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Archive: Events
August 12, 2005
New faculty training is going on next week—contact Angela if you –can’t- help out.
Sending get well wishes to Dave Sheehan!
Just a reminder to be working on your presentations for the Summer Student Showcase next Friday… Contact Pamela if you need more info.
Congratulations to our valiant softball team who finished 6th in the league!
August 5, 2005
The Summer Student Showcase is coming up on Friday, August 19. Email Pamela if you have any questions.
Jen is getting married tomorrow! Congratulations!
The Three Musketeers of media
Katie Marshall
The AITT Media Centre is always a busy place, flying off in all directions as its staff works on projects that dabble into every area of campus and community.
“I work with people from all over campus and every department,” says video producer Dave Sheehan. “I get little windows into every area on campus…from the President’s office to the hockey dressing room.”
Some recent projects include: producing a video that teaches students how to take blood pressure; working with a Gaspereau teacher to help showcase education best practices; and working with the Vaughan Memorial Library to create a set of Flash modules that not only helped Acadia students, but were also accepted into the Peer-Reviewed Instructional Materials Online (PRIMO) database at the American College and Libraries Association.
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Media Centre team includes Sheehan, Music Production Manager Robb Lepper,
and Web Presence Manager Scott Olszoweic. Each team member contributes
years of experience in their respective fields and an enthusiasm for what
they do.
“There’s a symbiosis to what we do,” says Lepper. “Everything’s interdisciplinary. If this shop were like a house…I’d be the interior designer. Scott would be the carpenter.”
While every project the team works on impacts a wide audience, some of them leave an indelible mark on the team members themselves. And although many of their projects do centre on the university, the three guys also get opportunities to work with the larger community.
For instance, Olszoweic worked with education professor Jan Buley and the YMCA in Halifax creating a book that showcased artwork created by children who had recently immigrated to Canada from war-torn countries such as Afghanistan and Iraq. “Looking into the artwork, and some of the messages the kids had, it was like looking into somebody else’s world,” says Olszoweic. “Being a father, it was interesting to see what some of these kids go through to get here.”
Veteran video producer Sheehan recently helped with a multimedia tribute to local art legend Alex Coville called A Measure of a Man. Last year he also traveled to Cuba with Acadia Spanish professor Anna Saroli to film staged conversations to help students at Acadia learn the language better.
While Lepper was originally hired as an audio specialist, in the last few years he’s been learning about video production from Sheehan. Recently, he worked with education professors and a teacher at the Gaspereau school who’s known for her exceptional teaching. Together, they produced a set of nine video teaching modules that each covers a particular teaching issue. For instance, says Lepper, “you might have a challenging kid who’s a bully, but here’s how one teacher overcomes it.”
Essentially, says Olszoweic, “we’re technical people, but we’re also creative storytellers. If somebody has a message they want to communicate…we’re the folks that can make it happen.”
July 29, 2005
Swing that bat!
Our valient softball players lost to the Bunsen Burners this week after a hard-fought game with a final score of 16 to 20.
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The sixth Annual AITT Golf Classic was in full swing last Friday... see Pamela Farrow and Katie Marshall's photo essay below.
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July 15, 2005
AITT Golf Classic
The Sixth Annual AITT Golf Classic is fast approaching, and all those
who are interested should sign up by emailing either Amber
Judge or Matthew Carswell.
This is the fifth Golf Classic that AITT has had since moving to the new
location in the basement of the Vaughan Library. Skill is not a requirement
for the Golf Classic, nor is it even encouraged. There are a variaty of
awards to win, including Best Dressed Award and the Worm Burner Award.
Latest AITT Softball Team Results
AITT has won the latest game, finishing 15-12 against the Alumni team. AITT had been behind for a fair bit of the game, at one point having a score of 11-1 against, but came through in the end with a 3 point lead over the Alumni.
July 8, 2005
AITT Golf Classic
The Sixth Annual
AITT Golf Classic is fast approaching, and all those who are interested
should sign up by emailing either Amber
Judge or Matthew Carswell.
This is the fifth Golf Classic that AITT has had since moving to the new
location in the basement of the Vaughan Library. Skill is not a requirement
for the Golf Classic, nor is it even encouraged. There are a variaty of
awards to win, including Best Dressed Award and the Worm Burner Award.
AITT Softball Team Results
Last Tuesday the AITT Softball team met for the first game of the summer, going up against BioHazard. The final score was a 31-15 loss for AITT.
The AITT Softball team will be having a practice at 7:00pm on Monday at the President's Field to work on improving their skills.
June 30, 2005
We had a visitor! Alexander visits the AITT after a small tooth mishap.
June 24, 2005
Happy birthday to Karen, Amber, and Judy!
Also, congratulations to Mauricio for getting your Canadian resident status!
June 17, 2005
Techin’ it up at the AUCTC – AITT staff at work and play during the Atlantic Universities and Colleges Technology Conference.
Video Conferencing – Dr. Dave Kristie of the Biology Department presents a botany lecture to high school students by video conferencing.
More “Just In Time” training sessions are coming up (all in the classroom). Dreamweaver on Monday, June 20 at 10:00 am. Flash Audio Controls on Tuesday, June 21 at 11am.
