UPCOMING EVENTS
December 11, 12-1:30: John Willinsky: Intellectual Properties of Literacy and Learning: The Missing Lessons
Digital Literacy Centre, Ponderosa F, Rm. 103, 2008 Lower Mall, UBC
Public Lecture sponsored by the DLC Lecture Series
December 11, 3:30-5:00: DLC Reading Group: Social Media and Networked Publics
Digital Literacy Centre, Ponderosa F, Rm. 103, 2008 Lower Mall, UBC This is a public reading group sponsored by the DLC, readings can be found at http://digitalculturereadinggroup.wordpress.com/
PAST EVENTS
December 9, 12:30-1:30: PhotoShop sign-up by Mon
Chelsey Hauge
Digital Literacy Centre, Ponderosa F, Rm. 103, 2008 Lower Mall, UBC
Public Workshop sponsored by the DLC Workshop Series
Please signup for workshop by Monday, Dec. 2, to chauge@interchange.ubc.ca. Please bring your own laptop if Photoshop is installed, or indicate you will borrow one.
December 2, 12:30-1:30: Digital Photography and Photo sharing: Flickr, Picasa
Chelsey Hauge
Digital Literacy Centre, Ponderosa F, Rm. 103, 2008 Lower Mall, UBC
Public Workshop sponsored by the DLC Workshop Series
Please signup for workshop by Monday, Nov. 30 to chauge@interchange.ubc.ca. Please bring your own laptop if possible, or indicate you will borrow one.
November 25, 10:30-11:30: Second Life as a Collaborative Learning Space
Chelsey Hauge
Digital Literacy Centre, Ponderosa F, Rm. 103, 2008 Lower Mall, UBC
Public Workshop sponsored by the DLC Workshop Series
Please signup for workshop by Monday, Nov. 23 to chauge@interchange.ubc.ca. Please bring your own laptop if possible, or indicate you will borrow one.
November 23, 2009 12:30-2:00 pm: SmartBoard Use in the University Classroom
Melanie Wong
Digital Literacy Centre, Ponderosa F, Rm. 103, 2008 Lower Mall, UBC
Public Workshop sponsored by the DLC Workshop Series
November 20, 2009 3:30-5:30 pm: DLC Reading Group
Readings: To Be Announced
Digital Literacy Centre, Ponderosa F, Rm. 103, 2008 Lower Mall, UBC
Public Workshop sponsored by the DLC Workshop Series
November 18, 12:30-1:30: Collaborative Working and Writing Media Wikis
Dr. Teresa Dobson
Digital Literacy Centre, Ponderosa F, Rm. 103, 2008 Lower Mall, UBC
Public Workshop sponsored by the DLC Workshop Series
Please signup for workshop by Monday, Nov. 16 to chauge@interchange.ubc.ca. Please bring your own laptop if possible, or indicate you will need to borrow one.
November 20, 2009 12:30-2:00 pm: How to Model to Candidates the Role of the SmartBoard in the Classroom
Melanie Wong
Digital Literacy Centre, Ponderosa F, Rm. 103, 2008 Lower Mall, UBC
Public Workshop sponsored by the DLC Workshop Series
November 13, 2009 3:30-5:30 pm: DLC Reading Group
Digital Literacy Centre, Ponderosa F, Rm. 103, 2008 Lower Mall, UBC
Public Event sponsored by the Digital Literacy Centre
November 6, 2009, 6:00 pm: Ruff Cuts
Graduate students and faculty working in film, video, and multimedia formats invited to share and discuss works in progress on the first Friday of every month.
Digital Literacy Centre, Ponderosa F, Rm. 103, 2008 Lower Mall, UBC
Public Event sponsored by the Digital Literacy Centre
Please email confirmation of attendance as well as title and length of piece to chauge@interchange.ubc.ca by Nov. 4
November 4, 2009, 12:30-1:30 pm: Delicious and StumbleUpon
Chelsey Hauge
Digital Literacy Centre, Ponderosa F, Rm. 103, 2008 Lower Mall, UBC
Public Workshop sponsored by the DLC Workshop Series
Please bring your own laptop if possible, or email chauge@interchange.ubc.ca to indicate you will borrow one.
October 28, 2009, 12:30- 1:30 pm: Kedrick James
Digital Literacy Centre, Ponderosa F, Rm. 103, 2008 Lower Mall, UBC
Public Presentation sponsored by the LLED Research Seminar Series
October 21, 2009, 12:30-1:30pm: Introduction to the Digital Literacy Centre
This is an opportunity to come to the DLC, get to know available resources, and meet Chelsey Hauge, the GAA at the Centre.
