculty & academic support staff participants from St. Lawrence
  • 35 administrators & other staff participants from St. Lawrence
  • 9 participants from outside St. Lawrence
  • TechFest participation and engagement over time (2002-08); events archive
• 7 disciplines/programs were represented by faculty TechFair presenters
  • Brad Baldwin (Biology) with Carol Cady (GIS)
  • Tom Greene (Psychology)
  • Catherine Jahncke (Physics)
  • Marina Llorente and Jenna Torres (Modern Languages and Literatures)
  • Steve Papson (Film Studies)
  • Faye Serio (Fine Arts)
  • Richard Sharp (Math, Computer Science, and Statistics)
• 3 day-long NITLE workshops and 11 local workshops
• Introduction to Teaching with Technology with Bryan Alexander, NITLE Director of Research
• Visual Literacy: Using Images for Teaching and Learning with Rebecca Anzalone, NITLE Instructional Technologist and Sean Connin, NITLE Professional Development Coordinator
• Web Mapping with Rebecca Anzalone, NITLE Instructional Technologist and Sean Connin, NITLE Professional Development Coordinator
• We want to extend a special thanks to faculty and staff who provided local training: Grant Currie (Photoshop CS3); Mark Denaci and Cathy Tedford (ArtStor); Jim Forney (Photoshop Elements and SMART Software: Path to Illumination); Courtney Jonas (Adobe Acrobat, Basics and Advanced); Jamie Richardson (Off-Campus Computing); Rhett Thatcher (Privacy: SPAM, Scams, Phishing and Malware); Sondra Smith (PowerPoint from a Fresh Perspective); Chris Watts (Garage Band); and Eric Williams-Bergen and Rhonda Courtney (Managing Citations with RefWorks).
• 11 demonstrations or presentations were provided by IT staff, librarians and faculty at the Digital Sandbox
  • GIS, Google Earth/Maps and MS Visual Earth (Carol Cady)
  • Ergonomics (Paul Doty)
  • Personal Response Systems (Jim Forney)
  • Educational Technologies Committee (Kerry Grant)
  • "Training for Life" Program and Ed Tech Resources (Courtney Jonas and Matt Brender)
  • Apple Leopard Operating System (Greg Matejcik)
  • AverMedia document camera (Dale Miguel)
  • MS Vista and Office 2007 (Steve Millington and Jamie Richardson)
  • Duplicating Center Resources and Services (Greg Stahl)
  • Privacy: Password Management and Authentication Types (Rhett Thatcher)
  • Space Navigator Mouse and Other Amazing Stuff (Eric Williams-Bergen)
  • Vendors on Site
    • SMART Sympodium Technology (Presentation Concepts Corporation)
    • Verizon Wireless & Employee Discounts
    • AT&T & Employee Discounts
• 14 prizes were awarded at the Digital Sandbox
  • USB 1 GB Flash Memory Stick
    • Faye Serio, Joan Larsen, Obiora Udechukwu, and Debbie Bishop
  • USB 2 GB Flash Memory Stick
    • Greg Matejcik and Sarah Todd
  • $15 iTunes Gift Card
    • Carol Kissam, Bill DeCoteau, Cheryl Stuntz, and Greg Matejcik
  • $25 Gift Certificate to Northern Music
    • Suna Stone-McMasters
  • 320 GB External Hard drive
    • Lee Alger
  • 8 GB iPod Nano
    • Alan Searleman
  • Sony Digital Camera
    • Obiora Udechukwu

A few images from the Digital Sandbox event, on Wednesday afternoon

Greg Matejcik demonstrates the new Apple Leopard.	IT Student worker Matt Brender talks to Erika Barthelmess about the Student Training program.
Greg Matejcik demonstrates GarageBand on the new Apple Leopard system.
Eric Williams-Bergen showcases his space navigator mouse.
Dale Miguel talks about the AverMedia portable document camera.