We had an open house last week in the CIS Sandbox. Lots of people came by to check out the space, and the demos that our students were offering, sharing their special projects at work or in their CIS courses. Here are some photos from the event.
A map of student demos after the jump.
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Pat Sendall, Anthony Serapiglia, and I are presenting on Social Media: Beyond Facebook and Twitter at a panel at ISECON 2011.
Earlier at ISECON I presented a paper on The Silver Lining: A Teaching Case Using Google Docs to teach Cloud Computing Concepts.
Slides and a Mind Map on Social Media and Web 2.0 Tools after the jump.
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The Bentley Newsroom wrote a short article published todayannouncing to the campus community that we’re open.
Campus Technology interviewed me about the technology, online, and collaborative aspects of the Sandbox in an interview that appeared on Nov. 2, 2011.
Lots going on that students are doing in the Sandbox these days. In addition to helping students with their classes, we’re offering a workshop with Microsoft on xbox development, and one next week on phone development. There’s a logo contest (the winner gets an ipod) and lots of other good information!
In June, I wrote about the tutoring facility we started remodelling over the summer, and posted a photo of what it looked like before we started.
Our grand opening is next week. Here’s something I wrote about our hopes for the new CIS Learning and Technology Sandbox.
I was asked to write about why we created the Sandbox, its goals and purposes, how students will be using it, and what other universities have similar facilities. As we prepare for our grand opening on Monday, September 26, here’s some insights into what we were thinking.
The CIS Learning and Technology Sandbox is the newly remodeled and re-envisioned “CIS Lab” located in Smith 234.
The term “Sandbox” in industry refers to an environment for experimentation and trying new things. That’s our vision – to create an inviting, collaborative space for exploring and learning new technologies, and to support student learning for our courses, in ways that resonate with today’s digital students.
The Sandbox marks a formal transition from the individualized “computer lab” layout with computers around the perimeter of the room and students facing the walls, popular in the design of computer labs of the 1980’s and 1990s, to a more informal space where learning takes place around small tables or in a lounge setting.
We’re going to be renovating the CIS student tutoring and computer lab at my university over the summer. I took these photos and stitched them together with Microsoft Photosynth to create a view of what the place looks like before we get started with the renovations.
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