Jim Groom
February 27, 2008
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My Departments
- Education
- Geography
- Journalism
- Political Science
- Sociology and Anthropology
- Rhetoric and Communication Studies
- Military Science and Leadership
- Program: Criminal Justice
- Program: International Studies
- Program: Urban Practice and Policy
- Leadership Studies
- SCS: Teacher Licensure
- Center: Speech Center
- Center: International Education
- Center: Center for Civic Engagement
Programs
SCS
Centers
I am the Academic Technology Specialist for the Social Sciences. I have been working for over a decade in education with a consistent focus on the development of teaching and learning in higher education. In addition to my extensive experience teaching at the college level, for the past four years I have worked primarily in the field of instructional technology.
Where to find me:
Ext: 6872
email: jgroom@richmond.edu
twitter: jimgroom
blog: http://bavatuesdays.com
cv: http://jimgroom.net
delicious: http://del.icio.us/jgroom
flickr: http://flickr.com/photos/jimgroom
Recent Projects:
RSS feed of projects would show up here.
Feed:
RSS feeds from flickr, del.icio.us, etc.
Google Earth Class
February 26, 2008
Hi there.
We’ll be delving into Google Earth pretty soon and I wanted to include some links that will be using and a few more we’ll likely not get to but you might want anyway.
If you’ve got any special requests for the upcoming Google Earth class please leave them below in the comments.
Here’s a site devoted to how to use Google Earth that has some video versions of some of the basics I’ll be covering in the class for your future review or preview.
A few other sites that might be useful to you.
- Download your free copy of Google Earth
- The Google Earth Community - lots of resources, tips and help if you get stuck
- Free 3d models - just about anything you can think of
- Want to be able to put in an image and html formatted text in an info window read the details in this post or just get the Excel file.
- Google Sight Seeing - all sorts of odd things found in Google Earth
- Use Google to search for your KMZ files - just change “bird flu” to your topic of choice
- Google Lit Trips - an interesting way to look at novels using Google Earth
Hil Scott
February 26, 2008
Contact
Phone: 804-289-8452
Email: hscott@richmond.edu
Office/Studio: Room 315, 3rd Floor Boatwright Library
(Here Hil works with Dr. Mike Davison on the “Cuban Music” video project.)
Departments: Art, Art History, Theater, Dance, and Music
Hil is the Media Production Coordinator as well as the CTLT Technology Liaison to the Arts.
He has a Bachelor of Arts in English from Virginia Commonwealth University and a Master of Fine Arts in Photography from Rochester Institute of Technology.
He has been with the University since 1992. He has also been a member of the faculty of the Virginia Museum Studio School since 1984 and was an adjunct instructor in the Photography Department at Virginia Commonwealth University from 1980 to 1991.
Hil has exhibited widely in both group and solo exhibitions including shows at the New Orleans Museum of Art, the North Carolina Museum of Art, the Canton Art Institute, the Houston Center for Photography, and the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art. His work is in the permanent collections of the Polaroid Corporation, the California Museum of Photography, and the Catskill Center for Photography.
Online presence: retrocast.net/rhududu/ (my blog about images and ideas)
WordPress Blogs- More Than Meets The Eye
February 26, 2008
It’s easy to think of blogs as simple online journals. That’s often the way they’re portrayed in the media. The facts, however, are quite different.
Disregard the word “blog” (which sounds silly anyway).
What this server based software allows you to do is:
- quickly and easily publish websites and updates from any computer with an Internet connection
- embed all sorts of files in your site- everything from Word docs to YouTube videos
- make all this contact sortable and searchable by your audience
- build community and allow an online conversation to occur that is controlled by you
If you’d like to see some of the ways the UR community is using Wordpress check out some of the links below.
