Tech Fair

 

Tech Fair LogoWest’s Tech Fairs include workshops on using technology in the classroom and encourage faculty-to-faculty exchanges in using technology in courses and student services.
 
 
Tech Fair workshops are currently offered during Fall and Spring semesters.  All workshops are open to faculty and staff who are able to attend.  Faculty can file for Flex Credit for attending workshops.

 

For questions or more information, contact Mary-Jo Apigo at apigomj@wlac.edu. Tech Fair is sponsored by Title V Cooperative grants along with our cooperating partners - Pierce, East, Trade Tech, and City.

 

 

 

 

***SPRING 2013 WORKSHOP REMINDER***

 

 

Workshops are open to all faculty and staff, and RSVPs are not required. However, if you would like a reminder for a

workshop, click the link below to receive a calendar invite for the workshops you're interested in attending.

 

Tech Fair KEYNOTE ADDRESS Reminder

Tech Fair Workshop Reminder - March 2013

Tech Fair Workshop Reminder - April 2013

 

 

 

 

 

TECH FAIR - SPRING 2013: Schedule Changes

 

*ROOM CHANGE* - Monday, May 13 from 3:30 to 4:30pm moved from CE-225 to HLRC-112

Let's Create a Tutorial - Part 2 with Diane Matsuno

 

*CANCELLED* - Thursday, May 9 from 3:30 to 4:30pm in CE-225

Creating Course Outlines Using ECD with Kristina Thomas

 

*CANCELLED* - Monday, April 8 from 3:30 to 4:30pm in HLRC-4E

Class Planning & Organization on Schoology with Paul Calderon

 

*CANCELLED* - Thursday, April 11 from 3:30 to 4:30pm in HLRC-4E

A Dream Deferred: Access and Success for Students of Color - Strategies for Success with Dr. Adrienne Foster

 

*CANCELLED* - Monday, April 8 from 3:30 to 4:30pm in HLRC-4E

Class Planning & Organization on Schoology with Paul Calderon

 

*CANCELLED* - Monday, April 8 from 2:15 to 3:15pm in HLRC-4E

Google+ The Educators Platform with Paul Calderon

 

*RESCHEDULED* - Thursday, March 28 from 3:30 to 4:30pm in CE-104

Flipping the Classroom with Kenneth Taira

Update for new date coming soon.

 

*RESCHEDULED* - Thursday, March 28 from 2:15 to 3:15pm in CE-104

Introduction to ECD with Kristina Thomas

Update for new date coming soon.

 

*RESCHEDULED* - Thursday, March 28 from 1:00 to 2:00pm in HLRC-4E

Say Goodbye to PowerPoint Presenations with Janelle Blount

Update for new date coming soon.

 

*CANCELLED* - Wednesday, March 27 from 1:00 to 2:00pm in HLRC-4E

10 Great Lesson Planning and Technology Tools with Luo Yilan 

 


 

 

 

 

 


  

Tech Fair - Spring 2013: Workshops offered from March 11 to May 23

Tech Fair Spring 2013 Poster

Workshops are scheduled Monday - Thursday at 1 pm, 2:15 pm, 3:30 pm and 5:00 pm. We are also hosting Friday webinars, online workshops that can be accessed from the comfort of your home or office with an Internet connection and phone line.  

 

We have over 85 workshops scheduled, including the following topics:

  • A Dream Deferred: Access and Success for Students of Color - Strategies for Success

  • Apple Genius Bar @ West
  • Class Planning & Organization on Schoology

  • Creating Course Outlines Using ECD
  • Digital Tools and Technology to Organize and Assess Your Class
  • Etudes vs. Facebook: Comparing Student Participation in Different Online Environments
  • Flipping the Classroom
  • Instructional Media Training for Smart Classrooms

  • Student-Created Group PowerPoints/GoogleDocs Presentations to Enhance Learning
  • TMC's: How to Do It!
  • Using Etudes to Assess SLOs
  • Using Media for Reading Apprenticeship

 

Click here to view the full Tech Fair - Spring 2013 schedule.

 

 


 

Tech Fair - FALL 2012: Workshops offered from August 21 to 24 and from September 10 to December 5

Tech Fair Spring 2012 Poster

Workshops are scheduled Monday - Thursday at 1 pm, 2:15 pm, 3:30 pm and 5:00 pm. We are also hosting Friday webinars, online workshops that can be accessed from the comfort of your home or office with an Internet connection and phone line.  

 

We have over 80 workshops scheduled, including the following topics:

  • Peer-to-Peer Learning and Library Research: Let's Chat!

  • Using Free, Online Teaching Resources in the Sciences

  • Using the Quality Matters Rubric to Improve Online or Hybrid Classes

  • Instructional Media Training for Smart Classrooms

  • Humanizing Your Online Course

  • Interactive Instruction: Using Technology to Actively Engage Students In and Out of the Classroom

  • Easy and Fast Website Design

  • How to be a Good Environmentalist and Get Rid of Paper: Excel Makes Grades & Attendance Easy!

  • Webinar Essentials 101

  • "Theming" Your Class

  • Death by PowerPoint

  • Using Music for Writing Assignments

  • Educator Think Tank: Ways to Improve as Educators

  • Student Learning Outcomes: Back to the Basics

  • ePortfolios: If You Build It, They Will Come (to realize they have no excuses)

  • Animate and Elucidate in Xtranormal Web-based Animation Software

 

Click here to view the full Tech Fair - Fall 2012 schedule.

  

 

 

 

Thank you for joining us for Tech Fair - Fall 2012

 

Your participation helped make the program a great success. Please help us improve future Tech Fair workshops by responding to the survey at the link below; it should take about 5 minutes.

 

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WRP5BLY

 

We appreciate your feedback!

 

Visit the Tech Fair Presentation Materials link on the left for materials from workshops you missed.

 

 
 

Tech Fair Workshop Tracks

 

Tech Fair workshops share effective practices, tools, tips, and techniques and are organized under the following four tracks:

  1. DIGITAL CAMPUS - Presentations in this track focus on technologies that enhance campus services, activities, or processes. Sample topics can include online systems and support services such as ETUDES-NG, ADX, Online Digital Curriculum Storage, Online Library Services, DegreeWorks, Electronic Curriculum Development System, etc.
  2. TEACHING & LEARNING - Presentations in this track focus on sharing and discussing pedagogy to improve teaching and learning. Sample topics can be in the areas of student success strategies, best practices, student learning outcomes, evaluation, pedagogy, etc.
  3. TECHNOLOGY & THE CLASSROOM – Presentations in this track focus on discussing and demonstrating instructional technology strategies, techniques, issues, and solutions.  Sample topics include course design, copyright, accessibility, computer software technology tips, student learning outcomes, etc.
  4.  WEB 2.0 & SOCIAL SOFTWARE – Presentations in this track focus on tools that support the joint creation of content, user-centered design, and collaboration.  Sample topics can be in the areas of blogs, wikis, ePortfolios, GoogleDocs, Facebook, etc.