Happy Fall Quarter DePaul, College of Education! The Center for Educational Technology (CET) hopes you are all having an awesome end to the quarter. In this edition, we highlight some of our most recent events and share some awesome edTech tips you can't miss.
Fall Hours
As we wrap up the Fall Quarter, the CET remains dedicated to catering to the needs of the college, providing leadership in the advanced use of technology in the academic preparation of current and future education and counseling professionals. The CET is open weekdays, in COE, Room 250, to help with your technological needs.
CET hosts “Panel Discussion - Digital Citzenship: Do Better"
The Center for Educational Technology (CET) hosted a 1.5-hr panel discussion, "Digital Citzenship: Do Better," on October 24th, where a panel of digital citizenship experts explored issues surrounding digital citizenship, including online etiquette, your digital footprint, cyberbullying, and how parents, educators, and students can do better. According to i-Safe Foundation, over half of adolescents and teens have been bullied online, and about the same number have engaged in cyberbullying. More than half of Americans – 53 percent – say they were subjected to hateful speech and harassment in 2018, according to statistics from the Anti-Defamation League. And, some 46% of adult social media users say they feel “worn out” by the number of political posts and discussions they see on social media, according to Pew Research.
James Valles, Computer Science graduate student at DePaul University and Graduate Assistant for the College of Education's Center for Educational Technology, moderates panel event.
Our panel of experts included Matthew Soeth,Dr. Mike Ribble, and Jan Garbett. Soeth istheco-founder and executive director of the national nonprofit #ICANHELP, a national campaign that trains students, educators and parents in safe online behavior and positive Digital Citizenship Skills. Dr. Mike Ribble serves as the director of technology for the Manhattan-Ogden Public Schools in Manhattan, Kansas. He has worked on the topic of digital citizenship for more than a decade and is the author of Digital Citizenship in Schools, 2nd Edition. Jan Garbett is the founder of EPIK Deliberate Digital, which has been a powerful organization at the forefront of the movement for youth to use technology for good. She was also a candidate for Utah’s 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House.
CET Documentary Screening
The Center for Educational Technology (CET) screened "Without a Net: The Digital Divide in America," a documentary from Academy Award nominated director Rory Kennedyon October 2nd. The 1-hr documentary focuses on digital inequities in public school classrooms, examining the challenges of providing connectivity, technology, and computer learning in public schools (Grades 6-12), as well as the transformative potential of fully equipping all students for the digital world.
You can visit our website at cet.depaul.edu or follow us on Twitter @CETDePaul to receive updates on upcoming events/workshops, helpful technology tips and tricks, and other news (like edTPA) throughout the school year. The CET blog features lab hours, information about us, equipment rentals, our calendar, resources, and ways to stay in touch. Keep up to date with our latest news, and events by visiting: https://blogs.depaul.edu/cet/
edTPA Workshop
The CET hosted a General & Video Editing edTPA workshop on Sept. 26. Our team went over submission guidelines, provided video editing tips, and took your questions LIVE via Youtube.
WATCH: If you missed the workshop, you can view it here: edTPA Workshop
Developer Student Club powered by Google Developers
The CET is proud to announce a working collaboration with Developer Student Club, a new DePaul student group, supported by Google Developers. The CET's Graduate Assistant James Valles is the founder, who was selected by Google to start the club on DePaul's campus. The CET's Director John Gieger and College of Education Academic Advising Assistant Sandra Tanksley serve as faculty advisors. Students who join the brand new club work together to build software solutions for local problems in a peer-to-peer learning environment. All students are welcome, including those with diverse backgrounds and different majors. DePaul's club is one of a handful of local DSC clubs in Illinois and part of a larger group with hundreds of clubs scattered at universities across the globe. The university-based community helps students bridge the gap between theory and practice while learning Google developer technologies. You can learn more about DSC DePaul by visiting the group's website: DSC DePaul
Meet the CET Staff
Upcoming Workshops
Submit your ideas today!
We are actively planning for next Quarter! What would you like us to host? If you have an idea for a workshop or event, let us know today by filling out our feedback form: https://goo.gl/forms/VnlsfHrexyj4lMPF3
Top Tech Tips for Educators
A Brief Look at Open Educational Resources (OER)
While many faculty try to control costs by supporting used textbooks, rental programs, or placing copies on reserve, there is another option: Open Educational Resources (OER). John Gieger, the CET's Director, shares how OER's may help lower costs for students (and faculty) while reinforcing the ‘reuse’ and ‘remix’ values that faculty may already practice. Read full post: https://www.iddblog.org/a-brief-look-at-open-educational-resources-oer/#more-4229
Troubleshooting Common Videoconferencing Problems
With increasing technologies being used to facilitate global learning experiences (GLE) and guest participants in the classroom, technical difficulties are inevitable (as with any technology). Such unplanned technological mishaps often lie beyond the control of participants and instructors, so as with any collaborative effort to meet, it is best to prepare for common scenarios. Read full post: https://www.iddblog.org/troubleshooting-common-videoconferencing-problems/#more-4057
FREE Services Offered by DePaul's Information Services:
Information services provides a number of services to DePaul Students, Faculty, and Staff, we have highlighted a few below.
iDePaul
A University-wide smartphone application that you can use to access your class schedule, find a professor’s contact information, remind you when tuition is due, view campus maps, read university news and browse a calendar of upcoming campus events. Download the app from the iTunes App Store, Google Play or Blackberry App World.
Box
A cloud storage solution that allows faculty, staff and students unlimited storage for files. Box uses single sign-on, so you will only need to use your DePaul account to access your files. There is also be a desktop client that will allow for ease of uploading files to the cloud. Click here for more info.
DePaul Blogs
An easy to use, wordpress-based blogging platform is available to all students, faculty, staff and departments at DePaul. Login at blogs.depaul.edu to get started!
Virtual Lab
Looking for free and easy access to many of the same applications you’ll find in the DePaul Student Computing Labs? Use the DePaul Virtual Lab, where you can access Maple, R, Minitab, SAS, SPSS, and more right from the comfort of your own home, apartment, or favorite coffee shop! Visit virtuallab.depaul.edu for more information and to get started today!
Depaul's Center for Educational Technology - cet.depaul.edu - cet@depaul.edu
The CET is proud to announce a working collaboration with Developer Student Club, a new DePaul student group, supported by Google Developers. The CET's Graduate Assistant James Valles is the founder, who was selected by Google to start the club on DePaul's campus. The CET's Director John Gieger and College of Education Academic Advising Assistant Sandra Tanksley serve as faculty advisors. Students who join the brand new club work together to build software solutions for local problems in a peer-to-peer learning environment. All students are welcome, including those with diverse backgrounds and different majors. DePaul's club is one of a handful of local DSC clubs in Illinois and part of a larger group with hundreds of clubs scattered at universities across the globe. The university-based community helps students bridge the gap between theory and practice while learning Google developer technologies. You can learn more about DSC DePaul by visiting the group's website: 
