Faculty Tutorials
Something Exciting Coming to Altoona
The Penn State Altoona downtown campus is gearing up to offer something great to students, faculty and staff early this Spring. I just paid a visit today to make some selections for this new Media Commons and ITS resource and was pleasantly surprised to find cabling...
Classroom Engagement Event Coming to Fayette on January 23rd
The Learning Design Community and Media Commons of Education Technology Services at Penn State is presenting a half-day regional workshop for faculty on teaching for engagement. We encourage you to join us for conversation around some of the Penn State supported...
Now Accepting Proposals for Spring 2013 Mobile Media Pilot Projects
Media Commons is pleased to announce the opening of our Spring 2013 Mobile Media Pilot and is seeking new proposals for the start of next term. If you are thinking of assigning your students an innovative new video project - or revamping a traditional video project -...
Tailgate 2012 Sessions Online
If you missed Tailgate 2012 this past month or just want to re-watch a portion of the event, we've got good news: all recorded sessions from the conference are online now. Stop by the Tailgate site and visit the Event Media tab to review videos - as well as photos...
Coming This November to Shenango…
For those of you at the Penn State Shenango campus, this just in from Head Librarian, Matt Ciszek: Dear Colleagues: Are you interested in assigning a media project to your students but concerned that it may not be as academically rigorous as a more traditional paper?...
Attention, DuBois!
Looking for a one stop shop for borrowing gear video, photo and audio production, finding great scholarly resources for your projects, working with a knowledgeable and friendly expert and putting it all together with great editing software and support? Look no...
Brand New Editing Stations at Altoona
Penn State Altoona's Media Commons has just received two brand spanking new 27" iMac computers, just in time for the Fall semester! The new machines are located in the recently moved MC editing space off the Library Information Commons. This space is a fantastic...
Tailgate 2012 Theme Announced
We're happy to report that the theme of Media Commons Tailgate 2012 has been announced. "Rediscovering Our Roots" is our focus at this year's event and will inform everything from the keynote through the panels, break out sessions and discussions throughout the day....
Mobile Media Pilot Hits The Road
Media Commons consultants Ryan Wetzel and Carla Rapp hit the road this week to visit the NMC 2012 summer conference in Boston, hosted by MIT. The pair was on hand to present an interactive session focusing on our ongoing Mobile Media Pilot. Here are a few photos...
Behrend Editing Stations Upgraded
The Penn State Behrend Media Commons received two brand new iMac computers today to be used in the editing spaces. The new computers now offer 3 inches more screen space, moving from 24" to 27" flat panels - in addition to being faster and quieter. Students,...