Join Us for SWALLT Online. September 9th, 2011 12-1pm

SWALLT Online Returns!

Please join us on Friday Sept.  9th at 12pm-1pm in the LARC BlackBoard Collaborate System (See notes below for connection instructions)

SWALLT is pleased to announce that the SWALLT Online Web Conference has returned.  SWALLT Onlne is a monthly web conference given by professionals in the field of language learning technology for the benefit of SWALLT members. These web conferences allow for detailed treatment of exciting projects and the latest innovations in the field and are always accompanied by informal but rigorous discussion.
This month SWALLT President Elect, Ryan Brazell, will kick off the series with a presentation about UCSF’s new Teaching and Learning Center  (see details below) 

If your SWALLT membership has lapsed, or you are not yet a SWALLT member, please renew/join at http://swallt.org or by contacting Pat Miller directly at pmiller@csun.edu.  We look forward to seeing friends old and new at SWALLT Online!

BlackBoard Connect Instructions (Headset recommended/required) - 

Watch Tutorial Here - http://screenr.com/l4Ws

1. Go to this link to LARC BlackBoard Connect.

2. Enter a name (your choice) in the Session Login and click on Log In button.  The Client will launch.  IMPORTANT! You may need to update your java runtime environment and you may be prompted to indicate the speed of your network connection.  The installation wizards pretty much do this for you but it can take up to 10 minutes and a restart.   It is best to test your connection first.  Contact 

3. After launching, you should appear in the SWALLT Web Conference Room.  

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More Details about Presentation 

Title: If You Build It, Will They Come? Building the New TechnologyCommons at UCSF

Description: The opening of the UCSF Library’s new Teaching and Learning Center (http://tlc.ucsf.edu) brought together a number of departments and services into one location: interprofessional smart classrooms, the Kanbar Center for clinical simulation and telemedicine, and the Technology Commons, which houses a large lab, a computer classroom, a number of multimedia workstations with specialized hardware and software, as well as support staff for both informational and instructional technologies. This presentation, focused on the Technology Commons, will include a brief review of the planning process, but will largely cover outcomes and lessons learned, as well as the impact these co-located facilities have had on usage of the Technology Commons and other Library services.