EATF Meeting

Location: University Hall Room 5013, Montclair State University

Discussion on digital respositories in NJ colleges and universities.

Verizon Business Meeting for NJEDge.Net Members

Time:   9:30 am - 12:30 pm EST

Location: VERIZON CAMPUS -- Basking Ridge, NJ

Agenda: Enhanced features of SES / Optical Portfolio
              Cyber Trust: Security / Managed Email
              Hosting / Remote Backup

Hosting / Remote Backup

Verizon Business provides IT Services that allow our clients to improve performance levels, control costs, increase productivity, and focus on their core business challenges, and initiatives. IT solutions consists of three groups of services, all leveraging Verizon’s network to target specific needs of our customers : Managed Applications, managed Infrastructure Services, and Managed IT Services.

WIMBA TOOL SET WEBINAR

Time:   3 pm

NJEDge and Wimba have entered into a new pricing agreement. This new agreement includes discounts as high as 25% off list price for all member schools. There will be an online event scheduled for November 28th at 3pm EST to review the Wimba Tool Set and discuss this new agreement and answer questions from the member schools. If you would like to attend this event please contact Mark Bevenour for the online event information. mbevenour@wimba.com - 215-508-3036 Wimba Tool Set Details

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Learning Management System Demonstration -- Moodle

Time: 9:30 A.M - Noon

Here is an execellent opportunity to understand and learn the value of JUNOS. There are classes in NY and NJ for the Free Router Seminar. Register using the flyer below.

Learning Management System Demonstration : Sakai

Time: 9:30 A.M - Noon

Activity Groups Luncheon

Time: 11:30 AM - 3:30 PM

Featured Speaker: Marilyn Lombardi
http://www.educause.edu/content.asp?...=124149&bhcp=1

Marilyn M. Lombardi, Ph.D is director of the Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) Center at Duke University. When completed in fall of 2007, the Center will house state-of-the-art visualization equipment, dedicated high-speed connectivity to the national Access Grid and to the major research universities in North Carolina's "Research Triangle," and a staff of high performance computing specialists to support Duke faculty in large-scale research collaborations that promise to further their professional goals while benefiting the state of North Carolina and the nation as a whole.

Concurrently, Marilyn holds a leadership position in the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI, formerly NLII). As Scholar-in-Residence for the national association dedicated to transforming teaching and learning through technology, she is responsible for ELI's annual three-part white paper series. Each set of white papers offers an in-depth look at an emerging new trend in learning philosophy and technology-mediated practice, while helping to set the agenda for that year's ELI activities. In addition, she participates in the organization of ELI events, including the Annual Conference and the popular Focus Session workshops held twice a year.

Disaster Recovery -- CIO Sub Committee (by invitation only)

Time: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Venue:West Law Library - Room 235 in the Instructional Resource Center (IRC) – next to the Library, Middlesex County Community College.

DLAAB/EATF Meeting

Time: 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM

Member Meeting for Verizon FIOS Equipment Loaning & Training Program

Time: 10:30 AM - 3:00 PM

EATF & DLAAB Meeting

Time: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

MAGPI Math and Science Virtual Forum

Time: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM EST

The MAGPI Virtual Forums aim to bridge Higher Education, K12, and Public/Cultural/Non-Profit entities around issues and opportunities specific to their disciplines. Our next virtual forum is on April 5, 2007 and features presentations on grid computing initiatives in Europe, Teaching and Learning with the Open Science Grid and Networked Smartboard demonstration. In order to participate in this forum, you must register by March 31 2007. More Information/Registration: http://www.magpi.net/mathandscience.html AGENDA for April 5, 20007

Welcome/Introductions

Grid Computing Initiatives in Europe - Dr. David Fergusson, Deputy Director for Training Outreach and Education, National e-Science Centre at the University of Edinburgh

The advent of widely deployed grids, e-Infrastructures and Cyberinfrastructures generates a Training, Outreach and Educational challenge in all countries engaged in grid computing. There is now an imperative to train people rapidly enough to support the growth in grid activity, in research, in academia and in industry. It is crucial to rapidly attract people to training and education in grid computing and to make them aware of the advantages they will reap if they become better equipped to exploit the grid-delivered opportunities. Education must change, so that graduates of our educational systems are well equipped to understand how and when to take advantage of the new methods enabled by grid computing whatever their own specialism. Education also needs to prepare creative scientists, engineers and computer scientist so that they are best able to contribute advances in grid computing.The scale of this training and educational challenge demands much investment, human effort and innovation.

