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Library and Technology Teaching and Research (LATTAR): 2016-17

#SocialMedia: Digital Trends in Research - Spring 2017

Thursday February 23

noon-12:45 pm

 

Faculty House, Lounge

Social Media and Scholarship

PRESENTATION

Professor Morgan McGuire, Computer Science, discusses his extensive use of social media for promoting courses, students and scholarship outside of Williams, and how he uses social media for off-campus educational outreach. 
 

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Tuesday March 14

noon-1:00 pm

 

Faculty House, Lounge

Social Media and Scholarship

PRESENTATION

Professor Jason Josephson Storm, Religion, discusses blogging and other online platforms he uses for conducting and promoting research . 
 

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#SocialMedia: Digital Trends in Teaching - Fall 2016

Thursday October 20

noon-1pm

 

Faculty House, Lounge

Social Media in the Classroom

PANEL DISCUSSION

Professors Jacqueline HidalgoNate Kornell and María Elena Cepeda discuss how they use social media in the classroom.

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Wednesday 
November 9 

noon-1pm

 

Sawyer Library, CET, Room 276

Leveraging Facebook and YouTube

WORKSHOP

Learn how to create and manage group/class pages for forums and publishing using Facebook, and also how to add/upload, manage, publish your videos on YouTube.

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Tuesday November 15

noon-1pm

 

Faculty House, Lounge

Case Study: AFR 321 - Trending Black: Race & Social Media in the 21st Century
 
PRESENTATION
 
Professor VaNatta Ford, Africana Studies, discusses her current course AFR 321, in which social media are both objects of study and teaching and exploratory tools.
 

Tuesday December 6

noon-1pm


Faculty House, Lounge

The Land of Likes, Loves, & Shares: College Communication through Social Media
 
PRESENTATION
 
Join Shannon O’Brien, Williams’ social media strategist, as she discusses social media trends in higher education and delves into the thought processes behind communicating on behalf of the college.
 

Wednesday 
January 11 

noon-1pm

 

Sawyer Library, CET, Room 276

Leveraging Instagram and Twitter for Teaching and Learning

WORKSHOP

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Thursday  
January 19 

noon-1pm

 

Sawyer Library, CET, Room 276

Digital Scholarship with Tumblr and WordPress

WORKSHOP

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About LATTAR

LATTAR (Library and Technology Teaching and Research) is a collaboration between OIT, the Library and the Dean of Faculty to explore the intersection of technology, research and teaching at Williams.

LATTAR organizes panels, discussions, lectures and workshops exploring trends in teaching and learning.

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