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"Why Bother Teaching with Technology? (Not a Rhetorical Question)"

Wednesday, October 8
11:45-1:15 in Buntrock 142

Diana Postlethwaite, English and 2003-04 CILA Associate
Mary Steen, English. Co-sponsored by IIT

Please join us for the first Faculty Conversation of the new academic year.

By 2003, most (all?) St.Olaf faculty use e-mail on a regular basis. But we're not all creating web syllabi, sending our students to internet resources, or maintaining online class discussion boards.

When, why, and how does technology pass from the provenance of the technologically venturesome into the mainstream? What are the (genuine) obstacles, as of fall 2003, to using technologyas an aid to teaching at St. Olaf College? This CILA "conversation" invites an honest and open dialogue between "disciples" of/"converts" to teaching with technology, and those among us who may remain (for very good reasons) skeptical.

Our "theological" goal for today's conversation: not just to preach to the choir, but to listen to the devil's advocates. If you're the kind of person who might never consider attending a teaching-with-technology "conversation," this one's for you!