In Europe this challenge is already being addressed through a number of projects. For instance the EGEE project has had a very successful training activity for the last two years helping to disseminate understanding of how to use the maturing European grid infrastructure. Growing directly form this is the ICEAGE project which is directed towards encouraging and sustaining the take up of grid education in the European higher education sector. Both of these initiatives are also making use of the novel tools for collaboration and education which are becoming available as part of this process.

Teaching and Learning with the Open Science Grid: FERMI Lab and Grid Computing in K-12s - Marjorie Bardeen, Manager, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

Using electronic labs, e-Labs, the I2U2 collaboration is researching the potential of the Grid to transform science education. Learn about a case study that uses grid computing techniques to support the collaborative learning of high school students investigating cosmic rays. Students guide their own learning to gather and upload science data to our e-Lab portal where they analyze data and publish results. Students use web browsers and a custom interface to perform all of these tasks. They share results in the form of online posters and ask each other questions in this asynchronous environment. Students can discover and extend the research of other students, modeling the processes of modern large-scale scientific collaborations. Also, the e-Lab portal provides tools for teachers to guide student work throughout an investigation.
Mortgage Payments: It all begins with Negative Exponents; Teaching Beginning Algebra Using a SmartBoard with Video Conferencing and Data Sharing - Roseanne Homann, Professor, Mathematics, and Michael Knight, Manager of Multimedia Services, Montgomery County Community College

Roseanne Hofmann has taught mathematics for over 40 years. Roseanne's academic background includes an A.B. (mathematics) from Immaculata University, an M. S. (statistics) from Villanova University, and an Ed. D. (mathematics education) from Temple University, concentrating on problem solving. Roseanne is interested in using technology as a tool to help students visualize and learn mathematics. She has offered over 100 graphics calculator workshops for teachers, as well as presentations on the appropriate use of technology in the classroom and online. During this presentation, Roseanne will talk about how SmartBoards can be networked and paired with videoconferencing to deliver distance math instruction.

More Information/Registration:

The EATF Presents
8th Annual Faculty to Faculty Best Practices Showcase
Integrating Technology into Teaching and Learning

We are delighted to report that the keynote speaker for the Showcase will be Gene Maeroff, Gene I. Maeroff is senior fellow at the Hechinger Institute at Teachers College, Columbia University, where he was the founding director in 1996. Among his 13 books are A Classroom of One: How Online Learning Is Changing Our Schools and Colleges; Altered Destinies: Making Life Better for Schoolchildren in Need; and The Empowerment of Teachers: Overcoming the Crisis of Confidence. His articles have been published in such general interest magazines as New York, the New York Times Magazine, and the Nation, as well as in such education periodicals as American School Board Journal, Principal, Teacher, and the Kappan.

Internet2 Day: Instructional and Research Technology for the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Time: 8:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Data Resources Group Meeting

Beyond Surviving - Thriving in IT Customer Service - flyer
(Registration Closed)

• A set of skills and guidelines that you can put to use immediately
• Opportunities to share service challenges, successes, and ideas with others in your field
• A personalized action plan for building and maintaining excellent service relationships with your customers and clients

• Why am I Here? The challenges unique to serving higher education IT clients, and the benefits for getting it right.
• Customer Service in the Fast-paced World of IT: What do my customers expect and how can I help them shape realistic expectations?
• The Five Key Elements of Service Professionalism: What do I need to do to get it right?
• Excellent Service in an Electronic Age: Effective communication through telephone and email as well as in person.
• How to Handle "Stupid" Questions and Impatient Clients: The importance of building relationships in handling tough situations, recovering from mistakes, and educating clients to become more self-sufficient.

N. J. Focus the Nation Videoconference:
Global Warming Solutions for America

Time: 4:30 PM - 8.30 PM.

