From bowser at MIT.EDU  Thu Jan  5 07:06:18 2006
From: bowser at MIT.EDU (Deb Bowser)
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 07:06:18 -0500
Subject: [edtech] IS&T Software Update for December 2005
Message-ID: <7.0.0.16.2.20060104130500.018589e0@mit.edu>

Date: Thursday, January 5, 2006
To:  Members of the MIT Community: itpartners at mit.edu, 
macpartners at mit.edu, winpartners at mit.edu, 
sw-release-announce at mit.edu, ed-tech at mit.edu, linux-help at mit.edu
From: Software Release Team <swrt at mit.edu>
Subj: IS&T Software Update for December 2005
Cc:  is&t at mit.edu, itag at mit.edu, it-lead at mit.edu


This monthly communication is intended for Faculty, Staff and 
Students within the MIT Community, to provide updated information 
regarding new and upcoming software products and services.

Topics of the month:
----------------------------------------
1. Recently released software
2. Software release efforts underway
3. Other projects underway
4. Volume & site license software update
5. Windows automatic update service (WAUS)
6. How are we doing?  Let us know


1. Recent Releases
---------------------------------------------------------
The team has been busy working on several release efforts in addition 
to the email migration project which is now in the delivery 
stage.  As announced in December, the releases of SecureCRT and 
SecureFX respectively, have been delayed as a result of bugs found 
and reported back to the vendor.  The team is currently working with 
the vendor to obtain updated code.


2. Software Release Efforts Underway
------------------------------------------------------
Linux
-----------
None


Macintosh
----------------
SAPgui 6.40 (OS X 10.4.2 or later) - release announcement pending - Jan 2006
SAPgui 6.30 (OS X 10.3.9) - release announcement pending - Jan 2006
Tivoli Storage Management (TSM) 5.3.2 - Release effort underway - Jan 2006
Virex 7.7 - Release effort underway - Jan 2006

Windows
-----------------
Kerberos for Windows (KfW) 3.0 - Release effort ramping up - Winter 2006
Microsoft Anti-spyware, Beta 1, refresh 4 (build 1.0.701) - 
evaluation in progress
SecureCRT 3.0.x - Await new vendor release - TBD
SecureFX - 5.0.x - Await new vendor release - TBD

To obtain information on any of the software release efforts or other 
projects underway, please visit our page:

	<http://web.mit.edu/swrt/>

3. Other Projects Underway
----------------------------------------
Email Migration Project:

IS&T wishes to remind the MIT community of the scheduled email 
migration events that will take place beginning this month.  Please 
refer to the IS&T Email Migration announcement for further details 
and scheduled events:
	
	<http://web.mit.edu/swrt/releases/emailmigration/migrationplans.html>

Email migration FAQ's:
	
	<http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/email/faq.html>

Email Migration at MIT page lists services and support options:
	
	<http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/email/migration.html>

For other IS&T sponsored IAP events, please see the IAP 2006 online guide:
	
	<http://student.mit.edu/iap/nsis.html>

For questions or inquiries, please email the team:  <email-migration at mit.edu>

4. Volume & Site License Software Update
--------------------------------------------------------------
IS&T has renewed the over arching agreement with Mathworks for Matlab 
and is in the final stages of launching the ordering and distribution 
process to the MIT community.  We are targeting Monday, January 9th 
to start accepting orders.  A number of enhancements have been made 
this year, such as removing the need for generating 
requisitions.  Please stay tuned for more information about the 
improvements.  You can check <http://web.mit.edu/ist/products/vsls/> 
for news and updates on the Matlab distribution and other products.

The student distribution of Matlab provided by IS&T Academic 
Computing is also being upgraded to R14SP3 and will have new 
toolboxes available.  A new version should be available in the early 
part of IAP.


5.  Windows Automatic Update Service (WAUS)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
We recommend users configure their Windows machines to use MIT's 
Windows Automatic Update Service (WAUS) for critical patches and 
service pack deployment.  For more information about and instructions 
on how to configure your machines to use WAUS, see the WAUS documentation at:

         <http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/windows/updates/>


6. How are we doing? - Let us know
--------------------------------------------------------------
Do you find this communication helpful?  Are there other items of 
interest you would like to see included as well?  Please take a 
moment to let us know:

	<http://web.mit.edu/swrt/feedback.html>

You can always send e-mail to swrt at mit.edu with any questions and 
comments you have pertaining to this communication or other software 
release matters.

