Join the Media Commons on Wednesday, August 17 at 9 am in the Library Seminar Room for Media Commons 101. MC 101 aims to get new and returning Media Commons clients up to speed with what we can provide for your courses. Traveling Media Consultant, Nick Smerker will present an overview of the Media Commons, a look at what new technologies and services we have to offer and ideas, tips and information for building a media project into your classroom. We will also be offering refreshments at the morning session, so come out for a complimentary breakfast snack!
The morning agenda will look like this:
9:00 – 10:30 – MC 101 Session An overview of Media Commons: who we are, what we do What’s new and what we have to offer
- Mobile Media Pilot
- One Button Studio
- Cloud-based Video Authoring
- Educational Gaming Commons
- Preview of TLT Technologies: NBC Learn, Blogs @ PSU, VoiceThread
- Building effective multimedia projects for your courses
- Outlining best practices for faculty and staff to schedule campus consultants
11:00 – 1:00 – Open House/Q&A in the Media Commons
If you would like to be a part of MC 101, register online now. It’s free and takes just a few minutes (and will give us a sense of how many pastries to order!): bit.ly/mB2DUp – Registration is now closed. See you on the 17th! If you have any questions, visitmediacommons.psu.edu/commonwealth