Maxwell Ruckdeschel // Regional Knowledge Network

The Regional Knowledge Network is a powerful online resource for researchers, government officials, regional leaders, students, community activists and citizens. The network covers 10 topics for the Buffalo Niagara region and is a central resource for information on regionally critical issues.

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Kevin Lim // Intro to Podcasts

Have your lessons or research "heard" by starting your own academic podcast. Podcasting is a method of publishing audio files to the Internet and making them available to subscribers to download. Learn how podcasting might be used in your scholarly activities. This workshop was a collaboration with Jim Milles.

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Kevin Eye // Understanding and Using RSS

RSS is an open standard for sharing channels of Web content, including news headlines, blog posts, and multimedia clips (podcasts). Learn how to dynamically update your website with content from UB and external websites, and how to publish your site information to others.

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Kevin Lim // Intro to Wikis

Bring together the collective knowledge of your class by starting a Wiki. A Wiki is an online platform for collaborative document editing. Its popularity stems from its ease of use, particularly for building a knowledgebase.

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Kevin Lim // Intro to Blogs

Learn how to start your own blog! This workshop will explain the blog phenomenon, how it benefits teachers, researchers, students and librarians.

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Kathy Boje // Enhance group learning using UBlearns

Professor Kathy Boje will demonstrate a variety of teaching strategies she uses within UBlearns to engage students and to achieve learning objectives. Students participate in cooperative learning, question and discussion, debates, and peer teaching activities.

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Robin Sullivan // CV/research website creation

In this workshop you will create a website to display your CV and/or research interests. You will learn to use Dreamweaver to create a simple website using a pre-defined template that is inline with UB visual identity guidelines. You will leave the session with knowledge about how to continue the development of your website.

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Kevin Lim // Intro to Web 2.0

Blogs, wikis, and podcasting are becoming widely used in higher education to extend interactions among teachers and learners. Follow-up sessions help you develop these environments for use in your teaching and research.

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Kevin Eye // Macromedia Contribute for Web administrators

Come to this session for a discussion of Contribute, a valuable Web editing tool for non-technical users. Geared toward Web administrators, this session will include a demonstration of the admin tools in Contribute such as adding users, restricting access, and limiting the ability to edit portions of webpages for those designated to update website content.

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Kurt Squire // Education Arcade: Games-to-Teach

Kurt Squire presented "Education Arcade: Games-to-Teach" at the Educational Gaming conference, held on February 3rd, 2006 at the University at Buffalo. This conference included discussions on the intersect of cognitive theory and online game environments.

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Alex Chisholm // Education Arcade: Games-to-Teach

Alex Chisholm presented "Education Arcade: Games-to-Teach" at the Educational Gaming conference, held on February 3rd, 2006 at the University at Buffalo. This conference included discussions on the intersect of cognitive theory and online game environments.

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Constance Steinkuehler // Cognition/Culture in Massively Multiplayer Online Games

Constance Steinkuehler presented "Cognition/Culture in MMOG's (Massively Multiplayer Online Games)" at the Educational Gaming conference, held on February 3rd, 2006 at the University at Buffalo. This conference included discussions on the intersect of cognitive theory and online game environments.

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