Deb Bowser
Team Leader - Software Release Team
Client Support Services
Information Services and Technology (IS&T)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room W92-176
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-253-3879
bowser at mit.edu



From mmeehan at MIT.EDU  Wed Jan 11 09:43:52 2006
From: mmeehan at MIT.EDU (Margaret Meehan)
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 09:43:52 -0500
Subject: [edtech] IAP sessions on Stellar Course Management System
Message-ID: <6.2.1.2.2.20060111093344.01eac3a0@hesiod>

Dear Colleagues,

Please join us for one or more sessions about Stellar sponsored by Academic 
Media Production Services.


Stellar Tools: Online Assessments and Surveys (new)
Rich Garcia Educational Technology Consultant, Academic Computing
Thu Jan 12, 11am-12:00pm, 3-133

Stellar: Rx for Administrative Headaches
Rich Garcia , Educational Technology Consultant, Academic Computing
Wed Jan 18, 11-12:00am, 1-134

Stellar 2 Town Hall Meeting (new)
Mark Brown, Sr. Project Manager, Ben Brophy, Stellar Product Manager
Wed Jan 25, 01-02:00pm, 9-151

Using Stellar's Homework Tool
Rich Garcia , Educational Technology consultant, Academic Computing
Thu Jan 26, 01-02:00am, 56-114

Using Stellar to Search MIT Image Repositories (new)
Ben Brophy , Product Manager, Stellar Course Management System
Wed Feb 1, 10-11:00am, 56-114


..............................
Margaret M. Meehan
Web Content Writer & Editor
Academic Media Production Services
617 252 1661 

From mmeehan at MIT.EDU  Wed Jan 18 09:45:30 2006
From: mmeehan at MIT.EDU (Margaret Meehan)
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 09:45:30 -0500
Subject: [edtech] Getting the most from your Stellar class website -- today
	at 11
Message-ID: <6.2.1.2.2.20060118094249.01e7a4d0@hesiod>


Stellar: Rx for Administrative Headaches
Rich Garcia , Educational Technology Consultant, Academic Computing
Wed Jan 18, 11-12:00am, 1-134

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

Teaching a class is demanding enough; the details of administering the 
class often present an extra burden. Stellar Course Management System 
alleviates many of the problems and annoyances of class administration, 
such as the following:

- Section sign-up
- Collecting homework online
- Archiving and reusing class materials
- Library e-reserves
- Copyright issues
- Class email and access control lists
- Preparing class materials for OpenCourseWare
- Creating the class list

This session will be of interest to instructors, TAs, administrators -- 
anyone who would like to be less encumbered by the minutiae of class 
maintenance.
Contact: Rich Garcia, N42-250F, (617) 452-2523, rlgarcia at mit.edu
Sponsor: Academic Media Production Services


..............................
Margaret M. Meehan
Web Content Writer & Editor
Academic Media Production Services
617 252 1661 

From maryz at MIT.EDU  Wed Jan 18 16:56:47 2006
From: maryz at MIT.EDU (Mary J. Ziegler)
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 16:56:47 -0500
Subject: [edtech] [EASI Webcast] Podcasting: How do You Get Them and How Do
	You Make Them?
Message-ID: <00c401c61c7a$14e6dda0$ea017112@mit.edu>

FYI:   The following Webcast on Podcasting, run by EASI (Equal Access to 
Software and Information), will include information on podcasting 
accessibility and podcasting software that is accessible.   It is free, and 
I encourage you to sign up.   Please also note that even if you cannot 
attend the webcast at the date/time listed, EASI sends out archived 
recordings to registrants a day or two after the live webcast so you can 
listen at any time (you just can't participate in the discussion).

- Mary

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Prof Norm Coombs" <nrcgsh at RIT.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 2:52 PM
Subject: Podcasting: How do You Get Them and How Do You Make Them?


Podcasting: How do You Get Them and How Do You Make Them?
An EASI 2-part Live Chat Webcast Conference Series Presented by Dick Banks.
Wed. Jan. 25 and Feb. 9 Both at 2 PM

Podcasting is sweeping across the World  Wide Web like a prairie
fire!  First it was our teen age kids, but now it is PBS, BBC Stanford and
now even EASI.  Podcasts are short multimedia presentations on various
topics.  They can be played online, and there is nothing new about this,
but they can also be downloaded into a small portable player that you can
take with you in your pocket or purse.

