Emerging Technologies, the last IT Orientation session for the Fall 2009 semester, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, in 401B Hale Library. Learn more about a variety of emerging technologies that can help in the classroom, office, and at home. The session is open to all K-State faculty/staff and students but requires pre-registration.
See the IT Orientation website for details on the sessions.
At this week’s IT Orientation session, learn more about library technology at K-State. The one-hour session will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, in 401B Hale Library and is open to all K-State faculty/staff and students but requires pre-registration.
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Learn more about Computing at K-State at the next one-hour IT Orientation session 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 16, in 401B Hale Library. It is open to all K-State faculty/staff and students but requires pre-registration.
Other upcoming IT Orientation sessions this semester include:
See the IT Orientation website for details on the sessions.
by Audrey Taggart-Kagdis, Union marketing sales manager
The K-State ID Center and Information Technology Services announces the conversion of the “smart chip” technology to the prepaid Cat Cash system effective Monday, Oct. 5. At the start of every fall and spring semester, $10 in funds is placed on each student’s eID to be used for limited free printing at participating university computing labs ($5 during the summer). Once those funds are exhausted, the student will now use Cat Cash rather than reloading at a “smart chip” station.
“Transferring this service over to Cat Cash has allowed for a significant savings in technology expenses as well as the consolidation to one standard payment system on campus,” said Craig Johnson, assistant director of the K-State Student Union.
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The deadline to sign up for next Monday’s Oct. 5 IT Security Training Event is coming. If you’ve been waiting until the last minute to sign up, this would be your time! Get more details about the Oct. 5 security event and register for the event by Friday, Oct. 2.
This free event is open to K-State faculty/staff and students, as well as IT professionals from other Regents’ institutions. Friendly, non-technical sessions this year will cover:
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The K-State Libraries have made high-quality technology titles available through Safari Tech Books Online. Safari includes titles published in the current year and the previous two calendar years, and includes timely topics such as certification, enterprise computing, Java, Linux/Unix, web development, Windows, XML, and more.
Users can access titles through the K-State Libraries’ Catalog (catalog.lib.k-state.edu) or by browsing the Safari database (www.lib.k-state.edu/db/alpha/s.html). Access is limited to two simultaneous users, so if you are unable to get into the database, wait a minute and try again.
These e-books appear just as they would in print. Each title includes a complete table of contents with chapter links, and all charts, graphs, and images are included as originally published.
by Lin Davis-Stephens, instructor, Colby Community College
[Editor’s note: Don’t miss the author’s related lecture at the Axio Conference this week at K-State. The conference is free, but registration is required. See the conference schedule for details.]
Students are seeking the message, craving the experience of being alive and part of the world around them. Basically, life is a cycle of action and reflection. I explore the relation of service-learning and student-centered learning in the higher education setting.
At Colby Community College, several programs of study emphasize learning-by-doing in realistic situations, then reflecting on what students have done. We see this as “fostering ideas, facilitating learning”. We invite participation and connect learning to real-life experiences. Continue reading “Spotlight: Service-learning and student-centered learning”
Registration is now open for the October IT Security Training Event 8:30 a.m.-3:15 p.m. Monday, Oct. 5, in the K-State Student Union. This free, full-day event is open to K-State faculty/staff and students, as well as IT professionals from other Regents’ institutions.
Like past events, this year’s training will include general sessions covering topics relevant to everyone, plus breakout sessions for more-technical and less-technical audiences. Topics include:
At the next one-hour IT Orientation session, learn more about two important K-State Information Systems: iSIS, the K-State Student Information System, and HRIS, the Human Resource Information System. The session will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22, in 401B Hale Library and is open to all K-State faculty/staff and students but requires pre-registration.
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On Friday, Aug. 28, Apple released Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard for all Intel-based Macs. Snow Leopard is available for $29 at the Union Computer Store or via their online store. If you purchased a qualifying Mac on or after June 8 that does not include Mac OS X Snow Leopard, you can upgrade for $9.95 through Apple’s Snow Leopard Up-to-Date Program.
This is an incremental upgrade to Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard rather than a release of a new operating system. Hence the “Snow” added to Leopard rather than a new big cat name. According to Apple, Snow Leopard is “Refined, not reinvented”. Some of the features of Snow Leopard include: Continue reading “Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard available at Union Computer Store”
