Ocotillo Textbook & Technology Day 2005 Agenda

You will find Text & Technology 2005 at Mesa Community College located at 1833 West Southern Avenue, Mesa. The main events will take place in the Kirk Center (look for the clock tower). For directions, please see campus maps.

• 8:00-8:30 am (Navajo Room)
  Registration and continental breakfast.
  Textbook and technology demonstrations will be available.
• 8:30-8:40 am (Navajo Room)
  Welcome to Mesa Community College
  
• 8:40-8:50 am (Navajo Room)
  Event Logistics
  Shelley Rodrigo
• 8:50-9:45 am (Navajo Room)
  Issues in Technology Enhanced Textbook Publishing: the Author's Perspective
  Panel of Authors from the different Textbook Companies
  Authors from each of the textbook companies will each present the processes and major issues of technology enhanced textbook production and distribution.
  • Shelley Rodrigo, Mesa Community College (moderator)
  • Rick Effland, author for Kendall / Hunt
  • Brad Franklin, author for Wiley
  • Christine A. Hult, author for Allyn & Bacon / Longman
  • Fred Kemp, author for Thompson / Wadsworth
  • Kendall E. Martin, author for Prentice Hall
  • Mike Palmquist, author for Bedford/St Martins, Freeman & Worth
  • Randy VanderMey, author for Houghton Mifflin
  • George Woodbury, author for Addison Wesley
• 9:45-9:55 am
  Break
  Move to Next Event
• 9:55-10:55 am
  Concurrent Sessions
  Half of the participants will go to the first session, the other half to the second. In the following hour they will switch.
  
  
  1. Editor and Author Discussions (choose one)
     • Science & Math Editors & Authors Discussion
       facilitator: John Arle, Phoenix College
     • Humanities & Social Sciences Editors & Authors Discussion
       facilitator: Susan Miller, Mesa Community College
     • Business, Economics & Computer Science Editors & Authors Discussion
       facilitator: Greg Pratt Mesa Community College
     Editors and Authors who have produced technology enhanced textbooks will discuss issues and concerns about specific disciplinary issues related to the production and distribution of the textbooks and the accompanying technologies. The more intimate dialogue will allow for more detailed discussions of faculty needs and how/why textbook companies and authors can address those needs. The session facilitator will have questions and prompts prepared to launch discussion.
  2. Technology Assessment- Examples Provided by the various Textbook Companies
     All of the textbook companies will have areas with computers set up that demonstrate the various textbook technologies (in a variety of disciplines). Particpating publishers include:
     • Addison Wesley
     • Allyn & Bacon / Longman
     • Bedford/St Martins, Freeman & Worth
     • Houghton Mifflin
     • Kendall / Hunt
     • O'Reilly
     • Prentice Hall
     • Thompson / Wadsworth
     • Wiley
• 10:55-11:05 am
  Break
  Move to Next Event
• 11:05 am-12:05 pm
  Concurrent Sessions
  Participants switch sessions from the earlier track.
• 12:05-12:35 pm
  Lunch Participants will have 30 minutes to get their food and sit down for the afternoon panel session.
• 12:35-1:35 pm
  Issues in Using Technology Enhanced Textbook Publishing: the Faculty and Student Perspective
  Panel of faculty with students who have used various textbook integrated technologies.
  Faculty and students who use these technologies will each present on the processes and major issues of technology enhanced textbooks. The remaining time will allow for audience discussion.
  • Shelley Rodrigo, Mesa Community College (moderator)
  • John Arle and student, Phoenix College
  • Alisa Cooper and student, South Mountain Community College
  • Otis White and student, Mesa Community College
• 1:35-1:45 pm
  Break
  Move to Next Event
• 1:45-2:40 pm
  Concurrent Sessions
  Half of the participants will go to the first session, the other half to the second. In the following hour they will switch.
  
  
  1. Technology Discussion Groups (choose one)
     • Course Management Systems & Content Delivery Discussion Group
       facilitator: Laura Stock, Mesa Community College
     • Interactive Simulations Discussion Group
       facilitator: Kim Grady, MATEC
     • Supplemental Website Discussion Group
       facilitators: Lisa Young, GateWay Community College and Donna Rebadow, Paradise Valley Community College
     • Assessment & Secure Online Quizzing/Testing Discussion Group
       facilitator: Peggy Johnson, Mesa Community College
     Editors and Authors who have worked on the production of specific types/genres of technologies will discuss issues and concerns about technology specific issues. For example, the popularity and accessibility of course management systems (CMSs) are in flux right now. How are the companies handling content delivery? The more intimate dialogue will allow for more detailed discussions of faculty needs and how/why textbook companies and authors can address those needs.
  2. Technology Assessment- Examples Provided by the various Textbook Companies
     All of the textbook companies will have areas with computers set up that demonstrate the various textbook technologies (in a variety of disciplines). Participants will be responsible for inspecting and evaluating at least two different company's technologies (one during this first session, the second during another session after lunch). The textbook companies will get a copy of the evaluation. Particpating publishers include:
     • Addison Wesley
     • Allyn & Bacon / Longman
     • Bedford/St Martins, Freeman & Worth
     • Houghton Mifflin
     • Kendall / Hunt
     • O'Reilly
     • Prentice Hall
     • Thompson / Wadsworth
     • Wiley
• 2:40-2:50 pm
  Break
  Move to Next Event
• 2:50-3:45 pm
  Concurrent Sessions
  Participants switch sessions from the earlier track.
• 3:45-4:00 pm
  Wrap-Up, Door Prizes
  Event evaluation. Give out door prizes drawn from submitted technology evaluation forms.