Events
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ToW: Come to the FEMBOT Wikipedia Edit-a-thon!
To celebrate Women’s History Month at Trinity College, Information Services is excited to host a FEMBOT Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on March 6th from 12:00pm-2:30pm! The event will take place in the Library and Information Technology Center’s new Digital Scholarship Studio, which is located in room 182, directly above Peter B’s coffee shop. The goal of this event is to bring attention to the many contributions made by women that have significant influence on our culture. This year’s event will focus on including women of color, trans, and/or non-conforming people and related organizations and ideas into Wikipedia. You can view some of the topics for this year’s event here. Please join us…
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Join Our Transcribe-a-Thon for Douglass Day on 2/14
On 14 February 2018, please join us in the Trinity College Library’s new Digital Scholarship Studio (LITC 182) for a transcribe-a-thon in honor of Frederick Douglass’s 200th birthday. Following the lead of the Colored Conventions project, we’ll be transcribing records of the Freedmen’s Bureau. The Transcribe-a-thon is from 12-3pm, and is open to the public. Cake and coffee will be provided. If you have any questions, please contact Christina Boyles or Jason B. Jones.
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Mapathon for Puerto Rico: THIS FRIDAY (9/29) from 2pm-5pm
Please join us this Friday (9/29) from 2pm-5pm in the Blume Lab (LITC 119) for a mapathon for Puerto Rico for hurricane relief. Come help with relief efforts on the ground in Puerto Rico by contributing your time to open-source mapping. Following the recent hurricane, people around the world are using the OpenStreetMap platform to give their time to hurricane relief efforts. The Red Cross in Puerto Rico has identified two tasks we can help with that would contribute to their efforts. During the mapathon, we will teach people how to help with these efforts through mapping, and we will map together. We’ll be participating with people at several other…
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Spring Institute for Teaching & Technology Agenda
The exact sequence is still subject to slight revision, as are some titles. The location will the 1823 Room of the Library, and there will be food in the morning and for lunch. Schedule 9.00 Coffee / treats 9.30 Important changes for Fall 2016: Windows 10, Office 365, Moodle 3 (Sue Denning, Jason Jones) 10 Writing Workshops in Moodle (Aidali Aponte-Aviles) 10.30 Visualizing Historical Stories and Collections (Cheryl Cape, Rick Ring, Nancy Smith, Amy Harrell) 11.15 Teaching Through Technology: Victorian Studies & Digital Humanities (Joanna Swafford, SUNY-New Paltz) 12.15 [Get lunches before the discussion starts] 12.30 Josh Kim, Dartmouth & Inside Higher Ed, will lead a…
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Mobile Pedagogy Demonstration–April 26
Come learn about ways to turn ever-present devices into platforms for teaching and learning. Optimize readings and handouts for display on phones and tables; present from an iPad; and learn about phone-based alternatives to clickers.