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WHO, WHAT,
WHEN, WHERE

• Notables
• Grants
• Articles Published
• New Publications
• Coming Events

HEADLINES

• On Top of the Hill
• Development Momentum Continues
• Division Co-Sponsors Biomass Workshop
• Division Forms Biofuels Task Force
• US, EU Exchange Students and Faculty
• Balkan Students Excel in Bumpers College
• Preston La Ferney Retires
• Bob Riggs Retires
• Nolan Arthur Retires
• Graduate Course for HS Teachers
• Delta Classic Raises $35,000
• Barham Endows Scholarship Fund
• Wall Street Journal Discovers Arkansas Berries
• Tailgate Party set for Alabama Game
• Cattle Conference and Marketing Symposium
• Field Days for Crops, Forestry, Wildlife
• College Hosts 4-H O-Rama
• Vegetable Field Day
• Jake Phillips, 1930-2006
• H. Don Scott, 1944-2006
• Darell Widick, 1942-2006
• ACT Group Tours Scotland
• Hospitality Course at Basin Park Hotel
• Apparel Students Visit NYC
• BAEG Designs in Top Three
• Rogers Creek Trail Dedicated
• College Hosts Kauffman Scholars
• College Hosts Gifted & Talented
• Technology Classrooms Ready for Fall
• Carnall Hall Centennial Finale Set


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Vision Archive Index

All About Advising
• Monthly newsletter index

UA LInks
• Division of Agriculture
• University of Arkansas
• Dale Bumpers College of
xxxAgricultural, Food and
xxxLife Sciences
• Arkansas Agricultural
xxxExperiment Station
• Cooperative Extension
xxxService
• Alumni and Development
• Future Students
• News Releases
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Vision Credits
Vision is published six times a year by the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station in the U of A System's Division of Agriculture and by the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences. It is produced by the Communication Services unit of the Department of Agricultural and Extension Education, 110 Agriculture Building, U of A, Fayetteville, AR 72701. 479-575-5647.

• Editor: Howell Medders, (hmedders@uark.edu).
• Web manager: David Edmark (dedmark@uark.edu).
• Writers and photographers: Fred Miller and Karen Eskew
• Editorial Assistant: Amalie Holland
• Broadcast e-mail support: Arkansas Alumni Association

E-mail items for publication in Vision to ahollan@uark.edu

Classrooms equipped with latest teaching technology

The Agnes Blew Auditorium in the School of Human Environmental Sciences was one of the assembly points for students and parents participating in Summer Orientation sessions.  The number of students participating in orientation, which continues through August, appears to be higher than usual for the campus and the College, which might signal another increase in fall enrollment.

Technology classrooms, teaching labs and auditoriums are now available for most Bumpers College classes with a dedicated computer and projector and other modern teaching tools.

The AES/CAFLS Technology Support unit directed by Brenda Wideman provides instructor training and support for the use of these tools.

Of the seventeen rooms with a dedicated computer and projector, most also have document cameras that allow images to be projected from documents.

The HITT system, which allows immediate electronic response by students to an instructor’s questions, is available in 10 classrooms and 2 computer labs. This tool increases interactivity by providing immediate feedback from the entire class, which can help the instructor know if a topic is being adequately covered.

All teaching auditoriums have Sympodium touchscreen panels and 6 classrooms have SmartBoards.  These systems allow the instructor to display and add comments to information that is accessed from computer files or the Internet by writing on the board.

All instructors who have never taught in the technology classrooms must be trained in the use of the equipment prior to the beginning of Fall 2006 classes. Any instructors who have not taught recently should have refresher training, as resources change each year. Training arrangements can be made by contacting the AES/CAFLS Technology Help Desk by phone at 5-3420 or by email at aflshelp@uark.edu.

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