Representatives of Penn Libraries, Critical Writing Program, Weingarten Learning Resources Center (VPUL) and Communication within the Curriculum (CWiC) will lead workshops to assist undergraduates with their research, writing, presentation and organizational needs.

This workshop, designed for undergraduates, addresses the speed and volume of summer courses, goal setting, time management and exam preparation. It will help answer questions such as: How do I study for a test each week? How do I keep up with my reading? How do I balance a job and school work? Presented by Weingarten Learning Resources Center staff. Participants will learn the essential parts of a debate, including the structure of speeches, note-taking skills, and strategies for refutation. Presented by CWIC undergraduate advisor Dorna Mohaghegh. Participants will learn approaches to public speaking that influence speech anxiety, and they will practice specific strategies for managing nervousness. Presented by CWIC undergraduate advisors. The Refworks system allows you to store and organize records of articles and books, access them quickly, and insert properly formatted citations into a Word document. Learn to use it at this session--it can change your academic life. Participants will learn approaches to public speaking that influence speech anxiety, and they will practice specific strategies for managing nervousness. Presented by CWIC undergraduate advisors Harrison Greer and Adriana Massara. Strategic academic reading will take you beyond just keeping up with your reading assignments. This workshop will extend your reading versatility and encourage efficiency while increasing comprehension. Bring a textbook or journal article that you are currently reading with you. Make the most of the rest of the semester by managing your time effectively. Presented by the Weingarten Learning Resources Center. We will tour the Weigle Information Commons, try out the video recording rooms, learn about partner services from CWiC, Weingarten Learning Resources Center and Writing Center, explore library resources, visit the Media Lab and try out the clickers in the seminar room. During this workshop, CWiC student speaking advisors discuss common PowerPoint mistakes and provide strategies for successfully using visual aids. Maximize your time through short- and long-term planning. This workshop introduces approaches to managing weekly course assignments, as well as papers and projects. Participants will leave with their own semester plan. Presented by Myrna Cohen, Director of the Weingarten Learning Resources Center. Learn to quickly and effectively access resources to support your research papers. Books, scholarly journals, statistics, and a wide range of primary resources are available at your fingertips--if you know how to look. Whether you are finishing a research project or just getting started, bring your questions and issues to this session and let a professional librarian be your personal research assistant for 60 minutes. We will show you how to use Excel to extract meaning from data. We will bring in data from webpages, convert and format data in automated ways, look at ways to make data cleaner and more reliable, graph trends and find meaning in masses of numbers. Trying to create a poster to explain your research project to others? Wondering how to make a powerful visual statement? We will explore designing your poster in PowerPoint. We will look at page size options, font and color choices, Word Art, Autoshapes and drawing tools. Bring your poster information with you as well as your personal laptop if appropriate. We will share tips and tricks for poster formatting, show examples and discuss preparing a PDF for printing in the Vitale Digital Media Lab or similar facility. Looking for that perfect resource for your paper or project? Just getting started with your research? Swamped with information but can't find exactly what you need? Meet with a librarian who specializes in the social sciences (sociology, political science, psycholoy, economics, etc.) for assistance. This workshop will help students consider how to appropriately edit and revise writing assignments. Please bring your writing assignment, either in final or draft form, to the workshop. We will work through different methods of improving the paper for readability and coherence. Presented by Fayyaz Vellani from the Critical Writing Program. Strategic academic reading will take you beyond 'keeping up' with your reading assignments. This workshop will extend your reading versatility and encourage efficiency while increasing comprehension. Bring a textbook or journal article that you are currently reading with you. We will explore the video recording rooms for practicing and videotaping your presentation. We will explore PowerPoint basics hands-on in the WIC Seminar Room. During this workshop, CWiC student speaking advisors discuss speech anxiety and provide strategies for managing nervousness. This workshop will help students consider how to appropriately devise and structure an argument in relation to the size and scope of their assignments. We will examine writing conventions in the worlds of academia and publishing and provide participants with various tools for creating and organizing coherent and thoughtful essays. Presented by Fayyaz Vellani from the Critical Writing Program. This workshop will help students consider how to appropriately edit and revise writing assignments. Please bring your writing assignment, either in final or draft form, to the workshop. We will work through different methods of improving the paper for readability and coherence. Presented by Fayyaz Vellani from the Critical Writing Program. Trying to create a poster to explain your research project to others? Wondering how to make a powerful visual statement? We will explore designing your poster in PowerPoint. We will look at page size options, font and color choices, Word Art, Autoshapes and drawing tools. Bring your poster information with you as well as your personal laptop if appropriate. We will share tips and tricks for poster formatting, show examples and discuss preparing a PDF for printing in the Vitale Digital Media Lab or similar facility.

