Symposium for Teaching and Learning with Technology

As our 2008 Keynote Speaker Lawerence Lessig pointed out, students are communicating differently these days. Dr. Kathleen Brown, Justin Miller, and Chris Millet give us some insight on the current generation of "storytellers". Click on through to the session notes and download this Symposium 2008 podcast for more.

Elinor Madigan, an Assistant Professor, had a class of repeat calculus students and decided to try an experiment. She wanted to record the process of solving a problem because static notes don’t provide enough information. What followed makes for a very interesting podcast from the 2008 Symposium. Have a listen, and take a look at the session notes.

In this interview, Norrine Sims, Advising Coordinator from the School of Visual Arts discusses her interest in podcasting in relation to student recruitment efforts and her reaction to the keynote presentation, which she describes as "inspiring".

In this interview, John Dolan talks about the keynote presentation and what "book reports" are going to be like for his sons. He discusses how his oldest son is using the social network site Webkinz to interact with his friends online. His son is 7. He also talks about the use of tools like Twitter to help create and shape a community.

Graduate Student, Brandon Rubenstein, reacts to the keynote presentation and then discusses his role as part of the "Tag Team", the use of stickers, helping people use tools like Twitter, and the importance of using a tag (like "tltsymposium2008") to aggregate content.

In this interview, Qi Dunsworth from Erie reacts to the keynote presentation and gives her thoughts the way the use of technology is changing culture and her interest in technologies like wikis, tablet PCs, and clickers.

In this brief interview, Cheryl Tkacs, the eLearning Support Specialist from Penn State Fayette discusses her interest in upcoming sessions on research tools and testing so she can better support faculty at her campus.

In this interview, Kevin Morooney speaks with our crew about the leadership role that we can play in regards to intellectual property issues and making it easy and safe to collaborate online.

In this "On The Street" interview, University President Graham Spanier talks with our crew about the use of collaborative tools and adapting ideas like copyright and intellectual property to the Digital Age.

During the Symposium, we had a crew go around and interview people in an "on the street" style. The results really give you a feel for what it is like to attend the Symposium. The crew made 26 of these interviews throughout the day with a hand-held recorder.

The first "on the street" interview of the day was done with our keynote speaker, Lawrence Lessig. It's attached to this note. All of the rest of the interviews are being posted now and include a lot of insightful commentary about topics like reactions to the keynote presentation, students' use of new media, social networks, open education, stickers, and the feel of the Symposium. This stuff is gold.