Consider some of these questions...

• What kinds of technology are you currently using? 

• What kinds of technology are your students using? 

• What do you have to support tech at your institution? 

• What goals do you have for enhancing student learning?

Directions: Don’t be burdened by constraints – what (related to technology & the delivery of learning assistance programs & services) do you wish you had, 
could learn, has been on your “To Do” list that you haven’t had the chance to get to? 

List 10 things – Your Ultimate Wishlist 

Our Joint Ultimate Wishlist

 * LEARN HOW TO...

• Learn how to create podcasts - make available at listener's convenience
• Learn how to create video & audio to upload to course management systems (WebCT)
• What is the easiest/cheapest way to do online tutoring?
  • NetTutor is a platform $$ (same platform that Smarthinking uses)
  • Brad Hughes @ University of Wisconsin Madision - Writing Center - some good principles listed on their site...
  • Exisitng course management sytems
  • E-mail and attachments
• Be aware of different access to technology for students - Can be done in the learning centers, using support of face-2-face location to bridge the gap
• Learn how to create interactive study guides for students & tutors
  • Interactivity so people can interact and overlays of data
• Learn how to text message - difference for different cell/mobilephones? - AOL Instant Messenger or Yahoo Mail - can do texting from computer

* Student Input

• Allow for students to create knowlege
• audio, text, video
• Student example from French class example - Instant messaging with voicemail - Yakpack
• Other audio creation tools - Odeo.com, Audacity

* Go to Information Tech/Services and learn what is there...Who is good support? Who can talk language? 

* TRAINING

• Staff training - tutors
• Faculty
• Classified/support staff

* TRAINING EXAMPLES

• Podcasts to start...E-mail....

* A virtual area for the tutoring office - basic information to send to students...

• Develop the culture to get students to access the information
• Second Life Demo for us on Friday @ 7am in Idaho by David Caverly...

* Find out how much student and how they access information and technology

* feed 'm, gift certificates, INCENTIVES

* observe them in their native environments...Lucy's "field trips" on HowToStudy.Org

* surveymonkey.com

* RESOURCES

* Find batteries that don't run down

Next ACTIVITY