Tech Notes

This online slide presentation at the AuthorStream website contains instructions for using technology tools at the medium technology level of proficiency.

Instructions include:

(1) using MS Office for text to speech — the first 8 slides,

(2) using Mac OS preferences to create keyboard shortcuts for reading text aloud,

(3) zooming in/out for easier reading, and

(4) additional online resources.

Medium Tech Tools

New and upgraded computers were installed/moved into the Mac computer lab, rooms 108-A and 108-B, at the end of the Fall ’07 semester. The 10 new iMacs and the 10 new monitors for the Dells replaced the original 18 aging iMacs. During much of this summer, computer technician, Rudy Magallanes, and I have been reconfiguring both of the computer labs for the new ceiling-mounted projectors, and completing all of the paperwork involved in disposing of non-functioning hardware and software and donating the remaining viable iMacs to various educational entities.

The first donation of 4 iMacs was to the Reading Lab, on the first floor, under the supervision of Dr. Catherine Stoicovy. The hard drives have been cleared; now they await new Ethernet cords for Internet connections in their new home.

Our next donation should be to 2 or 3 elementary and middle schools which have no computers at all. We will keep you posted.

Dr. Robert Underwood has graciously encouraged faculty to reserve a lunchtime with him on scheduled days once a month. The second such lunch with Dr. Underwood was scheduled for July 15, 2008 in the School of Business and Public Administration.

Lunch was ordered from Subway, a concession operation that will soon depart our campus.

Our lively group consisted of Drs. Lynn Raulerson (Biology), Cyndi Sajnovsky (Music), Joan Swaddell (EMSS), Roseann Jones (Economics), Dr. Mari Marutani (Agriculture) and Jacqui Cyrus (School of Education).

Conversations included mentoring middle school students, interacting more actively with UoG alumni, encouraging active participation in recruitment during career seminars, continuing needed building repairs and grounds upkeep and web conferencing with distant students.













The conversations gave us an opportunity to casually meet and converse with faculty with whom we do not normally interact. We got the opportunity to hear what successful activities are being presented in other parts of the campus and what projects are needed.