- Dr. Darrell Walden - Accounting
- Dr. David Kitchen - Paleontology
- Dr. Patricia Stohr-Hunt - Education
If you want to view some tutorials or ask questions regarding UR’s Wordpress blogs we have a support site at http://blog.richmond.edu/wordpress
Kenneth Warren
February 26, 2008
Contact
Phone: 804-287-6656
Email: kwarren@richmond.edu
Office: Room 338, 3rd Floor Boatwright Library
Office Hours: Mon - Fri, 9A - 530P
Ryland - Great Hall Lounge: Tues, 2:30P - 5P
North Court - Room 212: Thurs, 2:30P - 5P
Departments
College of Arts and Sciences
Classical studies, English, History, Philosophy, Religion, Writing Center, CORE
School of Continuing Studies
Liberal Arts, Weekend College
Interests
Kenneth Warren sees technology as a contextually-rich tool for social change. He believes proper instructional design and relevant content are key elements to successful curricula a priori technology integration. His pedagogical interests include digital storytelling, mobile learning, and the use of online discussion fora for student engagement.
Education
University of Virginia, Master of Education - Instructional Technology, 2004
Virginia Commonwealth University - Bachelor of Fine Arts - Visual Communication, 2001
Tom Woodward
February 23, 2008
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My Departments
- Business School
- Law School
- SCS Emergency Services Management
- SCS Human Resource Management
- SCS Paralegal Studies
SCS
Biographical Information
I am a graduate of UR (2000) with a BA in History. I’m a licensed teacher and also have a Master’s in instructional technology from Virginia Tech. I’ve been focused on educational technology for the last 7 years.
My wife is also a UR graduate (1998) and we have two children with a third due in August.
Online Presence
You can see me online at the following sites.
- bionicteaching.com- where I write about education and technology
- Twitter- where I tweet
- del.icio.us- where my bookmarks live
- Google Reader- where I share and read my RSS feeds
- Flickr- where I post photographs
- TeacherTube- where some of my movies are hosted
Vista Overview
February 21, 2008
Not surprisingly, Microsoft has a nice overview of the features of Vista. You’ve got both text and video options depending on your preference.
They’ve divided up the material by Interest, Benefits and Edition. You can safely ignore Edition for your work activities but it might be useful if you’re thinking of upgrading your home computer.
Want to know more about Vista? Check out our Vista migration site- all Vista, all of the time.
Class: WEB 2.0, Social Technologies&Content Creation
February 21, 2008
Description:
This workshop will provide a general overview of the innovative technologies that encompass Web 2.0 and how they can be applied in an educational context. It will introduce participants to the underlying logic of the buzz phrase \”Web 2.0\” through a hands-on examination of some of the core tools, i.e., blogs, wikis, social bookmarking.
Date: Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 from 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Location: TLC Training Room 320,Boatwright Library 3rd Floor
Google Earth
February 21, 2008
Google Earth is an easy and effective way to make all sorts of interactive visual content. This powerful and easy to use program is useful for far more than just simple maps.
While the science and geographical uses are fairly self evident Google Earth has advantages in other areas as well. It’s been used to add historical and geographic context to literary works. There’s actually a site devoted to using Google Earth to enrich the reading experience located at Google Lit Trips.
There are huge numbers of Google Earth files available. It’s a great way to pull in recent content. You can search for Google Earth files by adding the following element to your search filetype:kmz. If you were looking for Google Earth files on natural disasters, your search would look something like this.
Google Earth is also being used in some really interesting ways in science. There’s an amazing file that tracks the evolutionary tree and geographic spread of avian flu. There’s a video here explaining the file and you can download the actual Google Earth file here.
Google Earth has amazing depth and breadth. When that’s combined with ease of use and a visually engaging interface you have a very powerful learning tool.
WordPress Blogs- More Than Meets The Eye
February 21, 2008
It’s easy to think of blogs as simple online journals. That’s often the way they’re portrayed in the media. The facts, however, are quite different.
Disregard the word “blog” (which sounds silly anyway).
What this server based software allows you to do is:
- quickly and easily publish websites and updates from any computer with an Internet connection
- embed all sorts of files in your site- everything from Word docs to YouTube videos
- make all this contact sortable and searchable by your audience
- build community and allow an online conversation to occur that is controlled by you
If you’d like to see some of the ways the UR community is using Wordpress check out some of the links below.
- Dr. Darrell Walden - Accounting
- Dr. David Kitchen - Paleontology
- Dr. Patricia Stohr-Hunt - Education
If you want to view some tutorials or ask questions regarding UR’s Wordpress blogs we have a support site at http://blog.richmond.edu/wordpress
