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Register Now! Rock the Academy: Radical Teaching, Unbounded Learning
Posted October 8th, 2008 by Nancy ReevesRegister Now! Rock the Academy: Radical Teaching, Unbounded Learning
Registration is open for Rock the Academy: Radical Teaching, Unbounded Learning, a special 2-day, live online event to be held November 4-6, 2007 via the Internet.
For full details, see www.nmc.org/2008-fall-virtual-symposium
To register now, see www.nmc.org/2008-fall-virtual-symposium/register
Join keynote speakers and colleagues from around the world as we explore the implications and possibilities of new modes of teaching and learning.
About the Symposium
Welcome New NMC Members Who Joined in September 2008!
Posted October 8th, 2008 by Nancy ReevesPlease take a moment to welcome the new NMC members who joined in September 2008!
NMC Asia Connections
Posted October 5th, 2008 by Alan LevineFor the last three weeks I have been touring in China, Hong Kong, and Japan, and taking advantage of my time here, took the opportunity to visit with some of our NMC colleagues in the region. The last leg of this trip was in Japan, when I visited with Tatsuya Umezakii with NMC Member Hitachi Information Academy.
The Hitachi Information Academy provides training and eLearning for Hitachi, which is an international organization with more than 300,000 employees. They make more than computer parts; I saw all kinds of mechanical devices in Japan with the Hitachi name, including things like escalators.
Michael Wright exhibiting work in San Diego exhibition “Urban Legends and Country Tales”.
Posted September 28th, 2008 by Michael WrightMichael Wright, aka Mrags Writer is exhibiting work in a juried exhibition called “Urban Legends and Country Tales”. The exhibition showcasing the work of forty-two artists from around the world opens on the 4th of October, 2008 at the Bonita Museum, San Diego, California. The opening and public reception for Urban Legends and Country Tales will be 6 to 8:30 pm on Saturday, Oct. 4th. Wright will be exhibiting a print from his avatar series as one of the fifty juried prints demonstrating the multiple directions art has taken in the contemporary art world – both in pluralism of styles and the hybridism of technique and media.
Event Rescheduled: Bringing the Jazz Age to Life
Posted September 19th, 2008 by cblue~ PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FOLLOWING EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED DUE TO HURRICANE IKE ~
VIRTUAL HARLEM and VIRTUAL MONTMARTRE:
BRINGING THE JAZZ AGE TO LIFE
A Texas Learning and Computation Center (TLC2) Research Seminar
Friday October 3, 2008 1:00 to 2:30 p.m., U.S. Central Time
Location
University of Houston's Phillip Hoffman Hall, Room 232
Please RSVP to
Sarah Sweaney, Tel. 713-743-4019 or Email sarah@tlc2.uh.edu
CFP Opens for Rock the Academy, the 12th in the Series of NMC Virtual Symposia
Posted September 16th, 2008 by NMCRock the Academy: Radical Teaching, Unbounded Learning
The 12th in the NMC Series of Virtual Symposia
November 4-6, 2008 via the Internet
Proposals for presentations for Rock the Academy: Radical Teaching, Unbounded Learning, a special 2-day, live online event to be held November 4-6, 2008, are being solicited through October 6.
NMC Awarded $955,000 National Leadership Grant from IMLS
Posted September 10th, 2008 by NMCThe New Media Consortium has been awarded a three-year National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS) in the amount of $955,000. The grant will fund Steve in Action: Social Tagging Tools and Methods Applied, a project to further develop the Steve tagging application, a tool that simplifies the navigation of online museum collections by allowing viewers to tag an image with descriptive terms.
Adobe Education Customers Utilizing Acrobat Connect Pro
Posted September 9th, 2008 by ngrayFrom virtual school initiatives and curriculum management to rapidly delivering professional development, and everything in between, Adobe® Acrobat® Connect™ Pro software makes it easy for educators to teach, learn, and collaborate with virtually anyone — anywhere, anytime.
Adobe Presenter software and the Acrobat Connect Pro Training and Acrobat Connect Pro Events modules enable educators and schools to extend the benefits of Acrobat Connect Pro and enhance their learning management systems (LMSs).
Visit http://www.adobe.com/education/products/acrobatconnect.html to learn more!
University of Texas Austin Invites You to Second Life for “An Evening With The Honorable Madeleine K. Albright”
Posted September 8th, 2008 by Alan Levine
The LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin will welcome former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright to help launch the School’s new Master of Global Policy Studies (MGPS) degree on Wednesday evening, September 10 at the Lyndon B. Johnson Library in Austin, Texas.