Digital Literacy Centre, Ponderosa F, Rm. 103, 2008 Lower Mall, UBC
Public Workshop sponsored by the DLC Workshop Series
October 15, 2009, 12:30 – 2:00 pm: Dr. Teresa Dobson, LLED, UBC
Digital Literature and Critical Literacy
Digital Literacy Center, Ponderosa F, Rm. 103, 2008 Lower Mall, UBC
Public Presentation sponsored by the LLED Research Seminar Series
October 5, 2009, noon – 2:00 pm: Dr. Siva Vaidhyanathan, Media Studies, University of Virginia
The Googlization of Everything
Digital Literacy Center, Ponderosa F, Rm. 103, 2008 Lower Mall, UBC
Public Presentation co-sponsored by CCFI, the DLC et al.
September 23, 2009, 1 – 2:30 pm: Dr. Fox Harrell, Digital Media, Georgia Institute of Technology
Phantasms and Shapeshifters: Imagination and Identity in Computing
Location: Digital Literacy Centre
Public Presentation co-sponsored by CCFI, the DLC et al.
Aug 4 – Aug 14, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM : LLED 580c Problems in Language Education: Corpus Research and Language Education – 3 cred.
LLED summer course in second language education taught by Dr. Hongyin Tao
Location: Digital Literacy Centre
July 2 – July 24 The Digital Literacy Centre’s Summer Institute
The Digital Literacy Summer Institute provides an environment ideal to contemplate issues related to how digital media influence learning and knowing, with a particular focus on questions having to do with language, literacy, and literature. See our special section on the Summer Institute for more details.
Location: Digital Literacy Centre
July 9, 1:00 PM: Michael Eberle-Sinatra
Popular Culture and Parody: Mixing Media and Humor in Joss Whedon’s Fray and Dr Horrible’s Sing-Along-Blog
Location: Digital Literacy Centre
Public Presentation
July 6, 1:30 PM: Stan Ruecker
Humanities Visualization for Teaching and Research: Affordance & Prospect
Location: Digital Literacy Centre
Public Presentation
June 24, Noon – 1:30 PM : Dr Wendy Caar
French teacher education programs at UBC and beyond: Innovations, challenges and visions for the future
Location: Digital Literacy Centre
Public Presentation
June 5, 10:30 AM – 2:00 PM : VSB Multicultural Workers
LLED & Lee Gunderson
Location: Digital Literacy Centre
Learn about their interesting and valuable work in the Vancouver School District.
May 29, 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM : Map Tagging
DLC Staff
Location: Digital Literacy Centre
DLC Workshop
All LLED Members Welcome: RSVP to dlcworkshops[at]gmail[dot]com
May 26, 1:00 – 3:00 PM : Cliff Missen, widernet.org, eGranary Digital Library
Offline Digital Libraries: Meeting the Information Needs of Developing Countries
Discussant: Bonny Norton, LLED, UBC
Location: Digital Literacy Centre
Public Symposium
May 19, 12:30 – 2:00 PM : Samuel Smith Esseh and John Willinsky
The Material Basis of Literacy Practices: Africa, Scholarly Publishing, and the Right to Know
Location: Digital Literacy Centre
LLED Seminar Series
May 14, 2:30 – 4:00 PM : Allison Rouse
Providing educational opportunities in the developing world
Location: Digital Literacy Centre
LLED Seminar Series
May 14, 12:30 – 2:00 PM : Cynthia White, [ CANCELED ]
Distance language learning and imagined possibilities
Location: Digital Literacy Centre
LLED Seminar Series
May 13, 1:30 – 3:30 PM : Windows Sound Editing (Audacity)
DLC Staff
Location: Digital Literacy Centre
DLC Workshop
All LLED Members Welcome: RSVP to dlcworkshops[at]gmail[dot]com
May 11, 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM : Mac Video Production (iDVD)
DLC Staff
Location: Digital Literacy Centre
DLC Workshop
All LLED Members Welcome: RSVP to dlcworkshops[at]gmail[dot]com
May 7, 11:30 – 1:30 PM : RefWorks
DLC Staff
Location: Digital Literacy Centre
DLC Workshop
All LLED Members Welcome: RSVP to dlcworkshops[at]gmail[dot]com
May 2, 8:30 AM – 1:30 PM : Investigating Our Practices 2009 12th Annual Conference
Faculty of Education
Location: Scarfe 2125
Featuring 28 individual and group presentations and 17 poster presentations.
Offered by the Centre for the Study of Teacher Education
May 1, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM : 7th LLED Graduate Student Conference
Language & Literacy Education Department
Location: Digital Literacy Centre
This year’s Distinguished Speaker is Dr. Nancy Hornberger from the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania
April 27, 3:00 – 4:00 PM : RefWorks Workshop: How Does It Compare to Zotero and Endnote?
Location: Education Library Scarfe 155
Education Library Staff
This Education Library session is open to all Faculty of Education members.