This session will teach you about Blackboards assessment tools: Pools, Tests and Surveys. Pools allow you to create banks of questions that can be used in any tests. The Bb Test tool has more than 15 different question types including Multiple Choice, Fill in the Blank, and Short Answer. The Survey tool allows you to test or query your students anonymously. Learn how to manage your course site, upload documents and syllabi, send email efficiently to students, create announcements and manage your student rosters. Collaboration and Interaction in Blackboard: This workshop will focus on three Bb tools; the Discussion Boards, the Blog/Journal, and the Wiki/Teams Sites. Learn how to use these tools and see some practical examples. We will show examples of well-constructed Blackboard courses that are interactive and student-centered. We will provide guidance on how to customize your course to save you and your students time and increase engagement Learn how to use the BB Grade Center to work with different types of assignments, use the dropbox to collect assignments from students and make efficient use of assessment tools. Blackboard experts from Penn Libraries are available to help faculty and instructional staff with walk-in one-on-one assistance for courseware-related questions. We will discuss efficient ways to handle gradebook, customize the look of your Blackboard courses as well as plug-in functionality. We will discuss the Wiki tools in Blackboard and show examples of how to use them to promote collaboration, group activities and good writing skills. Learn how to manage your course site, upload documents and syllabi, send email efficiently to students, create announcements and manage your student rosters. This session will teach you about Blackboards assessment tools: Pools, Tests and Surveys. Pools allow you to create banks of questions that can be used in any tests. The Bb Test tool has more than 15 different question types including Multiple Choice, Fill in the Blank, and Short Answer. The Survey tool allows you to test or query your students anonymously. Learn how to use the blogs in BB to encourage student writing, peer review, editing, revisions and self-expression. We will show the discussion capabilities of Blackboard including discussion boards, chat sessions and threaded discussion options. We will discuss strategies for increasing peer interaction and out-of-class participation by your students. Learn how to use the BB Grade Center to work with different types of assignments, use the dropbox to collect assignments from students and make efficient use of assessment tools. Blackboard experts from Penn Libraries are available to help faculty and instructional staff with walk-in one-on-one assistance for courseware-related questions. Learn how to use the blogs in BB to encourage student writing, peer review, editing, revisions and self-expression. Learn how to use the BB Grade Center to work with different types of assignments, use the dropbox to collect assignments from students and make efficient use of assessment tools.

Explore Comic Life's ability to quickly create a comic book or graphic novel. Bring in images, screen shots from movies, scanned drawings and other graphics. Add effects and push the boundaries of comic book design. Print, or make a web version with ease.

We will explore strategies appropriate for a conference presentation including engaging the audience, using visual support such as PowerPoint, communicating research results, and fielding questions. We will conduct hands- on activities, evaluating and revising examples. Please email wic1@pobox.upenn.edu with any presentation materials that you would like the presenters to comment upon. Presented by Anu Vedantham and Sue Weber.

This popular spreadsheet package provides significant data analysis and graphing capabilities.

