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::: Message from the Director

Elaine BrewerHope your fall semester is off to a great start. Before you know it, it will be winter break…just hold on!

I am really excited about this edition of our Bits & Bytes newsletter. We have had so much going on in the Bauer  world of technology and we are excited  to share it with you.

If you are feeling a bit tech savvy and want to test your knowledge, check out our interactive crossword puzzle.  Do not worry if you can not answer them all. You can move on to our featured faculty section  and read the great interview with Dr. Ives on Second Life and its place in higher education. Then log on and cruise the Bauer Island and perhaps sit in on a virtual MIS class or two. Real or virtual, Bauer is making great strides in information technology.

We hope you enjoy this edition as much as we enjoyed putting it together. If you have an idea or technology to share for our next edition, please drop us a line. We would love to hear from you.

Elaine M. Brewer

Director, Research and Instructional Computing Services (RICS)

::: In This Issue...

::: Second Life is First Class

 

When we heard that Dr. Blake Ives' Spring 07 class was meeting outside of Melcher Hall, in the virtual world of Second Life, we decided to pay him a visit and learn more...

::: Watching TV without Looking

 

Did you see the news broadcast on the $3 million security breach at University of California? Can you use your DVR to search and download past media broadcasts? No? Didn't think so, but now you can with something called “TV Eyes” ...

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::: Let's Chat

 

Pajamas Coffee Computer with Internet access

You are now ready for an undergraduate advising appointment! UBP has introduced online chat services to assist students with basic advising and course related questions. This time saving and convenient technology has allowed our Bauer advisors to assist students as far away as Pakistan! ...

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::: New Age Student Supply List: Cell Phones

 

 

When you think about student cell phones in your classroom, what emotions do they evoke? Distracting? Intrusive?  Well, not for one intrepid Bauer faculty, who is rethinking the role of these ubiquitous devices in the hands of our increasingly “texting” generation of students...

 

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::: Focus on RICS:

Meet the IT Guy(s)

The Desktop Group within RICS provides the Bauer community with effective and timely assistance so that they may perform their role in teaching, researching, learning and administrative services...

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::: Test your Tech I.Q.

Feeling tech savvy? Try out this interactive crossword.

 

::: Tell Us

Have you been bitten by the technology bug?  Email us and let us know how intertwinned your day is with technology and we will select the winning story for our next newsletter.

RICS_support@uh.edu

 

::: Check it out

New from RICS: Mobile Learning Media: A resource guide

::: The mission of the Research and Instructional Computing Services Department is to provide superior computing services for faculty and staff within the Bauer College of Business. Our staff works as a team to provide reliable network connectivity, hardware, and software support, procurement of technology, web design and application development.

Open from 8:00am to 5:30pm, Monday through Friday, RICS will attempt to resolve your logged service request within 24 hours.

 

 

 

 

 
   
   
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