Accomplishments:

• Prof Dev
  
  • Reflection on Friere
  • Reflection on Illich
  • Facilitation of iTech Academy
  • LDSC
    • Day 1
    • Day 2
• Spring ’13 revisions/developments

• IST 220
  • 2 notes from Nick G about items that he’d like to see done to improve the course
    • One is about a screen cast that shows how to do a screen cap in VHOL
    • One is about creating a better survey in ANGEL for team creation
    • Received another note from Nick about cloudshark
      • The way that he’s thinking of implementing it would erase many of the IT related issues that we currently have
      • It would also allow us to focus our efforts on exactly what we want students to learn
      • Note from Amy S about doing a revision in 1 semester. I’m going to try to extend this to 2 semesters.
  • Met on 5/2 from 11:00-12:00 to discuss
    • He would like OIDI to create a virtual Finite State Machine
    • He included a powerpoint with examples of what he would like
    • Need to assemble a team to get this rolling
    • Spoke with Allison and Ranjani about possible participation in this project
    • Emailed Marc on 5/31 about getting together to discuss the project
    • Meeting planned for 6/5 concerning project
    • Alison, Ranjani, and Will are working on the project. Plan to meet in a week or so
    • Ranjani sent a prototype for Marc to view on 6/26
• IST 230 (Newcomer)
  • The truth tables are completed
    • Feedback from Kent about video on the page (& in the rest of the course)
      • Would be nice to point students more clearly on where to start the tables – Done
      • Can make the video accessible by ios devices. Here is an evernote on how.
  • Email sent to Larry on 4/9
    • Reply from Toni D; positive about the final product
  • Amy G pointed me to some resources that were available from the past.
    • I plan to take a closer look and share with Larry for possible inclusion in later semesters
  • Note from Larry on 5/9 that there is something that needs to be fixed
    • Emailed Greg for help
    • This should have been done earlier but it’s another reason we need professional ed tech
    • Texted Greg on 5/31 and worked with Ranjani to fix the issue
  • Eric is starting work on making videos accessible by mobile on 7/1
• IST 240 (Fonseca)
  • Talked to Lisa and she was going to touchbase with Mary Beth about reforming committee
  • Meeting on 5/1 about the course with Fred rescheduled for 5/8 b/c of grading needs
    • Meeting again rescheduled for 5/15 b/c of being behind
  • Received note on 5/20 that Fred could make meeting this week, so I shared my feelings about the project getting behind.
    • He sent me materials and nice note.
  • Moved Hal’s materials into an Archive folder in the dev section and deleted gradebook
  • Updated the course and made a few more adjustments based upon the file sent and a google+ hangout session on 5/23 & 24
  • Received an email on 5/29 that Fred changed his mind and is revamping the course
  • Looked more closely over the edits and plan to make adjustements next week when I have time
  • Fred sent me materials up through Lesson 11 over the weekend
    • Plan to work with Ranjani on setting up the course
  • Meeting planned for 6/24 on google hangout from 1:30-2:30
    • Able to determine a few items for the course. Here are my notes:
      • When: Jun 24, 2013 1:30:00 PM
        Where: Google hangout
        Proposed Agenda

        Syllabus

        • I did a bit of rewriting to firm up the syllabus and fit other items into the standard template
        • See Course Objectives
        • See Materials
        • See Tech Specs
        • See Grading & Assignments
        • Can’t find Sams text about Java in Safari Books. – found under java development
        • Should we be asking students to purchase this?
        • Or should we move to a different text.

        Final Project

        • Reworked Project Overview
        • Added Evaluation to Rubric in ANGEL to connect to dropbox

