Professional Activities
Part of the mandate for Classroom Audio Visual Services involves keeping up to date with the latest in educational technology. The job involves more than simply pushing trolleys loaded with projectors into classrooms. Staff members are active in a variety of development opportunities: from attending trade shows, to upgrading their skills by taking courses, meeting with peer groups from other universities, and participating in conferences CAVS staff model life-long learning. This web-site will seek to inform the McMaster community about these activities.
OUETDA Spring 2007 at McMaster, May 2007
The Ontario Universities Educational Technology Directors Assn. meets twice annually. This group has been active for many years but has never been to McMaster until last week. Representatives came from the Universities of Ontario, Nipissing, Ottawa, Carleton, Queens, Ryerson, York, Brock, Guelph and McMaster.
David Kidney, Manager, CAVS (Classroom Audio Visual Services).
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CADE / AMTEC Conference - Winnipeg, May 2007
The Canadian Association for Distance Education and the Association for Media and Technology in Education in Canada have been holding their annual conferences simultaneously for the past couple of years. And Winnipeg hosted this most recent meeting. The theme was Connecting in the Global Village, and as you might suspect from that title, the works of Marshall McLuhan were referenced frequently.
David Kidney, Manager, CAVS (Classroom Audio Visual Services) attended the CADE / AMTEC Conference 2007.
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InfoComm/EduComm - Las Vegas, Nevada, June 2005
InfoComm is the largest professional audiovisual communications and systems integration exhibition and conference. EducComm is a conference focused on IT/AV integration in education. This integration is based on the convergence of audio/visual equipment and information technologies to enhance teaching and learning in the classroom environment.
Otto Geiss, LAN/Hardware/Network Analyst, CAVS (Classroom Audio Visual Services) attended the InfoComm/EducComm 2005 Conference in June 2005, located in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Las Vegas Hilton Convention Centre.
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Ed-Media 2004
Ed-Media 2004 (World Conference on Education Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications) took place in Lugano, Switzerland from June 21-26, 2004. David Kidney and Bart Strong attended to present their paper "Collaboratively Evaluating and Deploying Smart Technology in Classrooms: the McMaster University Model."
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AMTEC (Association for Media and Technology in Education in Canada)
Bart Strong and David Kidney were at Laurentian University in Sudbury from May 25th-28th, presenting a paper at the 31st annual AMTEC Conference. AMTEC (Association for Media and Technology in Education in Canada) is Canada's national association for educational media and technology professionals. Members include Educators, Broadcasters, Media Managers, Instructional Designers, Researchers, Multimedia Professionals, Producers and Distributors.
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OUETDA (Ontario University Educational Technology Directors)
The OUETDA has been in existence for thirty years, sharing ideas and developing initiatives about the increased use and place of technology in education. The members of this group include directors and managers of Audio Visual Departments from nearly all universities in Ontario. Bart Strong and David Kidney have been members of this organization for the past four years.
We met in Waterloo in May 2004, with associate members from a similar group in Quebec, at meetings hosted jointly by the University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier, and Guelph. Our discussions focussed on design of Smart Podiums, distance education, booking systems, and security of equipment, among many others. The interchange of information, and problem solving sessions were extremely helpful as we sought to deal with similar issues in our own institutions. Leadership was passed on to a new executive at the spring meeting. Leela Rampara (Ryerson) is chair, David Kidney, vice-chair, Ruth Gillespie (Guelph) will serve as treasurer, Mark Gareau (U.Ottawa) will take over as secretary. These are two year terms.
Our meetings are marked by a sense of unity and collegiality. They have led to some strong friendships, and to a sense that we're all in this together. The use of an e-mail list-serv enables the group to report new items of interest, and to help work through challenges with a peer group.
Our next meeting is in November at York University.
National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Convention
The National Association of Broadcasters holds an annual convention to exhibit the latest technology of hardware, software, & firmware for the Television & Radio Broadcasting Industry.
Classroom Technician Kevin Andrews visited the Annual Conference of the National Association of Broadcasters in April. His report is available here, but if you see him in the halls ask him about what he saw. He'd be glad to tell you about it.
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| National Association of Broadcasters Report (PDF) | 104.74 KB |
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