Staff

Facilitator: Karlos Hill, CFD Fellow and Visiting Instructor in Africana Studies and History

Location: Borlaug – Dahl Centennial Union

Topic: Discussion of “The Lyncher in Me,” Warren Read’s provocative memoir about his family’s participation in the 1920 Duluth lynching.

This reading group will bring together faculty, staff and students interested in exploring contemporary race relations by investigating the history and legacy of lynching in the United States.

Facilitator(s): Christopher Barth
Location: Mott – Dahl Centennial Union

LIS (Library and Information Services) will be sharing information on various topics for all who are interested.

Facilitator: Ryan Gjerde
Location: Olin 301 – Round Table Room

Facebook applications in higher education will be shared and discussed.

Faculty Development Teaching and Technology sessions highlight internet resources and software with potential as pedagogical tools. Each session features one or two faculty members who demonstrate how they have used a particular resource in their teaching. Though designed with faculty in mind, these sessions are open to all.

More information on upcoming training and instruction is available at http://lis.luther.edu/learn.

Facilitators: Tiffany Gille, Melanie Heindl
Location: Mott – Dahl Centennial Union

Having trouble understanding students of this generation? Struggling with using and comprehending the technology? Want to learn how to use YouTube, Facebook, and Wikipedia? Then this is the session for you.

Facilitator(s): Nick Gomersall, Diane Gossman
Location: Mott – Dahl Centennial Union

This LIS training shares tips and tricks for using the Norse Apps suite in the classroom, including the following:

• Display your office hours and class schedule online (Norse Calendar)
• Gather input from your students using a web form with the data automatically going into a spreadsheet for you (Norse Docs)
• Encourage group projects in which students can edit documents together, even at the same time (Norse Docs)
• Create a presentation and give it anywhere, regardless of platform (Mac/PC) or softwa

Facilitator: Diane Gossman
Location: Mott – Dahl Centennial Union

This session will showcase Atomic Learning and will also highlight other tools found on the LIS and Help Desk websites to help you and your students in or out of the classroom.

Atomic Learning delivers a library of short, easy-to-view-and-understand tutorial movies that can be used as an integral part of a professional development program, a valuable curriculum supplement and an anytime/anywhere software training resource. The collection answers common questions people have when learning and using software.

Facilitator: Matthew Baumann
Location: Dahl Centennial Union – Mott

Learn about the pilot multimedia lab that has been set up in the Library near the LIS Technology Help Desk to enhance user experience of video editing, copying, and conversion.

Teaching and Technology sessions highlight internet resources and software with potential as pedagogical tools. Each session features one or two faculty members who demonstrate how they have used a particular resource in their teaching. Though designed with faculty in mind, these sessions are open to all.

Facilitator: Laura Cleaveland
Location: Valders 377

An introduction to mapping using ArcGIS Desktop and Google Earth. Learn how to generate maps using your own data and explore the wealth of geographic data sets available on the Web, from historical voyage tracks, to modern demographic data, epidemiology, climate trends, and more.

Teaching and Technology sessions highlight internet resources and software with potential as pedagogical tools. Each session features one or two faculty members who demonstrate how they have used a particular resource in their teaching.

Facilitator: Diane Gossman
Location: Olin 301 – Round Table Room

The Norse Calendar is now the primary campus calendar (replacing Oracle Calendar) as of Jan. 1, 2009. This is a campus-wide calendar (available to all faculty, staff, and students) so the more who use the calendar, the more useful it is for the Luther community.

LIS cannot transfer information from Oracle Calendar into Norse Calendar. However, it is possible for you to export your Oracle Calendar meetings for historical purposes.

Facilitators: John Moeller and Steve Holland
Location: Nansen Lounge (Union)

In response to the overwhelming interest in our first J-term reading group, the Dean’s Office will sponsor a second January reading group, this one to be led by John Moeller, Professor of Political Science & Director of the Center for Ethics and Public Life, and Steve Holland, Assistant Professor of Economics.