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Live from overseas

And now, live from Madrid...

We’re all used to seeing live newscasts from overseas. But it’s one thing to watch an English-speaking CNN reporter in Madrid, standing in front of a fountain, giving the American version of a diplomatic congress that has just collapsed. It’s a very different experience to watch a reporter on Televisión Española in Madrid as she gives their version of the event in Spanish-live. Or to catch the morning news in Paris (in French) to get their spin on the Kerry-Bush debate the night before. It is an experience to which some of us in the department of Modern and Classical Languages – and many others on campus – can easily get addicted...

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Communicating with students via Email

We’re all aware that most of our students are heavy and proficient users of email. Despite that fact (or maybe because of it), we sometimes have a hard time figuring out which email address to use to communicate with an entire class of students...

 
Classroom Response System

Use of Western’s Classroom Response System (CRS) which utilizes InterWrite PRS software and hand-held transmitters, is gradually increasing and has been met with growing enthusiasm by both faculty members and students....

 
Classroom Design

As you would expect, faculty members are quite concerned that new and renovated classrooms on campus meet their teaching needs...

WWU Web Page Redesign

This quarter you may have noticed some changes in WWU homepage. In an effort to address issues of accessibility, ATUS Web Services, has completed a redesign....

 
Harden those soft passwords

Having passwords that are easy to ‘crack’ is one of the biggest threats to our individual and collective computer privacy. The Academic Technology Committee has responded to this problem by recommending implementation of the following policy...

Office 2003 Software

Western has long had access to the latest Microsoft software, ensuring that our graduates have a distinct advantage when they join the world of work...


About ATUS News Online

This is Issue 32, Winter 2005

Academic Technology News is a production of Academic Technology & User Services, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington 98225-9094.

Director
Larry Gilbert
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Susan Brown, Nancy Grayum
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Fred Robson, Terry Dayton, John Farquhar, Patricia LeClair, Rick Osen, Larry Gilbert, Nancy Grayum, Andrew McGlone, Linc Nesheim
Graphics
Rochelle Parry

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In the news
Multimedia Development Gets a Boost

Same Help Desk, New Space

Classroom Projector Evaluations

Macintosh Network Users Group Initiated

www.training.wwu.edu

iPods Pique STC Interest, Workshops Deliver Skills
Classroom Changes 2005-2006
Tech Tips

 

 

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