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Still spaces available for LOHA oral history workshop!


2009
11.30

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Presented by:
The Citadel Oral History Program, South Carolina Historical Society and the Lowcountry Oral History Alliance

Oral History Workshop
The Citadel Oral History Program, the South Carolina Historical Society and the Low Country Oral History Alliance invite the public to participate in an oral history workshop on Saturday, December 5th from 10:00 am – 3:00 pm at The Citadel in Bond Hall room 165.

Teachers, community activists, genealogists, and high school and college students are encouraged to attend. Space is limited and pre-registration is highly encouraged. Your $5 donation will defray the cost of lunch.

This interactive workshop, led by staff from the SC Historical Society and The Citadel Oral History Program, will cover each aspect of the oral history process, including project planning, interview strategies, recording technology, and archiving. The program will be of value to those involved in family or community projects that are well underway and those in the planning stages.

The Citadel is located at 171 Moultrie Street in Charleston (near Joseph P. Riley Park).

Call Kerry Taylor at (843) 953-5357 for more information and to register.

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Start a New Thanksgiving Tradition – Adopt A Turkey


2009
11.24

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I ran across this and thought some of you might be interested.  Have a great break!
Joey

by: Sharon Seltzer

If you are looking for an alternative way to celebrate Thanksgiving that doesn’t include plating a turkey on your table, you might be interested in the Adopt-a-Turkey Project.

Farm Sanctuary is a non-profit organization that works to stop the cruelty of commercially-raised farm animals and promotes a vegan lifestyle. Their two sanctuaries in New York and California are home to: pigs, sheep, cows, rabbits, geese, chickens and turkeys that have been victims of cruelty.

They began the Adopt-a-Turkey Project in 1986 as a way of offering a “compassionate alternative for Thanksgiving.”

Since then, Farm Sanctuary has rescued more than 1,000 turkeys from “a thankless fate at the dinner table and given thousands of people an opportunity to adopt a turkey for the holidays.”

Read the full post at: http://www.care2.com/causes/animal-welfare/blog/start-a-new-thanksgiving-tradition-adopt-a-turkey/

picture of turkey from care2make a difference

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Print Less Using the Aardvark Firefox Add-On!


2009
11.23

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Chris Vinson, our Systems Librarian at Addlestone, has written a detailed tutorial on how to install and use Aardvark, an add-on for Firefox that lets you remove pieces of web pages before you print them out so you have a cleaner, earth-friendlier print job.

Feel free to pass it along!

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LITE WORKSHOP: Creating Multimedia Presentations (with way cool free software)


2009
11.19

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Powerpoint  is SO late 20th century! Looking for an alternative?   Of course you are.  WOW your students and your colleagues and your conference audience (who will be delighted inasmuch as they are expecting the “Powerpoint bullets of death” syndrome).

You are savvy.  You are creative.  You will have attended this LITE workshop and learned ways to present a topic with flair, interactivity, and excitement!
Learn about creating interactive presentations with VoiceThread, using the slideshow feature in Flickr, or creating a video.  Check out 2-D images in a 3-D world using Microsoft’s Photosynth or Cooliris. Learn where to find images for your presentations using Creative Commons.  Having video player issues?  Try VLC, free software that plays nearly anything!

Its not too late to learn how to be exciting and interesting (or at least present so that you sound like you are).

WHEN: Thursday, November 19, 2009 @ 3 and 6PM
WHERE: Addlestone 122

Feel free to download and share our session flyer (pdf). For more information about the LITE sessions visit http://blogs.cofc.edu/LITE

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COUGAR countdown and Exam Planning Schedule


2009
11.13

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CougarCountdown

A table of Exam Planning Resources–including Calendars, Final Exam Schedules, Class Assessment worksheets, the Exam Study Plan, Test Preparation and other study handouts–is set up in the Center for Student Learning. Please drop by and pick up the resources you need for exams and download the Four Week Study Plan Fall 2009!

Also, Cougar Countdown is coming November 30! Cougar Countdown is a 2 week series of events and activities designed to support and assist students during Exam Week.  Offices from Academic Affairs and Student Affairs have joined forces to provide a full calendar of events—check it out in next week’s GSO!  Activities will be hosted in the Addlestone Library and the Stern Student Center.

You can also join COUGARcountdown on Facebook.

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LITE Workshop Thursday @3 & 6 PM!


2009
11.11

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It’s an Addlestone LITE session about collecting and organizing and managing your research!   Who knew digital technology could make this easy?  (Okay, so it is supposed to do that.  Boy, does it ever!)  Come learn about some web applications that do just that:

Thursday, November 12, 2009 @ 3 AND 6PM
Collecting and Organizing your Work
Addlestone Library Room 122

What other reason do you need to live in the early 21st Century?  Come to learn yourself or print out the FLYER (pdf) to let your students know how to improve their research capabilities.   Please hand out the flyer in your classes.  Their research will improve.  Their papers will improve.  Your free time will increase (okay, two out of three is not bad).

FEEL FREE TO DROP IN OR REGISTER AT http://tinyurl.com/Addlestone

LITE Workshop_fall09_Collecting&Organizing Your Work

Session Description:
Need help managing all your sources for your paper? Use Zotero to collect, manage, and cite your research sources. Access your bookmarks anywhere, share them with study partners and organize your web research using Delicious. Use Citulike to discover, manage, store and share scholarly references. Share photos and create slideshows with Flickr. Use Wordle to generate word clouds. Need help getting a handle on your research project? Mind Mapping promotes creativity, helps you solve problems, and helps your brain remember information.

For more information about the LITE sessions visit http://blogs.cofc.edu/LITE

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