Faculty Brown Bag: Enhancing Student Learning through Information Literacy and Technology (Music & Art)

Sponsors: LIS and Dean’s Office
Presenters: Brooke Joyce, Steve Smith, Ben Moore
Location: Mott Room, Dahl Centennial Union
Registration: Unlimited

Participants from the Summer 2011 Faculty Workshop “Enhancing Student Learning Through Information Literacy and Technology” will share changes they have made to one or more of their 2011-12 courses as a result of this workshop and discuss the impact that those changes have had on their students. You are invited to bring your lunch and join the conversation.

This is the first in a series of four brown bag sessions with the technology and information literacy workshop participants (representing the Art, Economics, Education, Music, Nursing, Social Work, and Theatre/Dance departments) and members of LIS. All faculty are welcome to attend; the sessions will be of particular interest for those who would like to be part of the Summer 2012 workshop experience.

Today’s session features Brooke Joyce and Steve Smith presenting from the Music Department and Ben Moore presenting from the Art Department. Ben will demonstrate how the use of an iPad in a studio classroom can increase the efficiency of the classroom by gathering information (images/video) almost instantly and present that information to the whole class wirelessly. Brooke and Steve will demonstrate two software programs that manipulate sound, and discuss how students use them to create original compositions.

The full schedules is as follows:

• Mon: Feb 27 from 12:15 – 1:15 presenters Brooke Joyce, Ben Moore, Steve Smith
  • Ben will demonstrate how the use of an iPad in a studio classroom can increase the efficiency of the classroom by gathering information (images/video) almost instantly and present that information to the whole class wirelessly.
  • Brooke and Steve will demonstrate two software programs that manipulate sound, and discuss how students use them to create original compositions.
• Mon: Mar 5 from 12:15 – 1:15 presenters Barb Bohach, Deb Fordice
  • Barb and Deb will share a process that “virtually” brings children and adolescents into college education courses through guided video observations using Ipods (I-Touches), Ipads, and Flipcams.
• Mon: Apr 2 from 12:15 – 1:15 presenters Tom Berger, Jeff Dintaman, Lisa Lantz
  • Jeff, Tom and Lisa will discuss the collaborative nature of incorporating technology in many forms into the production process.
• Tue: Apr 3 from 11:30 – 12:30 presenters Nick Gomersall, Ginger Meyette, Jayme Nelson
  • Nick will report on an initiative that asked students, rather than working from published textbooks, to write their own ‘textbooks’ using personal wikis.

For more information on last summer’s workshop, visit http://lis.luther.edu/studentlearningworkshop2011.

Brown Bags are scheduled over the noon hour. Each brown bag focuses on a specific topic related to teaching, scholarly work, or other matters of interest to Luther faculty. Topics are announced in advance. Typically, one or two facilitators will launch the discussion by sharing best practices, identifying challenges, or presenting models for consideration.

Information on other upcoming training opportunities is available at http://lis.luther.edu/learn/schedule or by viewing the calendar at http://lis.luther.edu/calendar.