by Public Relations | Mar 1, 2010 | Staff
Betsy Reeds, second flute with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and flute instructor at the college, presents a recital at noon today (March 1) in the Montante Cultural Center. She is joined by guest artist, John Mitton, piano in a performance of works by Pierre Vibert, Jean Francaix, Robert Muczynski and the premiere of John Mitton’s “Improvisation.” This recital is free and open to the public.
Submitted by: Ellen Barnum, music events coordinator, ArtsCanisius
by Public Relations | Mar 1, 2010 | Staff
The Golden Griffin men’s lacrosse team plays their home opener tomorrow (March 2) at 4 p.m. when sixth-ranked Cornell visits the Demske Sports Complex. The Griffs are led by junior midfielder Adam Jones (pictured, right), the MAAC Preseason Player of the Year. Tickets are $5. Check gogriffs.com on Tuesday to find out if field conditions will force a postponement.
Submitted by: John Maddock, associate athletic director – external affairs, athletics
by Public Relations | Mar 1, 2010 | Staff
Teaching chemistry with games on an iPod?* Using text messages to remind students of papers due?**
These ideas are not that farfetched. On March 3 & 4, faculty and staff have an opportunity to see what other mobile strategies are being initiated at colleges and universities around the country when The Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) and the ITS FacTS Center sponsor “Mobile Learning 2.0: The Next Phase of Innovation in Mobility,” an on-line Web conference through the Educause Learning Initiative (ELI) Spring Focus Session.
The March 3 session will be from Noon – 5:30 p.m. and the March 4 session will be from Noon – 5 p.m. Both events are held in the Library Conference Room. Some presentations are only 30 minutes while others are longer. Click here for a full description of the conference or click here for a full schedule of the presentations. Faculty and staff are more than welcome to come to one or as many sessions as their time allows.
This conference will bring together faculty, researchers and administrators to talk about their projects ranging from delivery of course content to using mobile devices for assessment and engaging students with their communities. Keynote speakers will talk about where mobile technology in higher education is headed.
For questions or more information, contact CTE at Ext. 3720.
* P.J. Moskal, assistant professor, digital media arts, and Roberto M. Gregorius, PhD, associate professor of adolescence education, presented their prototype iPod chemistry game at Digital Day on February 19, 2010.
**See Chronicle of Higher Education’s Wired Campus report from February 24, 2010 here.
Submitted by: Estelle Siener, director of academic computing, ITS
by Public Relations | Mar 1, 2010 | Staff
By popular demand, there will be another Spring session of the On-line Course Development Workshop this month. Click here (Adobe Acrobat PDF) to sign up, or for more information. The workshop was created to guide instructors and staff through the on-line course creation process. It is highly encouraged that instructors attend if they intend to teach on-line. For more information, please contact Leah MacVie at macviel@canisius.edu.
Submitted by: Leah MacVie, instructional designer, ITS