We will focus on Excel features for graphs and charts. We will discuss multiple axes, formatting data, choosing chart type, adding notes and images, and customizing your charts. We will discuss how to export charts to other formats including Word, PowerPoint and PDF. This is a hands-on workshop. Learn how to create spreadsheets, enter and format data, use mathematical calculations, and more. This is a basic course, addressed to users with no previous experience with the software. We will show you how to use Excel to extract meaning from data. We will bring in data from webpages, convert and format data in automated ways, look at ways to make data cleaner and more reliable, graph trends and find meaning in masses of numbers. Learn how to create spreadsheets, enter and format data, use mathematical calculations, and more. This is a basic course, addressed to users with no previous experience with the software. We will focus on Excel features for graphs and charts. We will discuss multiple axes, formatting data, choosing chart type, adding notes and images, and customizing your charts. We will discuss how to export charts to other formats including Word, PowerPoint and PDF. This is a hands-on workshop.

Learn how to create spreadsheets, enter and format data, use mathematical calculations, and more. This is a basic course, addressed to users with no previous experience with the software.

Students will be introduced to ArcGIS software and will learn how to make a map using data from Census2000. Students with some GIS knowledge who would like to learn more about adding census data, and those new to GIS are welcome to attend. To decide whether this workshop is right for you, contact Laurie Allen (laallen@pobox.upenn.edu).

Google is changing the way people find and use information.

We will look at the full range of Google services including some that may be new to you: Google Scholar, Google Book Search, Google Maps, etc. We will look at strategies to find quality resources quickly and efficiently using Google. We will look at the full range of Google services including some that may be new to you: Google Scholar, Google Book Search, Google Maps, etc. We will look at strategies to find quality resources quickly and efficiently using Google. We will look at the full range of Google services including some that may be new to you: Google Scholar, Google Book Search, Google Maps, etc. We will look at strategies to find quality resources quickly and efficiently using Google. We will look at the full range of Google services including some that may be new to you: Google Scholar, Google Book Search, Google Maps, etc. We will look at strategies to find quality resources quickly and efficiently using Google.

This series is designed for faculty and instructors and provides hands-on experiences with new media, software and online resources.

In this hands-on workshop, we show how to control the look, feel and functionality of your Blackboard courses. We will remove unused menu items, change template options, discuss gradebook features and learn about adding and controlling access to collaboration tools. Bring your course syllabus and materials with you. Presented by Amanda Chudnow, Courseware Manager and Educational Technology Librarian. We will create an iGoogle homepage for each participant that brings in favorite blogs, feeds and journal announcements. We will create Google alerts and link them to Gmail keywords to notify you of references to your work and that of colleagues. We will explore Google Calendar and Google Tasks to keep on top of conference deadlines and project components. We will explore how Google Scholar interfaces with PennText. Presented by Anu Vedantham, WIC Director and Andrea Benvenuto, WIC Library Intern. We will create websites for personal or professional use using the free iWeb software (Mac platform only). We will explore design themes, add photos and PDF documents and set up a navigation bar. We will create some web pages and explore the uploading process. Please bring documents and images that you would like to include on your site. Presented by Anu Vedantham, WIC Director with a guest presentation by David Barnes, Director of the Health and Societies Program and Associate Professor of History and Sociology of Science. Learn how to set up a blog step by step. Embed pictures, video or audio clips, and create discussion forums. We will use the free online blog service Blogspot (owned by Google) and you will leave with a blog that is published and ready for your ongoing posts. Presented by Rashmi Kumar, PennGSE graduate student. We will learn how to use GarageBand software (Mac platform only) to create a podcast with recording of our own voices, music, sound effects and audio clips. We will explore how to edit audio and also how to work with the musical instruments in GarageBand. We will export and publish our podcasts and discuss how iTunesU can help with dissemination and outreach. Presented by Sarah Jacoby, Vitale Digital Media Lab staff. PowerPoint can be used beautifully or misused horribly. We will explore the basics hands-on of making a new presentation, bringing in graphics and photographs, adding effects and sharing your show with others via the Internet or within BlackBoard. Please bring your materials with you. We will be using PowerPoint 2007 on PCs. Designed for beginners. Restricted to faculty and instructors. Presented by Molly Gastinger, Librarian. This workshop is designed for faculty and researchers at Penn to learn how to use Selected Works, an easy to use interface for creating personal research web pages and Scholarly Commons, an online archive of scholarly articles and books. We will actually be setting up accounts and creating web pages at the workshop, so come prepared with CVs, articles, or other materials you might like to put online. Presented by Shawn Martin, Scholarly Commons Librarian. In this workshop you will go beyond using Bb for the delivery of course materials and develop ideas for engaging your students in collaborative exercises using BlackBoard voice and written communication tools. Get hands- on experience with creating and adding content to Wimba Voice Boards, Wikis, Blogs and Threaded Discussions. Presented by Ed Dixon, Director of Technology in the Penn Language Center and Lecturer for German. Learn how to record a short video for use with your classes or at conferences. We will record our video using the iSight cameras built in on Mac laptops. We will do basic editing in iMovie - adding titles and transitions, and deleting unwanted pieces. We will prepare and upload our video to YouTube and walk through the process of uploading the video for use through a link within Blackboard. Presented by Jesse Turnbull, Vitale Digital Media Lab staff.