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April 25, 08:30 AM – 03:30 PM : Breaking the Boundaries: A Peer Reviewed Research Conference on Radical Children’s Literature
Location: Digital Literacy Centre
Keynote Speakers: Dr. Gisele Baxter and Dr. Eliza Dresang
A peer-reviewed research conference offering the opportunity to present research to peers and faculty from across British Columbia and north-western United States.
LLED Children’s Literature Conference
April 23, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM : CILS presents Dr Shahrzad Saif
The Centre for Intercultural Language Studies (CILS)
Location: Digital Literacy Centre
A public lecture entitled: High-stakes tests’ impact on language training programs: A case of foreign graduate students
CILS Events
April 23, 12:30 AM – 2:00 PM : LLED Seminar Series
Location: Ponderosa E 105
LLED presents Distance language learning and imagined possibilities : a public seminar with Bill Green, Charles Sturt University, Australia
April 21, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM : RefWorks Advanced
Location: Scarfe 1007
Education Library Staff
This Education Library session is open to all Faculty of Education members.
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April 17, Noon – 1:30 PM : Windows Presentation Software (PPT/Animoto)
DLC Staff
Location: Digital Literacy Centre
DLC Workshop
All LLED Members Welcome: RSVP to dlcworkshops[at]gmail[dot]com
April 14, 3:00 – 4:00 PM : Is RefWorks the Answer?
Education Library Staff
Location: Scarfe 1007
This Education Library session is open to all Faculty of Education members.
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April 9, Noon – 2:00 PM : Encoding Digital Publics
Dr. Kate O’Riordan, University of Sussex
Location: Scarfe 310
All are welcome.
This event is part of the CCFI Noted Scholar Lecture Mini-Series, “Virtually McLuhan: Theorizing Code and Digital Life.”
Co-sponsors: The Digital Literacy Centre, Centre for the Study of Historical Consciousness, Critical Studies in Sexuality, Centre for Culture and Identity in Education, Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy, and Department of English.
April 3, Noon – 1:30 PM : Mac Presentation Software (Keynote/Animoto)
DLC Staff
Location: Digital Literacy Centre
DLC Workshop
All LLED Members Welcome: RSVP to dlcworkshops[at]gmail[dot]com
March 31, 2:00 – 4:00 PM : Noted Visiting Scholar Public Lecture
Dr. jan jagodzinski, Professor of Secondary Education, University of Alberta
“Media Culture and Psychoanalysis”
Abstract: Visiting Scholar Lecture
Location: Digital Literacy Centre
Public Lecture: All are welcome
March 27, Noon – 1:30 PM : Digital Video Editing (Mac: iMovie)
DLC Staff
Location: Digital Literacy Centre
DLC Workshop
All LLED Members Welcome: RSVP to dlcworkshops[at]gmail[dot]com
March 26, 4:00 – 6:00 PM : Director in Attendance screening of Examined Life
Astra Taylor, Director
Location: Norm Theater, UBC SUB
Tickets are free but are required: contact Laura Selander.
March 20, Noon – 2:00 PM : DLC Orientation for all Members of LLED
DLC Staff
Drop in to find out how to operate projectors and learn what equipment is available for your teaching or research purposes
Location: Digital Literacy Centre
March 13, Noon – 1:30 PM : Digital Video Editing (Windows: Movie Maker 1)
DLC Staff
Location: Digital Literacy Centre
DLC Workshop
All LLED Members Welcome: RSVP to dlcworkshops[at]gmail[dot]com
March 12, Noon – 2:00 PM : Virtually McLuhan Public Lecture Series
Dr. Arthur Kroker,
CRC Chair in Technology Culture and Theory, UVic
Dr. Suzanne de Castell,
Professor and Dean, Faculty of Education, SFU
Location: Digital Literacy Centre, Ponderosa F103
Public Lecture: All are welcome
March 5, Noon – 2:00 PM : Virtually McLuhan Public Lecture Series
Dr. Richard Cavell, Dept. of English
Location: Scarfe 310 // All are welcome
The Virtually McLuhan lecture series is co-sponsored by the Centre for Cross-Faculty Inquiry, the Department of English, the Digital Literacy Centre, Critical Studies in Sexuality, Centre for Culture, Identity, and Education, Centre for the Study of Historical Consciousness, and the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy. For advance readings and lunch, RSVP to the following address: ccfi[at]interchange[dot]ubc[dot]ca
March 5, 2:30 – 4:00 PM : DLC Orientation for all Members of LLED
DLC Staff
Drop in to find out how to operate projectors and to learn what equipment is available for your teaching or research purposes
Location: Digital Literacy Centre
March 4, 1:00 – 2:30 PM : Wiki Workshop for English Department GTAs
Dr. Teresa Dobson and the DLC staff
Location: Digital Literacy Centre
Note: A similar session for LLED members is planned for early April. If you anticipate you will not be able to make the LLED session, please contact teresa.dobson[at]ubc[dot]ca about the possibility of joining this session.
