Clickers: Hardware installed in 366 (CPS IR, 40+ set). Learning software function(s) to determine most accommodating method for faculty implementation. Have two faculty interested in developing content during next 2 weeks. Will update thereafter.
Moodle: Transition to 2.2 is proceeding better than expected. Very competent team, focused on smooth transition for faculty. New features are awesome (YouTube/Google integration, file picker, etc), but a few interesting changes raise interest (linking to large files, copy/paste themes).
The Cloud (Video Storage): Our Camtasia server is almost full, and we need more space. Considering YouTube channel for storage/display of my math vids, at least for now. As YouTube is owned by Google, this makes another strong case for moving toward Google Apps college wide.
The Cloud (Image Storage): Flickr. 200 MB for free. Unlimited for $25/year. So who pays? Some faculty use personal images as course material, so who owns the image? Some faculty want course images secured to only students enrolled in courses (pw protect), while others want images open to worldwide public, while others want both. Flickr permits such organization, and faculty would need to properly manage this. So again, if faculty post images for class use in Flickr, who has rights (faculty, college, flickr?).
Tangent Thought: Will the college instructor become (if not already) an interchangeable commodity, with a digital suitcase of course material? Scenario: Professor teaches for a college. College provides students, lecture hall, lecture capture equipment. Faculty uploads recorded lecture to their own professional YouTube channel, enabling streaming/download worldwide. Can the professor use these lectures at their next job? As tutoring material for paying clients? As products in a small-business commercial endeavor? Can the professor activate advertising on their YouTube channel, earning additional monies for the videos?
Oh, and Room 219 now has wireless card installed in projector.
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