March 2008 Archives

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Mashups are web-based tools that combine information from several different sources into a single product. The term is derived from the musical technique of taking more than one musical piece and combining the pieces in an original way to create a new song.

Mashups can be used in a variety of subject areas, including geography, math, earth science, literature, political science, and history, to name a few. For instance, using the Google Earth application, students can access a wealth of information about a particular topic, such as holocene volcanoes, by viewing images of actual volcanoes, seeing their location on a map, viewing the topography of the area, etc. See the Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program (http://www.volcano.si.edu/) for more details!

(Image obtained from Google Earth Lessons - http://gelessons.com/)

You are invited to join the TLT Center as we participate in a DyKnow Cast (a special event using DyKnow software to facilitate remote participation and collaboration) on Thursday March 27th from 3:30 - 4:30 in the Walsh Library, ITV Room.

Join Enoch Park, Instructional Technology Specialist, and Dr. Joseph Ilacqua, Professor of Economics, from Bryant University as they present, "Maximizing DyKnow Usage in a Non-Tablet Environment."

The presentation will discuss how Bryant University utilizes DyKnow in a 1:1 laptop program, giving both technical and pedagogical information and examples.

Members of DyKnow's Customer Relationship Management team will also present examples from other non-Tablet schools.

Register for this event by visiting: http://tltc.shu.edu/register and selecting the Maximizing DyKnow Usage in a Non-Tablet Environment session scheduled on 3/27/08

If you have any questions, please contact Riad Twal at twalriad@shu.edu or 313-6043.

Developing best practices for healthcare managers in the face of all hazards is increasingly becoming a necessity across all levels of healthcare professions. Traditional methods of recreating community and national health emergencies in the classroom has been in the form of table-top exercises, however, the use of online environments opens up other simulation possibilities, especially for those students at a distance. One such project has been developed in the virtual world of Second Life by the Idaho Bioterrorism Awareness and Preparedness Program titled, Play2Train. Dioramas have been created in this virtual space of three dimensional replicas or scale models of a virtual town and hospital that provide opportunities for training through interactive role playing.

Seton Hall University subscribes to RefWorks, a web-based citation management software tool. RefWorks allows you to:

• Create and manage a web-based bibliography


• Import references from text files


• Import references from online databases


• Automatically format your paper and bibliography

On Friday, February 29th faculty at Seton Hall participated in the "Leap into Second Life" workshop. Ten participants enjoyed a fun filled day learning about how to fly, walk, chat, change their appearance, make notecards and take pictures.