        Lesson 00 contents

        • Need criteria for survey – file sent

        Lesson 01 contents

        • Talk about basic flow for the lesson – put content on drupal, the order should b
        • Content
        • Labs
        • Assignment
  • On 6/25, began to move things into drupal and could see that there is a ton to process
  • Help from Amy G to think about how to leverage student help
  • Put place holders in ANGEL with materials from Fred
  • On 6/25 & 26 able to get materials into drupal for Lessons 1 & 2. Plan to add one per day until it is all in
  • On 6/27 able to get materials into drupal for Lesson 3.
  • On 6/28 finished Lesson 4 and Allison did Lesson 5, 6, & 8. Will finished up Lesson 9 and updated content to formatted.
  • Also, Will and I worked on making the self assessments open upon submission in ANGEL. Need to send a ticket to ANGEL Support next week about this.
• IST 250 (Bixler)
  • Met with Brett on 1/30 to discuss adjustments
    • Mostly items that Brett will fix
    • He will send me changes to the curriculum as Word docs for me to update
    • Sent Brett a meeting request for Wed. 7/24 from 1:30-2:30
• IST 302 (Clark)
  • Sent note to Shawn about new text
    • He replied that if the book changed significantly we would have to do a revision
      • I sent a reply back to let him know that it didn’t change much and to see if he needed a copy
      • He said yes, and I sent a request to Kathy W on 4/8
      • Checked in with Amy S about the possibility of revision
      • I don’t think it’s necessary
        • Talked briefly with Shawn on 5/21 that I didn’t think the course needed a revision
        • Received the book and clarified with James C on 5/31 that we were going with the 7th edition
      • Jan said that she planned to add quizzes to the course
• IST 402 (Jansen)
  • Meeting set up by Amy S for 6/12 to discuss new topic around Jim Jansen’s f2f 402 “The Google Online Marketing Challenge”
  • Sounds like a good idea from several perspectives:
    • student engagement via competition
    • marketing to students in other majors for minor
  • Few possible obstacles
    • Not enough students from other majors with complementary skills
    • Large need for synchronous meetings
    • Large time commitment
  • Email sent on 6/12 to Jim to set up meeting for June 24-28
    • Meeting planned for June 24 from 3-4
      • Looks like lots of captivates
      • Need to put together a process to share with him to make this streamlined
      • Need to have a drupal space created
      • He probably won’t be able to get me product until August 1
  • Put in request to IST Helpdesk to create ist402gomc site for Jansen’s course
    • received notification on 6/26 that this was done
    • sent a footprints request to set up the site on 6/27 to Ranjani and Will
    • Need to have template overlayed on the course
• Summer ’13 Courses

• IST 210
  • Sec 002 (Fred)
    • Fred sent out a note about something that needed to be updated & Gary mentioned that he’d fix it for next semester
• IST 230
  • Sec 001 (Larry)
    • No time to grade or call Larry this week b/c of iTech Academy
• IST 301
  • Sec 001 (Ocker)
    • Request to looking into why voicethread wasn’t displaying
    • Sent a reply of how to fix this and made the following video: http://screencast.com/t/qFcXesiLal
• Fall ’13 Courses

• IST 110
  • Sec 001 (Garbrick)
    • Ok from Amy G to copy last version into the space
    • Export/Import done on 6/4
    • Let Amy that it was done and ready for her to set up
  • Sec 002 (M. Lipton)
    • Checked in about copying in last version of the course into her space on 5/31
      • Reply on 6/1 that it was okay
    • Finally got to uploading on 6/12 and emailed Mary
• IST 111S
  • Sec 001 (Deirdre)
    • Emailed Deirdre on 6/12 about populating her space
    • Received note on 6/17 that she needs to make a few adjustments before this should be done
    • I replied that I would bring the course over on July 1 if I hadn’t heard anything
    • Set up the section & sent email to Deirdre on July 1
• IST 210
  • Sec 001 (Gary)
    • Started on 6/13 after consultation
      • Finished & ready for Fall ’13
  • Sec 002 (Liz)
    • Started on 6/13 after consultation
      • Finished & ready for Fall ’13
• IST 260W
  • Sec 001 (Long)
    • Note from Amy S on 6/26 that the section is filled and adding Wilson for section 002
      • Sent out note on 6/26 about populating section next Monday
  • Sec 002 (Wilson)
    • Sent out note on 6/26 about populating section next Monday
• IST 301
  • Sec 001 (Jan)
    • Sent email on 6/26 letting her know that I populated section from Spring ’13 into her Fall ’13 section
    • Completed the course set up on 7/1
• IST 302
  • Sec 001 (Jan)
    • Started on 6/13 because she would like to add exams for each lesson
      • My part is done
• IST 331
  • Sec 001 (Wenk)
    • Set up the course on 6/17 based upon sp13 version upon Bill’s request
    • Talked to Emily on 6/18 via google+ hangout about the course
    • Plan is to have a 3-way conversation with Bill about how best to set the course up for her in Fall
• IST 402
  • Sec 001 (Jansen)
    • Received a note that he wants the section populated
    • Didn’t find this on my profile, so asked him to add me if he sees it on his
    • They added Melissa instead of me, so Jim added me.
    • Set up the section and sent him an email on 6/5

Ongoing Projects:

• Updated google spreadsheet for Fall ’13 google schreadsheet 

Immediate Decisions / Issues:

• Need LMS that better integrates and includes tools that we use in our classes.

Important Dates:

• July 2 Sick Day – Family 4h, Self 4h
• July 4 Holiday
• July 5 Vacation Day – 8h
• July 11 Vacation Day – 8h
• July 12 Vacation Day – 8h
• August 19 Vacation Day – 8h
• August 20 Vacation Day – 8h