Meeting People #2 : Survey of Technology

Tuesday, February 13, 2018, Robert and I went to our IT Services to inquire about what technologies are available to us on the USAO campus. Mr. Adeel Siddiqui, the network administrator, met with us and gave us some advice on where to find various tools and equipment, along with people who could be good resources.

Mr. David Duncan is the TV/Video specialist at our school. We learned of his office, phone number and email address. Mr. Duncan could assist us if we desired to use some of the campus audio/video equipment to record anything for our project. He also has drones and possibly voice recorders, which are interesting and practical, respectively. Thankfully, for class purposes, I already have a personal voice recorder which we have used already in doing research.

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The next big piece of advice and information we were given by Mr. Siddiqui was how to find all of the computer labs on campus. This is the web page provided to students which lists the location and number of computers to each lab on campus. These computer labs are accessible by all students unless otherwise noted, in which case the person in charge should be easy to reach. There is at least one computer lab listed as public that not many tend to use as it is commonly attributed to being the Art Major lab where they can process their digital art best or access specific programs they are required to use. My understanding is this lab also prints color images, which is not noted on the page.

We were told about the lecture capture which is available for some classes and the school’s intent to put the technology in nearly every classroom on campus. This was pleasant to hear, as well as helpful in giving advice to other students in the future, despite not being immediately relevant to our situation. Mr. Scott Haselwood, director of instructional technology at USAO, is in charge of the lecture capture, as well as any technologies used in the classroom. He could be incredibly helpful with finding additional online tools we do not already know about or troubleshooting with certain tools we are already using. Mr. Haselwood sends a monthly newsletter email regarding technologies in the classroom, each displaying new tools or programs available to students and instructors alike. Mr. Siddiqui gave us Mr. Haselwood’s office, phone and email as well to contact him with any questions.

Overall, I have a sense that any tools or resources we do not have that we may need are either already available or able to be obtained here.

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