The pioneers in podcasting were technology geeks, and the trail they blazed
sometimes assumes that the followers will understand geek speak.  There
really isn't much magic in either learning how to join a podcast
subscription or even in creating your own podcasts.  EASI loves to
translate tech jargon into plain English, and EASI will present a 2-part,
live series of voice chat Webcast conferences on getting and making
podcasts: January 25 and February 9 both at 2 PM Eastern.

Read about this and other live Webcast conferences at:
http://easi.cc/clinic.htm

-------------
Mary J. Ziegler
Team Leader, Adaptive Technology
MIT Information Services and Technology (IS&T)
ATIC Lab Room 7-143
617-258-9328
maryz at mit.edu
http//web.mit.edu/ist/topics/adaptive 



From katiel at MIT.EDU  Mon Jan 23 11:47:45 2006
From: katiel at MIT.EDU (Katie Livingston Vale)
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 11:47:45 -0500
Subject: [edtech] IAP offerings this week from Academic Computing
Message-ID: <p0623090fbffab57d9def@[18.50.6.118]>

IS&T Academic Computing is pleased to be sponsoring the following IAP 
sessions this week (scroll down for descriptions and registration 
info for each class):

Introduction to Mathematica
Mon Jan 23, Wed Jan 25, Fri Jan 27, Mon Jan 30, Wed Feb 1, 02-04:00pm, 1-115

GIS: Introduction to ArcGIS
Tue Jan 24, 02-05:00pm, 37-312

World of Warcraft in Education
Tue Jan 24, 02-03:00pm, 3-133

GIS: Working with Digital Elevation Models
Wed Jan 25, 02-04:00pm, 37-312

GIS: Working with US Census Data in a GIS
Thu Jan 26, 02-04:00pm, 37-312

Using Blogs and Wikis in Education
Thu Jan 26, 02pm-03:30am, 3-133



GIS: Introduction to ArcGIS
Lisa Sweeney, Daniel Sheehan, Anne Graham
Tue Jan 24, 02-05:00pm, 37-312

Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Attendees must have an active MIT Athena account.

Learn the basics of visualizing and analyzing geographic information 
using ArcGIS, a powerful desktop Geographic Information System (GIS) 
available at MIT.


GIS: Working with Digital Elevation Models
Daniel Sheehan, Anne Graham, Lisa Sweeney
Wed Jan 25, 02-04:00pm, 37-312
Prereq: Athena account. Previous experience using ArcGIS.

Digital Elevation Models are widely available elevation data for the 
United States and, soon, for the world through the Shuttle Radar 
Topography Mission. Learn to use this data source in a GIS and use 
the stock hydrology tools to find watersheds in ArcGIS.


GIS: Working with US Census Data in a GIS
Lisa Sweeney, Daniel Sheehan, Anne Graham
Thu Jan 26, 02-04:00pm, 37-312

Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Athena account. Previous experience using ArcGIS.

The US Census holds an enormous amount of demographic information 
gathered over a long period of time. New and interesting 
relationships can oftentimes be observed when looking at census data 
on a map. Come learn about what's in the US Census and how to map it 
out using ArcGIS.

Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/gis/teach/iap2006.html
Contact: Register by sending email with IAP in the subject line to, 
gishelp at mit.edu
Cosponsor: Libraries


Introduction to Mathematica
Violeta Ivanova
Mon Jan 23, Wed Jan 25, Fri Jan 27, Mon Jan 30, Wed Feb 1, 02-04:00pm, 1-115

Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 06-Jan-2006
Limited to 25 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)

Five two-hour sessions. Hands on training in the Mathematica 
software, covering its interface and its use for algebra, calculus, 
graphics, and programming.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/violeta/www/IAP2006
Contact: Violeta Ivanova, N42-250j, x2-1383, violeta at mit.edu


Using Blogs and Wikis in Education
Katie Livingston Vale, Ben Jones, Matt McGann, Carter Snowden
Thu Jan 26, 02pm-03:30am, 3-133

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

A panel discussion from faculty and administrators
who are using blogs in their teaching or other work at MIT
Contact: Katie Livingston Vale, N42-050l, (617) 253-6690, katiel at mit.edu


World of Warcraft in Education
Katie Vale
Tue Jan 24, 02-03:00pm, 3-133

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up

WoW is a popular online multiplayer game known for its highly 
engaging qualities. This
presentation will discuss what the game might teach us about peer learning,
collaboration, and motivation in educational settings.
Contact: Katie Vale, N42-050l, (617) 253-6690, katiel at mit.edu

