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Fall 2005 IT Staff Retreat
October 6-9, 2005
ACS Tech Center
This year
ACSTC held its seventh meeting for information technology staff.
Back by popular demand were reports from campuses, opportunities for
discussion, sharing of tools/software solutions, and chances for the
four groups (user support, instructional technology, webmasters and
systems/networking) to meet both together and separately.
Joint
sessions included reports from campuses (each delegation should
present the highs and lows of the previous year, as well as what was
planned for the future), reports on ACS Tech Center and NITLE activities,
a session on streaming audio and video, and a workshop on Project Management,
including emerging practices in this field.
These sessions were organized by Vidya Ananthanaryanan (Trinity University)
and Vicki Sells (University of the South), based on their recent participation
as part of a NITLE delegation to the Educause Institute for Instructional
Technology. Topics included the place of instructional technology at
small liberal arts colleges. There were also connections with instructional
technologists in other NITLE regions.
User Support:
These
sessions addressed automating support, as well as a roundtable discussion
of other support issues.
Systems/Networking:
These sessions included VMware and Virtual Servers, Cisco Clean Access
and a security roundtable.
Sharing Tools and Projects:
We
expanded last year's popular tool time to include two opportunities to
share tools and projects. "Tool Time" offered an opportunity to share handy tools and software solutions
found on the campuses. "Take a Swim in the Project Pool" offered an opportunity to present on projects from the campuses. "Project
Pool" was followed by a
reception where small groups met to discuss projects they've seen
presented.
Agenda
Group 1: Systems
and Networking
Group 2: User Support
Group 3: Instructional Technology
Group 4: Webmasters
Thursday, October 6, 2005
| Time |
Event |
Location |
| Afternoon |
Arrive at Hotel |
Hilton Garden Inn, Round Rock |
| 5:40 PM |
Depart from Hotel for Dinner |
Hilton Garden Inn |
| 6:30 PM |
Welcome
Dinner |
Garcia's Too, Georgetown |
| 7:00 PM |
Welcome
and Orientation: Suzanne Bonefas,
Rebecca Davis & Jennifer Whitman
Joint Session: Reports from Campuses |
Garcia's Too, Georgetown |
| 9:00 PM |
Return to
Hotel |
Hilton Garden Inn |
Friday, October 7, 2005
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| 6:30-8:10 AM |
Breakfast |
Hilton
Garden Inn |
| 8:10 AM |
Depart from Hotel |
Hilton
Garden Inn |
| 8:30 AM |
Group 1: VMware and Virtual
Servers
John Robbins, David Link (Davidson College) |
Olin 208 |
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Groups 2, 3 & 4: Web
Standards
(Patrick Ramsey, Southwestern University) |
ACS Tech Center |
| 9:30 AM |
Group
1:
Cisco Clean Access
Jeff Bowman (Davidson College) |
Olin
208 |
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Group 2: User Support:
Panel: Tools for Automating Support |
ACS Tech CenterWest |
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Group 3: Instructional
Technology
Vidya Ananthanaryanan (Trinity University) & Vicki Sells (University of the
South) |
ACS Tech Center East |
| 10:30 AM |
Roundtable
Discussions
- Group 1: Security
(Systems & Networking)
Jerald Garner (Hendrix College)
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Olin
208 |
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ACS Tech Center West |
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- Group 3: Providing
Leadership for Instructional Technology
Vidya Ananthanaryanan (Trinity University) & Vicki Sells (University
of the South)
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ACS Tech Center East |
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- Group 4: Webmasters
Linda Watson (Rollins College)
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Smith Library Center, rm. 323 |
| 11:30 AM |
Lunch (Round Table Discussions
Continue) |
Dan Rather Room, Cafeteria Line |
| 1:00 PM |
Mobile Learning at DePauw
University * A formative look at a new laptop campus
Carol Smith (DePauw University) |
ACS Tech Center |
| 2:00 PM |
Take a Swim in the Project Pool
Brief project presentations from participants.
- Pilot Mode Trial of IP TV (Vidya Ananthanarayanan, Trinity
University)
- In-House
Dynamic Content Management System (Jay Burling, Hendrix College)
- Internet 2 Concert (Patricia Gray, NITLE)
- SSN Conversion (David Link, Davidson College)
- Student Portfolios (Linda Watson, Rollins College)
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ACS
Tech Center |
| 3:30 PM |
Project Pool Discussions and Refreshments |
ACS
Tech Center |
| 3:45 PM |
Depart for Optional Dell Tour |
Dell Campus, Pflugerville |
| 4:30 PM |
Optional Dell Tour |
Dell
Campus, Pflugerville |
| 4:30 PM |
Return to Hotel |
Hilton
Garden Inn |
Saturday, October 8, 2005
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| 7:00-8:15 a.m. |
Breakfast |
Hilton
Garden Inn |
| 8:45 AM |
Depart from Hotel |
Hilton
Garden Inn |
| 9:00 AM |
Project Management Workshop
Bryan Alexander, NITLE |
ACS
Tech Center |
| 12:00 PM |
Lunch |
Dan Rather Room, Cafeteria Line,
McCombs Student Center |
| 1:00 PM |
Tool Time
Participants
share handy IT tools.
- Podcasting (Vidya Ananthanarayanan,
Trinity University)
- Audacity (Vidya Ananthanarayanan, Trinity University)
- Cisco Router Audit Tool (RAT) (Patrick Boren, Austin College)
- Basecamp (Bryan Alexander, NITLE)
- Social Bookmarking Tools (Karen Fraser, Hendrix College)
- Calendar Integration Script (Monique Head, Morehouse College)
- sudosh (John C. Koen, Southwestern University)
- Blackberry for After Hours Support (John Robbins, Davidson
College)
- Web Ex (John Robbins, Davidson College)
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Prothro Room |
| 2:30 PM |
Break |
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| 3:00 PM |
Reports
from ACSTC Taskforces
- Technology Education and Training
Karen Fraser (Hendrix College)
- Security and Disaster Recovery
Blake Copeland (Millsaps College)
Jerald Garner (Hendrix College)
Shane Wilson (Centre College)
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ACS Tech Center |
| 3:30 PM |
The New NITLE
Amy McGill, Nancy Millichap and Bryan Alexander |
Prothro Room |
| 4:30 PM |
Evaluation:
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ACS Tech Center |
Sunday, October 9, 2005
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| 7:00 AM |
Breakfast |
Hilton Garden Inn |
| AM |
Departures start for Airport |
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