If you would like to learn how to operate our pro-sumer style Digital Video Camcorder, there will be a Workshop given on Friday the 17th in the Media Center Studio (Bosler 008).
—Update times are set there will be two sessions one from 3:00 to 4:30 and another from 5:00 to 6:30. People who responded to the survey and film students will get first priority but more are welcome for both times.
Civilization IV is a PC game that allows the player to control a civilization from 4000 BC until the modern era. The player needs to make decisions regarding resource management, diplomacy, technology research and civics in order to successfully guide the civilization into the modern era. The game can also be modified to represent the world as closely as possible at a given point in history.
Faculty and students in political science, history, sociology and religion.
Instructor Led-Hands On
50-100 Minutes – In Class Time
Want to know more? Contact bryantt AT dickinson.edu to set up a consultation.
In this first year seminar, Professor Fratantuono had his students compare what they’d learned from “Guns, Germs, and Steel” and “Hot Flat and Crowded” with their experience playing the game Civ IV.
In this International Studies course, Professor Webb instructed his students to play a historical mod of Civ IV that represents the western world in 1492. Students took on the role of Spain and their first encounter with the Aztecs. Students then compared their own actions and situation with history and used the ideas from “The Conquest of America: The Question of the Other” to discuss possible reasons for discrepancies.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_203/6097-Dont-Knock-the-Aztecs
Many classrooms on campus are outfitted with an array of technologies available for faculty and student use. From computers and projectors to datavisualizers and smart boards/sympodiums, we are ready to help you understand how to use the technologies available to you.
Faculty & Students
Instructor Led-Hands on
30 Minutes-Outside of Class Time
Student Response Systems
Backchannel tools
Guest or Distance Presentation
Dickinson Examples:
Different Style Options
Student Treatment Plan Form-(copyright Dartmouth College)
Example Video Grading Rubric
Music-Sound Effects CCMixter-variety of music styles
Moby Gratis – Free music from your favorite Electronica artist (yeah, that guy)
Museopen-free classical works
Free Sound Project-Authentic Sound Effects
Images
Flickr Commons – Museum Collections
Creative Commons
Video
Archive.org
Free Public Domain Movies
Open FLV.com
Wikimedia Commons
National Archives
Stage 6
Public Domain Torrents
EMOL
Public Domain Movie Database
Fair Use Checklist-Help deciding if you can use a copyrighted work in your project
Audio Examples
Image Example
Video Examples
Podcast types
Discussion-Best Practices
Presentation Methods
Audacity
Garageband
IMovie
Posting Podcast
Subscribing to podcast
Example Assignment
Discussion – with Faculty – Project Consulting
Music
ccmixter-variety of music styles
Museopen-free classical works
Sound Effects
Freesound.org
Images
Flickr Commons – Museum Collections
Creative Commons
Video
Archive.org
Copyright
Fair Use Checklist-Help deciding if you can use a copyrighted work in your project
Tutorials
Instructional & Media Services has a full time GIS Specialist on our staff to support GIS projects in all disciplines. Our specialist, Jim Ciarrocca, is available for consultations on possible projects. Here are a few examples of past GIS workshops.
GIS (Geographic Information System) is a way of capturing, analyzing, and displaying data in a spatial manner. While Google Earth may be able to perform some of these functions, ESRI, the GIS software supported on campus, allows for the entry and analysis of much larger and sophisticated data sets. Faculty in Geology and Environmental Studies are already using this software for their classes or research. This workshop will demonstrate how faculty from other departments across the curriculum can use GIS to display information spatially in a manner that is accessible for everyone.
In this introductory workshop we will explore using geographic information system (GIS) software from ESRI to build a simple map. We will start with a predefined lesson and data set. Tasks will include layering the data onto a base map, classifying and symbolizing the information, adding a title and legend, and saving the finished map in a format suitable for publication.
Understanding how to think about problems and concepts in a spatial context is a fundamental skill that is not well taught in the American educational system. Often referred to as “Spatial Literacy”, this type of thinking focuses on understanding the importance of geographic space, and the relationships formed by this space. Spatial Literacy is not a stand-alone subject, but rather it is a way of thinking that cuts across all fields of studies, and is becoming increasingly important as a necessary skill for liberal arts graduates across all disciplines. A powerful technology for engaging spatial thinking is called Geographic Information Systems (GIS), which provides sophisticated tools for collecting, managing, analyzing, and visualizing spatial data.
Google Earth allows users to embed and display information on top of a representation of the world created via satellite photos. In this workshop we’ll go over basic navigation of the Google Earth interface, as well as Google sponsored layers, including historical maps and government data bundled with the latest release of Google Earth. Finally, we’ll demonstrate how you can enter your own text and images, and then attach them to a location.
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