The Dobson Lectures are continuing next week. They include:
1. Personal Asset Mapping, Monday, June 20th from
9:30 am to 11 am
Reach your personal and career goals by identifying and developing the
interests and capabilities you possess. Location: BAC 201
2. Take a “Leading” Role, Monday, June 20th, 1:30 pm to 3
pm Become an intuitive and flexible leader who inspires and encourages
others. Location: BAC 201
3. Dynamic Groups, Tuesday, June 21st, 9:30 am to 11 am Learn to organize,
manage or be an effective member of group projects. Location: BAC 201
June 10, 2005
Please take some time to fill out the AITT Weekly Newsletter Survey. Please take a few minutes to fill out the AITT Weekly Newsletter Survey, if you haven’t already. Thanks!
CSS JIT Workshop – Thursday, June 16 at 11:00 am. Contact Pamela if interested.
IT Vendor Expo – at Huggins Science Hall from 10:00am to 5:00pm on Wednesday, June 15. Open to the public at no charge.
Staff at the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) Conference in PEI this week include Jen, Craig, Judy, and Michael. Hear more about their adventures next week!
Irish at the office - It’s not every day you get a visit from a bagpiper… Terry Aulenbach gets up close and personal.
June 3, 2005
We won a prize!
Katie Marshall
It ain’t easy being green. Or in the case of Maestro Shizzle, our entry in this year’s Rotary Club Corporate Duck Race, it ain’t easy being being pink-feathered with bling bling that lights up. In fact, Duck Team member Karen Turner had to step in during setup to help race organizers get all of the lights flashing on Maestro.
But the LED lights, motor, and probably the pink feathers helped Maestro win the AITT’s first award ever at the Duck Race. While Maestro wasn’t the first (or the second, third, or even in the top ten) to finish the race, he did win the “Techno-Duck” award for the most technically-advanced duck.
Maestro had a great start as one of the first ducks past the starting line. However, due to a structural flaw, he soon began taking on water and listing to the right bank of the White Rock Canal. However, he did finish the race, beating last year’s AITT entry Captain Skimmer.
The prize is a Labatt Blue Room Pool Party at Dooley’s for 10 people, however the Duck Team has offered to open it up to anyone interested (and the extra cost will be split between everybody). The tentative plan is to catch the cheap wing night at Jungle Jim’s, then head over to Dooley’s. Contact Karen for more details or to sign up.
Other events this week:
Please take some time to fill out the AITT Weekly Newsletter Survey. Your answers are anonymous, and will really help me plan out future issues.
Congratulations to Angela on her engagement this weekend!
Happy belated birthday to Darrell (on June 1) this week!
Students needed to help organize the Annual AITT Golf Classic. Contact Karen for more information.
There are four more JIT training sessions being held next week. They are all at 11am in the classroom, and include:
1. CSS - Tuesday, June 7.
2. Flash Media Control - Wednesday, June 8.
3. Layers in DreamWeaver -Thursday, June 9.
4. Flash Actionscript - Wednesday, June 15.
Contact Pamela for more information.
May 27, 2005
Videoconferencing chemistry
Katie Marshall
Currently a six-week pilot, the project proposes to link Bridgetown High School and St. Mary’s Bay Academy with Acadia through the newly commissioned FUNDYweb network. The project began in early May, and will continue for six weeks with lectures from the School of Music, Department of Chemistry, and Department of Mathematics and Statistics faculty.
The lecture included PowerPoint presentation, Excel graphs, and a live titration demonstration.
Duck!
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On your mark, get set, and GO! They’re off, in a mad jostling battle for the finish line, each racer vying desperately for that elusive lead, bills quacking and feathers rustling.
Well, not really, since we’re talking about the upcoming Rotary Club Corporate Duck Race. But the competition is no less fierce as AITT duck wranglers Karen Turner, Layla Rashid, Mauricio Duarte, and Jamie Chang prepare our entry for the race on Sunday at the White Rock Canal on the Gaspereau River.
This year’s duck is much more colourful than previous years, as the Duck Team creates a “pimp-style” design for the duck dubbed “Maestro Shizzle”.
“He’s gonna be really bright and feathered with a shiny necklace and a fedora,” says team member Mauricio Duarte. “He’s going to catch the eye of a lot of people.”
There’s a variety of prizes available; including prizes for the first ducks to finish, “Delightful Duck” for the best-designed duck, “Endo Duck” for the last duck to finish, and “Dry Duck” for the first duck to hit the shore.
“If we don’t get first place, hopefully we’ll get the design prize,” says Duarte.
This year’s AITT duck is a modification of last year’s duck, with the notable addition of a large funnel, capped at the end. The idea is that the current will catch the funnel, propelling the duck faster than the competition, much like last year’s Physics Department entry.
The race starts at 1:00 pm at the White Rock Canal on the Gaspereau River, and the Duck Team encourages everyone at the AITT to come out and cheer on Maestro Shizzle. “The duck needs friends,” jokes team member Karen Turner. But seriously, “It’s a really cool, fun event,” says team member Turner. “I went last year and had a great time.”
Watch the famous "Duck Test Video" by Matthew Carswell.
Flash training
A catch up session will be held on June 1 at 11am in the classroom for those who missed the first session on May 18. Contact Jamie Chang for details.
Happy belated birthday to Dave (on Wednesday)!
May 20, 2005
Thanks to Josh for doing the dishes!
Don't forget, Monday is a holiday! Have a great long weekend.
May 13, 2005
There are three "Just in Time" training sessions taking place on Wednesday May 18 in the AITT Classroom. They are: Graphic Design at 9am, Advanced Dreamweaver at 10am, and Flash at 11am. Contact Pamela to sign up or for more information. Keep in mind if there are any other workshops you would be interested in, feel free to request one.
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