Arts and Technology met at Rice thanks to collaborative efforts between the Rice Dance Theater, The Society for the Performing Arts, and the Educational Technologies department. Using an EdTech portable videoconferencing and projection system, dance students were able to take a master class from instructors of the renowned Bocca Tango dance group from Argentina, and share in the activity with dance students at the University of Texas in Austin. The Bocca Tango masters taught a live class at Rice's Dance studio, what students at UT were able to follow along in Austin. Students at both universities were able to learn as they observed each other perform, and the Bocca Tango masters were able to provide feedback at locations. Students were exited about this opportunity, as technology does not usually travel to these non-traditional settings.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Coping with Information Overload
The Educational Technologies Department and Rice's Fondren Library will be hosting a brown bag lunch on Coping with Information Overload as part of the Teaching with Technology series.Date: April 9, 2008
Time: 12-1 p.m.
Place: Digital Media Center (Herring Hall 129)
Summary: Recently business research firm Basex named information overload the
“problem of the year” and estimated that it costs $650 billion annually.
According to a 2005 UK study, information overload can lower IQ by as
much as 10 points. Feeling overwhelmed by the deluge of information?
Lisa Spiro, director of the Digital Media Center, will provide practical
tips for dealing with information overload as part of the Teaching with
Technology brown bag series, which is sponsored by Fondren Library’s
Digital Media Center and Information Technology’s Educational
Technologies group. She will discuss methods such as the “Getting Things
Done” approach as well as computer-based tools for finding information,
managing projects and to-do lists, organizing research, and more. Free
box lunches will be provided to the first 15 people who register online
at http://library.rice.edu/news-events-folder/infooverloadbb/view
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