DLAAB Meeting

Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Coffee will be served at 9:30 AM)
         12:00 PM - 1:00 PM(Lunch will be Served only at the Meeting Site)

• Middlesex County College
  Building and room: College Center - CC 100
  
  Driving and parking info
  Participants may park on Lot # 3. However that lot will only be open for 30 minutes before and up to 15 minutes after each event begins. Otherwise participants will need to report to the Police/Gateway Center for a parking decal for elsewhere.

DLAAB Colloquium

Overview: Students themselves are challenging our concepts of writing and pushing new concepts of communication through their innovative use of text combined with new media.

Presenter: Norbert Elliot, Ph.D., Professor of English, Department of Humanities, NJIT
Professor Elliot writes on the theory and practice of writing assessment and communication, the theory and history of environmental rhetoric, cognitive complexity theory, technology, and education.

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Time: 1:30 P.M. - 3:30 P.M.

Locations:

• Middlesex County College Information
  Building and room: Edison Campus - Instructional Resources Center IRC 117
  Driving and parking info: Participants may park on Lot # 3. However that lot will only be open for 30 minutes before and up to 15 minutes after each event begins. Otherwise participants will need to report to the Police/Gateway Center for a parking decal for elsewhere.
  URL for driving and parking info: http://www.middlesexcc.edu/aboutmcc/control.cfm/ID/2256
  
  
• Montclair State University
  University Hall ADP Teacher Preparation Center - UN 1143
  (First Floor South Tower).
  Directions, campus map and parking
  
  
• New Jersey Institute of Technology
  GITC 1st floor 1403 ITV Room (1st floor located in lobby of building) Directions can be found at: http://www.njit.edu/about/visiting/driving.php Campus Map  Parking can be found in the Deck of NJIT: http://www.njit.edu/about/visiting/parking.php
  
  
• Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus
  Location: Dickinson Hall, Room 1132
  Map of Metropolitan Campus (Dickinson Hall is #55)
  Driving info and parking
  Address for Google: 140 University Plaza Drive, Hackensack, NJ 07601
  
  
• Fairleigh Dickinson University - College at Florham
  Location: Dreyfuss Building, Room 214
  Map of Florham Campus (Dreyfuss Building is #9)
  Driving info and parking
  Address for Google: 146 Park Ave, Florham Park, NJ 07932, US
  
  
• William Paterson University
  Hobart Hall, ITV Room 132A
  Directions
  Click on University Map, see Entry 2 for visitor parking. Hobart Hall is building #3 over a the foot bridge.

VRG Meeting-Meeting Canceled

Time: 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM

• Brookdale Community College
  Western Monmouth Education Center
  Room WM203
  Directions
  
  
• College of St. Elizabeth
  Mahoney Library in the ITV Classroom (ground floor).
  Directions
  Parking Information: Parking in the St. Joseph Hall parking lot - behind Santa Maria Hall (buildings 10 and 12 on the map). Mahoney Library is to the right of the parking lot


• Atlantic Cape Community College
  Presidents Conference Room
  Room J-245
  Directions
  
  

The Performance Bottleneck - Application, Computer, or Network?
A Video conferenced presentation by Rich Carlson, Internet2

Time: 1:30 P.M. - 3:30 P.M.

Overview: Performance tuning of network applications and Operating Systems has been long been seen as a black art. Finding the settings that work correctly for a single application or over a specific network path is challenging enough, but making thing work over a wide range of conditions is extremely challenging. To make things even more difficult, every problem exhibits the same symptom - the application does not perform as expected (the network is slow). This session will provide an introduction to network performance troubleshooting techniques, methods, and tools that, if used in a systematic manner, can help everyone find and fix these common problems.

Powerpoint presentation

Locations

• Rutgers - Camden
  Business and Science Building 231 Directions
  
  
• Rutgers - Newark
  Robeson Campus Center Room: 257 Directions
  
  
• Rutgers - New Brunswick
  ASB II room 165 near Cook Campus Directions
  
  
• Rutgers - Piscataway
  Kilmer Library room 010 on Livingston Campus Directions
  
  

EATF Meeting

Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM