Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are

iPad apps: For viewing/displaying video clips

I work with a lot of video (film, tv, commercials, remixes, etc.), and one of the biggest frustrations for me when I started using the iPad was that my large collection of video clips were not compatible with the included iPad video app. The native bundled video app simply doesn't play well with many standard codecs such as xvid or divx. Even formats that work fine on my iPod Touch do not play--even some of my .mov files!

I use video in teaching, research, and presenting on a variety of topics, such as fan studies, queer studies, video editing, "deep reading" video, video games, and many more topics. I was so disappointed because one of the big reasons for an iPad for me was to be able to play these files on the fly. I didn't want to have to spend a lot of time transcoding my files into a format that would play natively. I also wanted to be able to organize my video files for quick reference.

I downloaded and tried out a few video apps, and I have two major ones that I now use: AVPlayer HD and AcePlayer.

New Document Camera Overview

This summer, many of our multimedia classrooms were outfitted with a new document camera, the AVerMedia Avervision document camera. We've prepared a brief video to provide an overview of the camera's operation and companion software.

Update: A new video has been uploaded with additional details on 9.28.12

Automatic building mapping at MIT

Reserchers at MIT's "Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Lab" are using Microsoft's Kinect depth sensor as a part of a camera system designed to create real time building maps as users walk around.

Curricular Technology Assistance Comes to You

The Academic Technology team within ITS supports technology use in the curriculum.  Four Instructional Technologists serve the various academic departments to assist with a broad range of technologies.

The Instructional Technologists come to your academic building every week to connect, partner, and collaborate.

Ahmad Khazaee	Dan Wheeler
Social Sciences	Natural Sciences & Math
& Univ. Studies
Mark Hine	Zlatko Grozl
Natural Sciences & Math	Art & Humanities

Alumni Hall - Mondays from 8:30-10:30 with Ahmad Khazaee

Hascall Hall - Mondays from 11:30-1:10 with Zlatko Grozl

Ho -  Social Sciences - Thursdays from 10-12 with Ahmad Khazaee

Ho - NASC - Thursdays from 12:30-2 with Mark Hine

Lawrence Hall - Tuesdays from 11:30-1:10  and Wednesdays from 2-3:30 with Zlatko Grozl

Little Hall - Thursday from 3-4:30 with Zlatko Grozl

McGregory Hall - Thursdays from 1:30-3 with Dan Wheeler

Olin Hall - Wednesdays from 1-2:30 with Mark Hine

Persson Hall - Tuesdays from 1:30-3:30 with Ahmad Khazaee

Google Drive for iOS

Google has been working at upgrading what was formerly known as Google Docs. Their new and improved product is Google Drive. Drive is Google's cloud storage solution, very similar to Dropbox. You get 5GB of storage and can sync and manage files across multiple computers with a desktop app. A huge benefit to Drive over other solutions is the ability to collaborate on work from your computer and the Drive viewer which supports viewing a variety of file types like Adobe's Illustrator or CAD files without needing the software installed. Click here for more Drive features. 

Google has just updated its app for iPads and iPhones.In Google Drive's first release on the iPad/iPhone, you were only be able to view items that you had in Google Drive/Docs and edit the document's permissions. With the newest version, you can now create and edit documents too!

If you are collaborating with someone on a document, the app will continue to refresh every couple of seconds so that you have a similar experience as you do when collaborating on documents from your computer.

The app also supports richer presentations with animations and speakers notes so it has a great potential to lighten your load. If you haven't started using Google Drive yet and would like some help visit during out office hours or email itshelp@colgate.edu  and some one will get back to you.

Make any web page printer friendly

Take a moment to relax, perhaps grab a cup of tea, and picture the following scenario.  You've stumbled upon a brilliant article, on the internet, containing some of the most relevant information on a particular subject of your choice, and your only wish is to share said information with your friend, who just happens to have no internet connection, or a computer.  What do you do?