This class will provide an hands-on introduction to using Apple's iMovie software, which is available for Penn students, faculty, and staff in the Vitale Digital Media Lab. You will learn how to capture video from a DVD, VHS tape, or from your own video camera. You will learn to organize or delete video clips, add a new soundtrack, add subtitles, and create special effects.

We will review how these databases work and how to find and keep resources efficiently.

Please feel free to bring your lunch to this seminar series. Each seminar is a 30 minute presentation followed by a half hour for discussion.

This workshop introduces legal materials, commentary, case law research, and Congressional law making from enactment to codification. It has the goal of teaching non-law students how to perform basic electronic legal research and focuses on materials available on the University Libraries homepage and the Internet. The workshop will consist of a mixture of lecture and hands-on exercises. Time will be available for questions and answers. We will demonstrate the complex timing and structural effects possible through PowerPoint animations. We will provide a show-and-tell of how such animations are created. Learn the basics of how to create your own personal bibliographic citation database using this web-based bibliographic management tool. The workshop will focus on how to create a personal database online, import references automatically from databases and library catalogs, organize and annotate references, format references and bibliographies in Microsoft Word documents and more. NOTE: RefWorks is freely available to all current Penn students, faculty, and staff. Learn the basics of how to create your own personal bibliographic citation database using this web-based bibliographic management tool. The workshop will focus on how to create a personal database online, import references automatically from databases and library catalogs, organize and annotate references, format references and bibliographies in Microsoft Word documents and more. NOTE: RefWorks is freely available to all current Penn students, faculty, and staff. In an overview of this powerful database, learn how to do basic and advanced searches using limitations, create lists of citations, search for works by particular authors, determine the impact of a given journal article, and do citation tracking. We will review how these databases work and how to find and keep resources efficiently. We will discuss book review searches, play and theater reviews, MLA International Bibliography, subject databases in literature and area studies resources Learn the basics of how to create your own personal bibliographic citation database using this web-based bibliographic management tool. The workshop will focus on how to create a personal database online, import references automatically from databases and library catalogs, organize and annotate references, format references and bibliographies in Microsoft Word documents and more. NOTE: RefWorks is freely available to all current Penn students, faculty, and staff.

We will discuss book review searches, play and theater reviews, MLA International Bibliography, subject databases in literature and area studies resources

Patents are a crucial source of cutting edge technical information. Learn to use Derwent Innovations Index, USPTO, and esp@cenet to access the full text of patents, use patent families to find English language equivalents of foreign patents, and learn to use classification codes and do cited patent searches.

This professional image-editing software assists with online and print publications.

