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Eighth Annual Teaching and Technology Forum.
\nVassar College
\nApril 6, 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Presenters\"<\/a><\/strong>Being There: Panoramic Images in Teachin<\/strong>g<\/p>\n

Andrew Tallon (Art)
\nProf. Tallon has been de\u00advel\u00adop\u00ading a library of now more than three thousand digital spherical pan\u00ador\u00adam\u00adic photographs of great architecture through\u00adout Eu\u00adrope; he showed some images that use 3D technology.<\/em> (poster<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Elemental Analysis of Art and Antiquities<\/strong>
\nJoe Tanski (Chemistry), Bona Ko (’10)
\nProf. Tanski’s class used X-ray fl\u001fuorescence (XRF) spectroscopy to investigate the elemental composition of antiquities at the Francis Lehman Loeb Art Center.<\/em> (poster<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Mattslist: Citizenship and Technology at Vassar<\/strong>
\nSaul Mercado (Anthropology), Kelsey Forrest (’11)
\nA project team from Prof. Mercado’s class set about to create a social networking site that could benefit the Vassar Community.<\/em> (poster<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Videoconferencing with Students in Japan<\/strong>
\nHiromi Dollase (Japanese), Yuko Matsubara (Japanese)
\nStudents in a Japanese class used videoconferencing technology to communicate in real time with students in Japan.<\/em> (poster<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Archaeological Online Database: Artifact Illustrations<\/strong>
\nLucy Johnson (Anthropology), Anne Sando (’10)
\nAnne Sando digitized a large number of images of artifacts from Prof. Johnson’s collection and catalogued them for inclusion in an institutional database.<\/em> (poster<\/a>)<\/p>\n

BiTT: Vassar’s Bioinformatics Think Tank<\/strong>
\nPhil Tully (’10), Sam Woodle (’10), Dan Griffith (’10)
\nThis group of students formed their own support group for Vassar students studying bioinformatics.<\/em> (poster<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Layering Techniques for Modeling Data<\/strong>
\nAlicia Sampson (’12), Rebecca Eells (’12)
\nStudents working with Profs. Susman (Biology) and Magnes (Physics) used the MATLAB software to build mathematical models of the behavior of a species of worm<\/em>. (poster<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Probing Cognitive Biases in Virtual Worlds<\/strong>
\nZeynep Gokcen Kaya
\nFor an independent study project, this exchange student from Turkey conducted research on social behavior in the virtual world of Second Life.<\/em> (poster<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Humans Rights Education in Post-Conflict Societies: International Collaboration via Wikis<\/strong>
\nTracey Holland (Education)
\nProf. Holland developed a wiki in order to collaborate with scholars from around the world on the issue of human rights education.<\/em> (poster<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Collaborative Student Writing Using Wikis in the Cities After Society<\/em> (URBS 386) Seminar<\/strong>
\nLeonard Nevarez (Urban Studies)
\nStudents in this course used wiki technology to do collaborative writing.<\/em> (poster<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Exploring College,<\/em> a Social Networking Site<\/strong>
\nLeslie Williams (Education), Adalake Barnwell (Education)
\nA social networking site was developed, to facilitate communication between local high school students and their Vassar student mentors.<\/em> (poster<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Ghosting: Video Projection in Squash<\/strong>
\nJane Parker (Physical Education)
\nProf. Parker is experimenting with the use of video projection of ideal performance within the squash court, to develop students’ skills.<\/em> (poster<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Bridging Text and Film: Video Streaming in World Cinema<\/strong>
\nSarah Kozloff (Film)
\nProf. Kozloff is experimenting with the use of streaming video to allow students to review film excerpts online, at any time or place.<\/em> (poster<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Going to the Source by Skype-ing with Scientists<\/strong>
\nJeremy Davis (Biology)
\nStudents in Prof. Davis’ class employed desktop videoconferencing and a conference microphone to interview authors of articles they were studying.<\/em> (poster<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Digital Dress: Engaging the Vassar College Costume Collection<\/strong>
\nArden Kirkland, (Drama), Holly Hummel (Drama)
\nA database of digital images of Vassar’s historic costume collection is being developed.<\/em> (poster<\/a>)<\/p>\n

A Whale of a Blog: Writing for the Little Screen and the Teaching of Literature<\/strong>
\nNatalie Friedman (English), Ben Guzick (’12), Susannah Horton (’11)
\nStudents in Prof. Friedman’s class used blogging software to express their thoughts on Herman Melville’s<\/em> Moby Dick. (poster<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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