A shipment of Lenovo ThinkPad T500 laptops for the final orientation last week was delayed. As a result, approximately thirty incoming students were issued new Lenovo T61 laptops during orientation. A delivery of ThinkPad T500's came in earlier this week. All fresmen and juniors who received a ThinkPad T61 during orientation are eligible to upgrade their laptop to the ThinkPad T500 at the Mobile Computing Asset Office in the first floor of Corrigan Hall during normal business hours (Mon.-Fri., 8:45 AM - 4:45 PM). Note that the office will be closed this coming Monday, September 7th, for the Labor Day holiday.
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PC Support Services and the Computer Training Center are working together to bring the University community the new "Tech Tips" blog. This blog discusses some of the most frequently asked questions to the Technology Help Desk, as well as more general advise on how to make the most of the technologies available at Seton Hall University.
Check out the Tech Tips blog at:
blogs.shu.edu/projects/tech_tips/
This past fall Seton Hall University launched a project exploring the use of an eReader in select classes. Approximately fifty faculty and students were provided with an Amazon Kindle eReader and select readings (including textbooks, literature, and blogs) to see if the Amazon Kindle provides a convenient alternative to traditional textbooks and whether itimproves the amount of reading students do and their comprewhension. This week the Teaching, Learning, and Technology Center, in collaboration with Freshman Studirs and the University Core Curriculum Committee, released their preliminary findings from the Lindle Pilot Project. A summary of the results is available on the Educause Web site at:
http://connect.educause.edu/Library/Abstract/IntegratingAmazonKindleAS/48346
Steve Landry, CIO
Seton Hall University has selected the 2009 laptop and tablet PC models for the Mobile Computing Program. The laptop model will be the Lenovo ThinkPad T500, featuring a 15.4" wide screen monitor and the ATI Radeon Mobility video card. The tablet PC model will be the Lenovo ThinkPad X200 Tablet with a 12" LED backlit screen.
Full sepcifications for the 2009 models can be found in the document:
2009 SHU Mobile Computing Standard Models.doc
Sophomore refresh will begin in mid April and continue through the end of final exams. All sophomore students who have registered for the fall semester are eligible to upgrade their current laptop or tablet computers before the summer.
Steve Landry, CIO
Representatives from Finance and Technology, including Dr. Stephen Landry, CIO, Paul Fisher, Director of the Teaching, Learning, and Technology Center, John Fernandes, Director of PC Support Services, and Irene Wang, Mobile Computing Program Manager, presented today at Parents' Orientation. The presentation explained why SHU adopted a laptop program, how the program works, and some of the things that all parents and students should know about the program.
A copy of the presentation can be found here:
MCParentOrientation2008Presentation.pdf
Any questions, comments, or concerns regarding the University's Mobile Computing Program may be addressed to Dr. Stephen Landry, CIO (landryst@shu.edu).
Dr. Martin Sandler, Assistant Director for Assessment in the Teaching, Learning, and Technology (TLT) Center, today released the preliminary findings from the University's Spring 2008 Mobile Computing Assessment Survey.
The Mobile Computing Assessment Project began in 1998 in order to assess the effect of the University's Mobile Computing Project on teaching and learning. For the past ten years the assessment project has consistently shown high faculty and student satisfaction with the program and that the University's technology program has had a positive impact on student learning.
This year was no exception. The Spring 2008 Mobile Computing Assessment survey was administered to a random sample of 1152 students, with 509 responses, for an overall response rate of 44%. Three quarters of the respondents agreed that the use of technology has improved their learning.
A summary of the preliminary results from the assessment survey can be found at:
Spring 2008 Teaching and Learning with Technology Survey - Preliminary Findings.doc
Contact Martin Sandler at sandlema@shu.edu for more information regarding the Mobile Computing Assessment Project and the results of the Spring 2008 survey. Click here to view the 2007 summary of the Mobile Computing Assessment Program.
PC Support Services began Sophomore Refresh 2008. All sophomore students in good academic standing and who are registered as full time students for Fall 2008 are eligible to replace their current Lenovo ThinkPad T60 Laptop PC (or their ThinkPad X60 Tablet PC) with the latest model.
See this previous blog entry for details about the new laptops.
As of today, over 600 sophomores have already upgraded their computers.