In this fast-paced class, we will introduce and explore one of the most fundamental yet powerful features in Photoshop -- Layers, which allow you to edit your images in a nondestructive way, isolate areas of your images for specific adjustments, repair damage, correct & enhance colors, fix problems in composition, and more, all while retaining as much flexibility and editability as possible. We will examine the Photoshop Layers palette, color adjustment layers, layer masks, type layers, shape layers, blending modes, and tricks for organizing complex files. This class assumes a working knowledge of Photoshop basics. Presented by David Toccafondi, Vitale Digital Media Lab Coordinator. A basic introduction to this powerful image editing software. Learn how to open image files, use the toolbox and palettes, convert formats and manage multiple layers. Presented by David Toccafondi, Vitale Digital Media Lab Coordinator. A basic introduction - how to open image files, use the toolbox and palettes, convert formats and manage multiple layers. In this fast-paced class, we will introduce and explore one of the most fundamental yet powerful features in Photoshop -- Layers, which allow you to edit your images in a nondestructive way, isolate areas of your images for specific adjustments, repair damage, correct & enhance colors, fix problems in composition, and more, all while retaining as much flexibility and editability as possible. We will examine the Photoshop Layers palette, color adjustment layers, layer masks, type layers, shape layers, blending modes, and tricks for organizing complex files. This class assumes a working knowledge of Photoshop basics. Learn short-cuts, organizational ideas and clever ways to edit images. Bring your questions! Hands-on workshop - bring your laptop if you wish.

A basic introduction to this powerful image editing software. Learn how to open image files, use the toolbox and palettes, convert formats and manage multiple layers. Presented by David Toccafondi, Vitale Digital Media Lab Coordinator.

Special topics with PhotoShop - assumes knowledge of topics covered in PhotoShop I.

In this fast-paced class, we will introduce and explore one of the most fundamental yet powerful features in Photoshop -- Layers, which allow you to edit your images in a nondestructive way, isolate areas of your images for specific adjustments, repair damage, correct & enhance colors, fix problems in composition, and more, all while retaining as much flexibility and editability as possible. We will examine the Photoshop Layers palette, color adjustment layers, layer masks, type layers, shape layers, blending modes, and tricks for organizing complex files. This class assumes a working knowledge of Photoshop basics.

Learn the basics of PowerPoint hands-on. Participants will learn to create new presentations, apply design templates, manipulate text, insert graphics, prepare notes and handouts from PowerPoint slides, save presentations, and more.

Learn the basics of how to create your own personal bibliographic citation database using this web-based bibliographic management tool. The workshop will focus on how to create a personal database online, import references automatically from databases and library catalogs, organize and annotate references, format references and bibliographies in Microsoft Word documents and more. NOTE: RefWorks is freely available to all current Penn students, faculty, and staff.

Second Life is an interactive virtual environment that shows promise for educational and creative activities in several disciplines.

A live artistic performance in Second Life by an international team of artists using the very best of SL technology to bring you a unique interpretation and vision of The Wall by Pink Floyd. Location moved to Fisher Bennett Hall Rm 401. We will explore Second Life hands-on. Designed for beginners. We will learn how to move around the environment and we will explore nationally known sites. We will explore Second Life hands-on. Designed for beginners. We will learn how to move around the environment and we will explore nationally known sites. Can You Visualize Your Inner Fish? Second Life lets you create an avatar of yourself that can give flesh to your imagination. You can be an animal, an alien, a mythical creature, or a human with added features like wings or scales. We will hold hands-on workshops to show how to create your "inner fish" avatar and dress it up with textures and colors.

Become a citizen of the world! Students who have traveled the world will come to the Weigle Information Commons to share personal experiencess. Ask question and learn about studying abroad. Walk-in event - all are welcome.

How can new media enhance student learning? Discover new media through faculty insights, hands-on exploration of four technologies and an overview of trends. Presenters include Pat Aufderheide, Peter Decherney, Louise Krasniewicz, Andrew Lamas and Jacqui Sadashige.

This series showcases new technologies. Vendor presentations may include sales-related content.

