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Free IT security training at K-State-Salina Oct. 21

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If you are based on the K-State Salina campus and you weren’t able to attend the IT Security training provided in Manhattan, now’s your chance!

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month and, as part of the celebration, K-State’s IT security team is hosting a series of events that will help the users at K-State become more secure. One of those events is the Free Cybersecurity Training Event 1-4:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21, at the K-State Salina Technology Center.

The event will consist of a welcome and introductory remarks from K-State’s new Chief Information Officer, Ken Stafford, followed by two groups of breakout sessions. The afternoon will wrap up with a Security Round-Robin, which will be your chance to ask the security experts the questions you have about IT security at K-State.

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Register now for free IT security training event Oct. 12

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October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month and, as part of the celebration, K-State’s IT security team is hosting a series of events that will help the users at K-State become more secure. One of those events is the Free Cybersecurity Training Event 8 a.m.-noon Tuesday, Oct. 12, at the K-State Student Union.

The event will consist of a welcome and introductory remarks from K-State’s new Chief Information Officer, Ken Stafford, followed by two groups of breakout sessions. The morning will wrap up with a Security Round-Robin, which will be your chance to ask the security experts the questions you have about IT security at K-State.

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Spotlight: Using Hootsuite to manage your social networks

Posted on by Aimee Hagedorn

Spending too much time signing in to Facebook, Twitter, WordPress, and others to promote your organization? Having trouble tracking your latest ad campaign online? Hootsuite may be the solution. Described as “the social media dashboard,” Hootsuite is able to coordinate all of your social networking accounts by allowing users to enter information ahead of time and pre-schedule release dates for when YOU want.

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Spotlight: Electronic resolutions via future e-mails

Posted on by Swasati Mukherjee

It’s that time of the year where we begin to think about goals for the new year. Oftentimes we need reminders to keep us on track toward achieving our goals. FutureMe.org allows users to write e-mail that will be sent to themselves in the future. It helps users keep track of things they want to achieve for 2010 and beyond.

To use the service, visit FutureMe.org and sign up. Then simply fill out the e-mail form, pick a date when you would like to receive the message, and click the button Send this to the future! Continue reading “Spotlight: Electronic resolutions via future e-mails” →

Roger McHaney: Virtual collaboration in academic courses

Posted on by Shalin Hai-Jew

RogerMcHaney Note:  Roger McHaney will be co-presenting “Virtual Collaboration:  Applied Projects and Tools” 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, at Union 212, as part of the Instructional Design Technology Roundtables. All are welcome to attend.

What is “virtual collaboration”?

Those of you who attended preschool years ago probably learned the importance of sharing. Today, in the Web’s early youth, the same lessons are being reinforced as we learn to share without regard to geography or time constraints.

“Virtual collaboration” or “VC” is the term we use to describe the technology and processes needed for people to exchange ideas, content, and work processes both synchronously and asynchronously over the Web. An emerging set of powerful VC tools enables people to collaborate on projects in amazing ways. This surge of sharing has been extended into higher education where students and teachers have incredible opportunities to enhance learning.

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Spotlight: Using Twitter to stay in touch with people, issues, sites

Posted on by Shalin Hai-Jew

Twitter has been all the rage since its launch in March 2006. It’s part of the so-called microblogging phenomena (also known as “micro-sharing” and “micro-updating”), which allows people to offer 140-character messages in virtually real time using this web-based interface (on their computers, laptops, or web-enabled mobile devices). The Twitter homepage may be accessed at twitter.com.

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This site shows what people are “tweeting” about down to the microsecond, for a real-time awareness of popular issues and “sentiment.” The popular sites are represented in text at the bottom part of the site, and these are clickable links to the publicly available tweets. (Monitoring tools are available to track microblog postings for company image management.)

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Spotlight: AudioBoo, a verbal form of Twitter

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AudioBoo (aka Audioboo, audioBoo) is a social media software launched in March that’s promoting verbal interactions on the Web. Located at audioboo.fm (think of “FM radio”), it allows users to post brief verbal comments called “boos” that can be followed by others. It’s already networking with other social media — including Facebook, FriendFeed, Tumblr, and even Twitter — and the first AudioBoo newsletter was e-mailed today.

“It’s like Twitter, but with audio snippets,” said Ben Ward, instructional designer in K-State’s Information Technology Assistance Center. He noted the primary way to publish AudioBoo content is through an iPhone (it’s an iPhone application, after all) but a computer interface is promised.

One of the most exciting aspects of AudioBoo is its ability to do audio-to-text conversion after SpinVox voice-to-text service was integrated. Continue reading “Spotlight: AudioBoo, a verbal form of Twitter” →

Spotlight: Beloit College’s “mindset list” for incoming freshmen

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On Aug. 18, Beloit College in Wisconsin released its popular Mindset List for the Class of 2013 for incoming college freshmen who will likely graduate four years from now.  The list, which has been published since 1998, identifies life experiences that have helped shape the attitudes and expectations of high-school graduates now arriving at colleges across the country.

Some of the list’s observations about technology and its use by incoming freshmen include:

Managing Twitter and other social media

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Where last week was an introduction to microblogging, this week is about learning some tools and strategies for managing the plethora of services and ways of communicating in this social media landscape. The immediate problem that occurs for most people who choose to engage in social media is how to choose which communities/services to get involved with and how to most seamlessly integrate them into their daily lives online. Here’s the scenario:

In real life (IRL) Joe knows Bob, Adam, and Sue. Joe’s looking to start venturing more into social media, to see what all the buzz is about. Joe created a Facebook account a while ago, but never uses it. Joe is friends with Bob on Facebook, but Adam and Sue don’t use Facebook. Joe chats with Adam on IM, but Sue and Bob don’t do IM. Joe knows Sue is a huge fan of Twitter, but Bob and Adam don’t like it one bit. Joe really just wants to connect with all of them online and it seems like such a hassle to have three different ways of communicating with them using social media.

In this common scenario, Joe is overwhelmed by it all and gives up before even getting started. While there is a lot to keep track of, it can be simplified a bit.

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IDT Roundtable April 16: Social Media

Posted on by Swasati Mukherjee

The last IDT Roundtable session this semester is 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Thursday, April 16, in Room 212 of the K-State Student Union.

Every day there seems to be something new on the Web designed to connect people in exciting, innovative ways. Come join iTAC staffers Kevin Champion, technology information specialist, and Ben Ward, instructional designer, as they take a wild journey exploring everything from Facebook to Twitter. Be prepared to jump into the discussion of new ideas, old fears, and where the future might take us.

Coffee, tea, and water will be available, and you are welcome to bring your lunch. RSVP to catl@k-state.edu, 785-532-7828. To learn about the past sessions, go to the IDT Roundtable website.