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TED O’clock – Extend Your Life by 10 Years! – March 31, 2017
Angie Bardsley, our amazing administrative assistant, shared one of her favorite TED talks with the group, showing Jane McGonigal’s “The Game That Can Give You 10 Extra Years of Life.” Her talk begins by discussing the five most common regrets of the dying and making the case for the importance of how play, including playing … Continue reading
Notes from the Thursday, March 9, 2017, ITS: Division Meeting
Jan Edwards gave an overview of the students that Accessibility Resources serves as well as universal design points to consider when creating any campus space or computer-related activity. One way ITS: can help Accessibility Resources is to assist in making CC’s different web pages accessible, which includes details such as tagging photos. Kudos were shared. … Continue reading
TED O’clock – How Great Leaders Inspire Action – February 24, 2017
Danna Duncan, instructional technologist extraordinaire, presented this edition of TED O’clock and showed Simon Sinek’s “How Great Leaders Inspire Action.” In his talk, Mr. Sinek discusses the premise of how people don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it. This is applicable whether you are marketing a product (like Apple) or a … Continue reading
Notes from the Thursday, February 9, 2017, ITS:Division Meeting
Below are the notes from the Thursday, February 9, 2017, ITS:Division meeting: Kudos were shared. Katharina announced that Drew Bodker will join the Server Applications and Security team soon as a part-time/on-call employee. He will be helping KRCC with applications and hardware as they move from their current location to 720 N. Tejon. Jeff M. … Continue reading
TED O’clock – 404, The Story of a Page Not Found – January 13, 2017
Welcome to the new year everyone! I hope 2017 is your best year yet! ITS: met on Friday the 13th of January (nope, no superstitions here!) for TED O’clock and watched Renny Gleeson’s talk about “404, The Story of a Page Not Found.” It was a short and succinct discussion that boiled down to this: … Continue reading
Notes from the December 15, 2016, ITS:Division Meeting
Here are the notes from the December 15, 2016, ITS:Division meeting: Assistant Vice President and Director of the Butler Center Paul Buckley shared an overview about the campus Butler Center, which focuses on campus-wide equity and inclusion, as well as student development through student groups and one-on-one mentoring, teaching and learning through programs like the … Continue reading
Happy Holidays – Celebrating with ITS:!
On Tuesday, December 6, ITS: celebrated the holiday season with a family party loaded with lots of fun activities, great food, and even a visit from Santa Claus! An activity table filled with fun crafts and a cookie decorating station, along with “The Polar Express” playing on the TV, were there to keep the little … Continue reading
TED O’clock – It’s Time for Women to Run for Office – December 2, 2016
In this edition of TED O’clock, we watched Halla Tomasdottir share why she decided to run for Iceland’s presidency and what she learned from the experience, as well as why it’s time for more women to run for office. Major themes included why role models matter, what was important to her successful campaign (although she did not … Continue reading
TED O’clock – Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator – October 28, 2016
Angie Bardsley facilitated the most recent installment of TED O’clock on Friday, October 28. She reported the following: Tim Urban presents a humorous look at why people procrastinate in “Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator” by using illustrations that feature the rational decision-maker, instant gratification monkey, and panic monster. The rational decision-maker wants to … Continue reading
Notes from the Thursday, November 10, 2016, Division Meeting
The notes from the ITS:Division meeting on November 10 are: Vice President for Student Life/Dean of Students Mike Edmonds visited the meeting and shared that the Student Life Division oversees every aspect of the student experience outside of the classroom except athletics. CC’s Student Life Office has a wider portfolio than similar offices at most … Continue reading