Co-sponsored by the Council for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships (CURF), this workshop explores the process of beginning a documentary film project. If you've ever wanted to make a documentary, whether on zoology, the Federated States of Micronesia, or any topic imaginable, come learn how to get started. The presenter Jacob Finkel is an undergraduate in the College who made his first documentary film in 2005. He is the founder of the non-profit Corporation for Civic Documentaries, and is currently directing a documentary on former Senator Harris Wofford (D-PA). Sen. Wofford counseled Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., advised President Kennedy, helped create the Peace Corps, is a powerful advocate for National Service, and was an early supporter of Barack Obama's campaign in Pennsylvania. The film has been in production for sixteen months and includes many interviews, including ones with Sen. Ted Kennedy, Gen. Colin Powell, Bill Moyers, Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan, and former President George H.W. Bush. Learn how to use PennTags, Penn's own bookmarking service. We will add tags, make projects and explore how tags can be used to generate feed, collaborate, and create web content. Come discover how Acrobat 9 empowers the educational community with the new PDF Portfolios feature. The Acrobat Portfolio concept is entirely new allowing users to repurpose a collection of any type of content for improving presentations, project work, theses, and course delivery. Examples and this hands-on demonstration will give you the necessary information to get started developing your own. Presented by Steve Adler from Adobe, Inc. Captivate allows you to easily take a video of your computer screen. Create tutorials, tours or overviews of any software program, or record a narrated presentation. Captivate adds instruction bubbles and records mouse strokes and audio. We will explore the basics of using Dreamweaver to create a website. We will discuss html code concepts, demonstrate tools and accessories, and practice hands-on with Dreamweaver. Designed for first-time Dreamweaver users. We will explore basic use of this professional web design program. We will create two pages with navigational buttons, links and images. We will demonstrate site management, update tools and rollover effects. We will discuss html tag structure. Come and learn about photo editing/organizing software that is available for free on the Internet. We will compare the basic features of Fast Stone, Picasa, GIMP, and Paint.net. New to using a Mac? Switched recently from a Windows PC? We'll offer tips to use your Mac productively, perform basic trouble-shooting and housekeeping tasks, and easily move files between Macs and Windows computers. Bring your Mac laptop with you. Presented by Al Matthews and Jason Watkins from SAS Computing. Learn how to make quick podcasts on an educational topic such as Podcast of This Day in History. Learn how to distribute your podcasts using iTunes and iTunes U. Presented by Apple Systems Engineer, Michael Wolk. Explore Comic Life's ability to quickly create a comic book or graphic novel. Bring in images, screen shots from movies, scanned drawings and other graphics. Add effects and push the boundaries of comic book design. Print, or make a web version with ease. FileMaker Pro is a flexible and powerful database solution that includes web capability. You can create a database of text and multimedia with exciting publishing possibilities. Louise Krasniewicz will show custom databases from archaeological, anthropological and film research and share her expertise. Create a map using US Census Data and ArcGIS software. This hands-on workshop will begin with downloading and parsing a classic online dataset and end with a printable map that makes meaning from the data. You will learn basic functions of the ArcGIS software with time to ask specific questions. Presented by Krista Heinlen, GIS Consultant. We will show the capabilities of Illustrator for designing publications and web graphics. We will provide an overview, as well as tips and suggestions for getting started with this professional software program. Keynote is Apple's response to PowerPoint - it provides a slide based structure and integrates video and transitions. Louise Krasniewicz will demonstrate interesting uses of Keynote and share examples from anthropology, archaeology and film. Wondering how to use your Mac better? Stop by for informal guidance, tips, answers to your questions. Bring your Mac laptop. Assistance provided by undergraduate ITA Jerricka LoVerme. This workshop is designed for faculty and researchers at Penn to learn how to use Scholarly Commons, an online archive of scholarly articles and books, and Selected Works, an easy to use interface for creating personal research web pages. We will set up accounts and create web pages at the workshop, so come prepared with CVs, articles, or other materials you might like to put online. Learn how to extract short clips from DVDs and manage your video assets efficiently. We will discuss Quicktime Pro and VLC software. Explore Comic Life's ability to quickly create a comic book or graphic novel. Bring in images, screen shots from movies, scanned drawings and other graphics. Add effects and push the boundaries of comic book design. Print, or make a web version with ease. Jesse Turnbull will discuss InDesign, the professional choice for publications and booklets. He will provide an overview, as well as tips and suggestions for getting started with this professional software program. Need to make a poster for conferences? Need to create a document with lots of images? Limited by MS Word and Powerpoint in your flyer designs? Learn basic graphic design layout skills in Adobe InDesign that will make your graduate student projects shine! Co-sponsored by Graduate Student Center and presented by DeAnna Cheung. Microsoft Access is a powerful desktop database that plays well with other Microsoft Office programs. We will provide a guided tour of features and give suggestions for small group collaboration. Presented by Anu Vedantham. Learn how to use PennTags, Penn's own bookmarking service. We will add tags, make projects and explore how tags can be used to generate feed, collaborate, and create web content. Comic Life is software for creating comic books and graphic novels. Anthropologist Louise Krasniewicz will demonstrate this exciting and easy-to- use program and show examples of her own and her students' work. Learn how to use PennTags, Penn's own bookmarking service. We will add tags, make projects and explore how tags can be used to generate feed, collaborate, and create web content. We will explore the basics of using Dreamweaver to create a website. We will discuss html code concepts, demonstrate tools and accessories, and practice hands-on with Dreamweaver. Designed for first-time Dreamweaver users. iWeb makes it easy to create a website that is stunningly beautiful, and totally you. Start with an Apple-designed theme, then customize it with your own text, photos, movies, and podcasts until it is exactly what you want. And switch themes with a click anytime. Join Apple Systems Engineer, Michael Wolk, as we surf through the features of iWeb '08! GarageBand allows you to record multiple voices, add music tracks, add still images, and create podcasts with chapters. Presented by Apple Systems Engineer, Michael Wolk. Curious about GIS (Geographic Information System) mapping software and its uses? Krista Heinlen, Research Associate at the Cartographic Modeling Lab and the current GIS support provider at Penn Libraries will discuss common uses of GIS, how the ARCview suite of software interacts with data, and the kinds of assistance she can provide. Not a hands-on session.