-- 

Katie Livingston Vale, Ed.D.
Educational Technology Consulting
MIT Academic Computing

From mmeehan at MIT.EDU  Mon Jan 23 14:38:03 2006
From: mmeehan at MIT.EDU (Margaret Meehan)
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 14:38:03 -0500
Subject: [edtech] Remaining Stellar IAP sessions
Message-ID: <6.2.1.2.2.20060123143550.0305a0d8@hesiod>


Stellar 2 Town Hall Meeting
Mark Brown, Sr. Project Manager, Ben Brophy, Stellar Product Manager
Wed Jan 25, 01-02:00pm, 9-151

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

Stellar 2, the next generation of Stellar? Course Management System, is 
slated for release in fall 2006. Stellar 2 is built on a flexible open 
source framework from the Sakai Project and the Open Knowledge Initiative. 
What would you like to see happen with MIT's course management system? What 
works for you in the current version of Stellar and what doesn't? 
Questions, comments, tirades, and panegyrics welcome.
...
Using Stellar's Homework Tool
Rich Garcia , Educational Technology consultant, Academic Computing
Thu Jan 26, 01-02:00am, 56-114

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

The homework assignment and submission tool is one of Stellar's most useful 
and most underutilized features. Learn how to take full advantage of this 
tool for the following tasks:

- Posting assignments and solutions
- Returning grades and comments
- Encouraging student collaboration, such as reviewing and critiquing one 
another's work

This session will be of interest to course instructors, TAs, and assignment 
graders.

...
Using Stellar to Search MIT Image Repositories
Ben Brophy , Product Manager, Stellar Course Management System
Wed Feb 1, 10-11:00am, 56-114

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

Stellar Images is a new tool being developed by the Stellar team that lets 
instructors search for images to use in the classroom. Initially the 
Stellar community will have access to images from the Rotch Visual 
Collection and the Visualizing Cultures Image Database. In this session, 
Ben will demonstrate the tool and gather feedback on how to improve it. 
Current plans for the tool are to add additional sources for images, as 
well as functionality for creating slideshows.


..............................
Margaret M. Meehan
Web Content Writer & Editor
Academic Media Production Services
617 252 1661 

From violeta at MIT.EDU  Mon Jan 30 11:42:32 2006
From: violeta at MIT.EDU (Violeta Ivanova)
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 11:42:32 -0500
Subject: [edtech] IAP offerings this week from Academic Computing
Message-ID: <13E5C3D4-B6F5-4CEC-8F32-AB58C646CA9C@mit.edu>

IS&T Academic Computing is pleased to be sponsoring the following IAP  
sessions this week (scroll down for descriptions and registration  
info for each class):

Math on the Web
Fri Feb 3, 02-04:00pm, 3-270

GIS: Site Selection - Making Spatial Decisions Using a GIS
Mon Jan 30, 02-03:30pm, 37-312

GIS: Advanced ArcGIS
Tue Jan 31, 02-05:00pm, 37-312

GIS: Programming in ArcGIS
Wed Feb 1, 02-05:00pm, 37-312

GIS: Programming Neighborhood Searches in ArcGIS
Thu Feb 2, 02-05:00pm, GIS Lab 7-238, Rotch Library

Introduction to Mathematica - Session 4: Graphics
Mon Jan 30, 02-04:00pm, 1-115

Introduction to Mathematica - Session 5: Programming
Wed Feb 1, 02-04:00pm, 1-115

---------------

You may also find interesting the Better Teaching @ MIT series  
offered by the Teaching and Learning Lab:

Better Teaching @ MIT

Tech's Top Teachers Talk Turkey
Mon Jan 30, 12-01:00pm, 9-151

Special Considerations for Teaching in the Multicultural Classroom
Tue Jan 31, 12-01:00pm, 9-151

Planning and Running Recitations
Wed Feb 1, 12-01:00pm, 9-151

Coaches Teach the Teachers
Thu Feb 2, 12-01:00pm, 9-151

How to Speak
Fri Feb 3, 12-01:00pm, 32-155

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EVENT DESCRIPTIONS:

Math on the Web
Fri Feb 3, 02-04:00pm, 3-270

Presenters:
Haynes Miller, MIT Department of Mathematics
Ian Hutchinson, MIT Department of Nuclear Engineering
Daniel Jamous, Harvard University FAS Computing Services
Violeta Ivanova, MIT Academic Computing
Chris Terman, MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer  
Science

One two-hour seminar on various technology for web publishing of  
mathematics, including the MATLAB Web Server, webMathematica, and  
mathML, and for creating online teaching tools for computation and  
visualization intense materials.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/violeta/www/IAP2006/#mathweb
Contact: Violeta Ivanova, N42-250j, x2-1383, violeta at mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Services and Technology

-----------------

GIS: Site Selection - Making Spatial Decisions Using a GIS
Anne Graham, Daniel Sheehan, Lisa Sweeney
Mon Jan 30, 02-03:30pm, 37-312

Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Athena account. Previous experience using ArcGIS.

Learn to select a location based on a variety of data types and  
perform analysis using tools provided in ArcGIS.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/gis/teach/iap2006.html
Contact: Register by sending email with IAP in the subject line to,  
gishelp at mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
Cosponsor: Information Services and Technology

-------------------

GIS: Advanced ArcGIS
Lisa Sweeney, Daniel Sheehan, Anne Graham
Tue Jan 31, 02-05:00pm, 37-312

Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Athena account. Previous experience using ArcGIS.

This class is a smorgasbord of advanced techniques, including  
learning to create and edit your own data and using ArcScene to  
visualize data in 3D.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/gis/teach/iap2006.html
Contact: Register by sending email with IAP in the subject line to,  
gishelp at mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
Cosponsor: Information Services and Technology

--------------------

GIS: Programming in ArcGIS
Daniel Sheehan, Lisa Sweeney, Anne Graham
Wed Feb 1, 02-05:00pm, 37-312

Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Athena account. Previous experience using ArcGIS.

If you ever find yourself doing the same sequence of commands in  
ArcGIS, you probably should think of automating the process. Learn to  
use VBA to control ArcGIS.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/gis/teach/iap2006.html
Contact: Register by sending email with IAP in the subject line to,  
gishelp at mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Services and Technology
Cosponsor: Libraries

----------------------

GIS: Programming Neighborhood Searches in ArcGIS
Daniel Sheehan
Thu Feb 2, 02-05:00pm, GIS Lab 7-238, Rotch Library

Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 3 participants.
Single session event

This class takes you through a complex programming process. You will  
search for neighbors of sites you are interested in. You should be  
well-versed in GIS and be comfortable programming in VB or VBA.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/gis/teach/iap2006.html
Contact: Register by sending email with IAP in the subject line to,  
gishelp at mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Services and Technology
Cosponsor: Libraries

----------------------

Introduction to Mathematica (continued from last week)
Violeta Ivanova (sessions 1, 4, and 5), W. C. Carter (sessions 2 and 3)
Mon Jan 23, Interface and Basics
Wed Jan 25, Numeric and Symbolic Applications
Fri Jan 27, Linear Algebra and Calculus
Mon Jan 30, Graphics
Wed Feb 1, Programming
02-04:00pm, 1-115

Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 06-Jan-2006
Limited to 25 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)

Five two-hour sessions. Hands on training in the Mathematica  
software, covering its interface and its use for algebra, calculus,  
graphics, and programming.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/violeta/www/IAP2006
Contact: Violeta Ivanova, N42-250j, x2-1383, violeta at mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Services and Technology

------------------

Better Teaching @ MIT
Dr. Lori Breslow, Director, Teaching and Learning Laboratory
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: none

A series of lunchtime workshops designed to help MIT instructors  
teach better. We'll talk to some of MIT?s best teachers about how  
they teach, get some advise on teamwork from MIT coaches, look at how  
to engage students in productive classroom discussion, and other  
topics. Workshops are open to all members of the MIT community.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/tll
Contact: Alberta Lipson, 5-122, x3-8604, lipson at mit.edu
Sponsor: Teaching and Learning Lab

Tech's Top Teachers Talk Turkey
Dr. Lori Breslow, Moderator
This year's Better Teaching series kicks off with a session in which  
some of MIT's best teachers?
both faculty and teaching assistants?talk about how to teach well.
Mon Jan 30, 12-01:00pm, 9-151

Special Considerations for Teaching in the Multicultural Classroom
Jane Dunphy, Director, English Language Studies
MIT's cultural diversity is an exciting resource. If handled  
sensitively, it can enrich the Institute's educational and  
intellectual life. Handled poorly, it can present an obstacle to  
productive participation of MIT students. Here, we will discuss  
strategies to increase understanding and effective management of the  
multicultural class room.
Tue Jan 31, 12-01:00pm, 9-151

Planning and Running Recitations
Lori Breslow, Ph.D.
Do you want to create a classroom environment that encourages student  
questioning, discussion, and real-time experimentation? This session  
will look at ways to get students talking, doing things, and learning  
both from you and each another.
Wed Feb 1, 12-01:00pm, 9-151

Coaches Teach the Teachers
Lori Breslow, Ph.D., Moderator
Many of the skills athletic coaches use in working with their players  
are skills that teachers can and should use to help students learn.  
Come hear what MIT?s award-winning coaches can tell us about  
motivating and teaching them to work in teams.
Thu Feb 2, 12-01:00pm, 9-151

How to Speak
Professor Patrick Winston
Every instructor needs to present his or her material in an  
enthusiastic, positive, coherent way to reach students effectively.  
Information must be conveyed in a relaxed, honest, and focused manner  
and be clear enough to be understood. MIT's legendary Patrick Winston  
presents his renowned session on how to do just that!
Fri Feb 3, 12-01:00pm, 32-155
Latest update: 29-Nov-2005


----------------
Violeta Ivanova, Ph.D.
Educational Technology Consultant
MIT Information Services & Technology

violeta at mit.edu
617.252.1383




From violeta at MIT.EDU  Mon Jan 30 16:44:05 2006
From: violeta at MIT.EDU (Violeta Ivanova)
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 16:44:05 -0500
Subject: [edtech] Additional IAP sessions from MIT Academic Computing and
	AMPS this week
Message-ID: <2AB1E935-D44E-49FE-A485-C631AEAE96D1@mit.edu>

In addition to the sessions announced in an earlier email today, IS&T  
Academic Computing is also pleased to sponsor the following two IAP  
sessions this week (scroll down for description of each class):

Using MATLAB for Test and Measurement Applications
Tue Jan 31, 02-04:00pm, 3-133

Advanced Programming Tips and Techniques for MATLAB 7
Thu Feb 2, 02-04:00pm, 3-133

------------------------

You may also find interesting the following session offered by  
Academic Media Production  Services:

Using Stellar to Search MIT Image Repositories
Wed Feb 1, 10-11:00am, 56-114

------------------------

EVENT DESCRIPTIONS

Using MATLAB for Test and Measurement Applications
Cheung Chau, The Mathworks
Tue Jan 31, 02-04:00pm, 3-133

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

MathWorks engineers will demonstrate how MATLAB can be used as a tool  
for test and measurement applications in industry and academic  
research. This technical seminar will help you: (1) learn how to  
communicate with test and measurement hardware from MATLAB; (2)  
discover how to build and analyze applications including data  
analysis; (3) explore tools for developing GUIs, data export and  
reporting, and application deployment. Experienced MATLAB users will  
receive the most benefit from this session.

Web: http://web.mit.edu/violeta/www/IAP2006/#matlabadvanced
Contact: Violeta Ivanova, N42-250J, (617) 252-1383, violeta at mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Services and Technology

---------------------

Advanced Programming Tips and Techniques for MATLAB 7
Dr. Loren Shure, The Mathworks
Thu Feb 2, 02-04:00pm, 3-133

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

MATLAB 7 introduced several new programming concepts to the MATLAB  
language, including new function types and data types. This master  
class will demonstrate the usage and benefits of the different  
function types, and you will learn how using the right function type  
can lead to more robust and maintainable code and how different  
MATLAB data types are stored in memory. Experienced MATLAB  
programmers will receive the most benefit from this session.

Web: http://web.mit.edu/violeta/www/IAP2006/#matlabadvanced
Contact: Violeta Ivanova, N42-250J, (617) 252-1383, violeta at mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Services and Technology

----------------------

Using Stellar to Search MIT Image Repositories
Ben Brophy, User Interface Designer, Stellar Course Management System
Wed Feb 1, 10-11:00am, 56-114

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

Stellar Images is a new tool being developed by the Stellar team that  
lets instructors search for images to use in the classroom. Initially  
the Stellar community will have access to images from the Rotch  
Visual Collection and the Visualizing Cultures Image Database. In  
this session, Ben will demonstrate the tool and gather feedback on  
how to improve it. Current plans for the tool are to add additional  
sources for images, as well as functionality for creating slideshows.

Contact: Ben Brophy, 9-250, x2-2085, benbr at mit.edu
Sponsor: Academic Media Production Services


----------------
Violeta Ivanova, Ph.D.
Educational Technology Consultant
MIT Information Services & Technology

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