Tag Archives: WIC Seminar Room

new Macbooks in WIC Seminar Room

Posted on March 23, 2012 by

Friday morning, we welcomed patrons in our PhotoShop Layers WICshop to try our 20 new MacBook Pro laptops. After more than five years of steady use, the 20 Mac laptops in the WIC Seminar Room had started to creak with … Continue reading →

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PixelWIC – Exploring LearnSpace

Posted on March 13, 2012 by

Thanks to John MacDermott from SAS Computing, we are excited about LearnSpace, a new program from Pixelture. We’ve just added this to the WIC Seminar room. Now, windows from many computers can be shared on the projector screen over wireless … Continue reading →

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WIC Online Tutorials Page Gets a New Look

Posted on June 22, 2011 by

Go bey0nd the in-person workshop: there is more online at WIC’s newly updated Online Tutorials page – 62 tutorials now!  Use the live search box at top left to shrink your list. After much discussion and poring over old workshop … Continue reading →

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Summer WICshops are in Full Swing

Posted on June 20, 2011 by

Join the crowds at summer WICshops!  WICshops for programs like Adobe Illustrator are in high demand this summer, like this June 15 session with 21 participants taught by Vitale Digital Media Lab consultant Jesse Turnbull. Check out other upcoming WICshops … Continue reading →

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Study Break@WIC (5/2/11)

Posted on May 2, 2011 by

 The WIC Seminar Room will be open from now through Tuesday, May 10 whenever the building is open. Come and explore our games and puzzles when you are ready for a break! You can post ideas and suggestions to this … Continue reading →

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German students collaborate through Chat and Wiki (12/1/07)

Posted on December 1, 2007 by

Ed Dixon, SAS Coordinator for Technology in Foreign Languages, taught German 101 this semester using PC laptops in the WIC Seminar Room. His students used Blackboard chat and wiki tools extensively. Ed commented, “The seminar room helped me greatly to … Continue reading →

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Cinema Studies and Narrative Studies courses use WIC Seminar Room (5/1/07)

Posted on March 1, 2007 by

After teaching for the past two semesters in the WIC Seminar Room, Dr. Valerie Ross, Director of the Critical Writing Program, summarizes her experience, “The Information Commons is a superb space for collaborative learning. The resources are phenomenal, and the … Continue reading →

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