Learn how to use the Weigle Information Commons Videorecording rooms. We will explore recording and camera options hands-on and discuss troubleshooting.

These workshops, offered at various levels, provide guidance on good web design principles, overview tools available and enable exploration of the technical aspects of web design. For more information, please email wic1@pobox.upenn.edu

Dreamweaver is the professional choice for web design. We take a guided tour followed by hands-on exploration of Dreamweaver. We will overview how site administration and fixing broken links can be made easy. We will discuss integration of Dreamweaver with Fireworks, Flash and image editing software. We will build a simple page with rollover effects.

These workshops are presented by our Program Partner, the Weingarten Learning Resources Center.

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A special workshop on using Second Life for language instruction presented by Hisae Matsui, Lecturer of Japanese, and Janet Temos, ETC Director, from Princeton University. Learn how virtual worlds can enhance classroom experiences. The session in the Class of '55 Conference Room followed by a reception in the Weigle Information Commons. Please join us for the Mashup Awards 2009! We will screen the winning entries and announce this year's winners of the annual Mashup Contest. Popcorn and drinks will be provided. Come and celebrate creativity at Penn!

Zotero is a great way to organize your online resources, bibliographies, blog posts and PDFs. Keep track of what you have found, and find it again easily.

This conference-style event is designed for faculty and library staff. Speakers include Julia Blixrud, Association for Research Libraries Assistant Executive Director for External Relations and Dr. Alexius Macklin, Associate Professor of Library Science and User Instruction Librarian, Purdue University. The Extravaganza page has details.

We focus on end-of-term tasks: finalizing the paper, citing sources properly, planning to speak about the research paper, using PowerPoint and Word, and practicing your speech. Class of 1968 Seminar Room - 124

We focus on mid-term tasks: organizing thoughts, framing a research question, planning the timeline, beginning the search for information, setting goals and thinking through the stages of your research paper. Class of 1968 Seminar Room - 124

Presenters:
Myrna Cohen, Director of the Weingarten Learning Resources Center
Patrick Wehner, Associate Director, Critical Writing Program
Sue Weber, Associate Director, Communication Within the Curriculum
Nick Okrent, Undergraduate Services Librarian
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We welcome student input and ideas for the Weigle Information Commons. We will introduce the new WIC Student Advisory Council. This group will meet twice a term and share ideas via Blackboard. The Council will provide feedback and ideas to the administrators of the Weigle Information Commons. No registration necessary.Class of 1968 Seminar Room - 124